Safe operating temperatures for macbook

What is a safe operating temperatures for macbook? My processor runs as high as 170 degrees sometimes.

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Operating temperatures on Macbook Pro 15" (Mid-2009)?

Hello people. I have a quick inquiry. I searched google and there were no definite answers regarding this issue, it's all a matter of opinion to many people. What is the safe range for operating temperatures for a 15" Macbook Pro (mid-2009)? Before having installed SMCFanControl, my temperatures ranged in the mid-high-60's (degrees Celsius) when doing intensive work (itunes, google chrome, playing CS: Source on Steam for Mac, Transmission).
After installing SMCFanControl and cranking up the fans to a 3700rpm my temp is now 43-46 degrees C. Is that at all normal/safe?
Sorry I'm just used to my old custom-built PC were my temps are in the mid-30's C. My MacPro 6-core is also about the same, mid-30's C.

I do not remember the exact specs, but if you go to Intel's web site you can look up the design specs for the mobile core-2-duo cpu's. They have a critical operating temp of 100 degrees centigrade (or very close to thereabouts, somewhere between 100 and 105 as I recall).
So, running at 60 degrees is well within the designed operating specs for the chips. My MBP routinely will get up to 80-85 degrees under intense load (number crunching in R for example) and it seems no worse for wear after nearly a year and half of such use.
Your MacPro has much larger cpu heat sinks (since it can) as well as a much larger volume of airflow past them. Even so, start pushing all your cores to 100% with some massively RAM intensive applications, and even it's temps will rise quite a bit (I used to see my work 8-core Xeon MacPro get up into the 70-80 degree range under really heavy load).
And, as mentioned, your machine has thermal shutdown features built into it and monitors several key components internally. Intel designs their mobile chips for higher thermal stress, and they also publish specs and guidelines for manufacturers to follow when installing them in their system designs (eg. air flow, heat sink specs and so forth).

What is a normal operating temperature for a 15" MBP 2.33 duel?

i know this has been beaten to death, but i never can find what is considered to be a "normal operating temperature" for the MBP.
mac book pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

An MBP C2D should operate from 50ºC through to about 85ºC. I find mine averages in the low 50's however I don't do a lot on it. Anything that really requires processing gets done on my Mac Pro. It really comes down to how hard, or not, you push the processors.
Comparitively I find that it generally runs cooler than the PowerBook G4 1.25GHz it replaced however it does get hotter under maximum load. It just comes down to what you do with your MBP. You've basically asked "how long is a piece of string".

HT2101 What's the lowest operating temperature for iPhone 4S?

My phone turned off by itself & couldn't turned it On while I was out for trekking & temperature was -40 oC. I use a leather casing for my iPhone. I was out of contact with my family during that time. Surprisingly when I turned it On upon reaching home it still showed 40% charged status. What's the lowest operating temperature for iPhone 4S?

A Google search is your friend. This was the first hit with a search for "iPhone 4S specs".
http://www.apple.com/lae/iphone-4s/specs/
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Right CPU temperature for MacBook?

I downloaded an application today that lets me see how hot my processor is running, it displays the temperature in the menu bar. I thought it was running a little hot, so I did some Google searches and saw the average temperature was about 43-50C, mine's running anywhere from 56-60C.
Is the running temperatures different for MacBooks? In a sense, is this normal temperature for the MacBook? I have good ventilation for it, my fan works fine and all that, but I'm curious as to what average running temperature is, and what's safe, what I should be expecting, etc.
Thank you!

We have had many discussions on MacBook temps. Normal temp is usually 50ºC to 60ºC. Then when it gets hot it can get up to around 80ºC to 85ºC. Some run cooler, not by much, and some run hotter.
Yours is normal. See this for info also. Apple Notebooks: Operating Temperatures

Operating and Non-operating temperatures for iPhone 5s

For all iPhones it is mentioned as below -
Nonoperating temperature: −4° to 113° F (−20° to 45° C)
Operating ambient temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Above info is mis-leading.
So which is the temperature for optimal usage if all temperatures between −4° to 113° F are non-operating?

Srikant Chakravorty wrote:
For all iPhones it is mentioned as below -
Nonoperating temperature: −4° to 113° F (−20° to 45° C)
Operating ambient temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Above info is mis-leading.
No, it's not mis-leading. It is a standard way of marking product temp ranges.
It can safely be stored (non-operating) in temps of −4° to 113° F (−20° to 45° C)
If it is hotter or colder than this, it may get damaged.
It will operate correctly in temps of 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C).
Hotter or colder than this and it may not operate.

Is Mountain Lion the most current operating system for MacBook Pro?

I am wondering if Mountain Lion is the most current operating system for the MacBook Pro. I am under the impression that 'Mavericks' is for the desktop Mac, am I correct? Thank You.

Actually, Mavericks is the current version of OS X replacing Mountain Lion. Mavericks will be replaced later this year by Yosemite. The upgrade to Mavericks is free. You can download the installer from the App Store.

What is the normal temperature for MacBook Pro's when charging?

I really wanted to know because sometimes I feel like my MacBook Pro is too hot. I don't want anything to melt in there. So I decided to download a temperature monitor.
What is the highest healthy temperature a MacBook Pro can reach?
Also ---
What is the average temperature of a MacBook Pro?
Thank you so much! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi
I have a NewerTech external charger with an inbuilt battery calibrator. It provides 2 charging methods: it either fast charges or conditions (calibrates) the battery. Fast charging, which fully charges the battery in about 2 hours, causes the battery to noticeable heat up. However, conditioning, which discharges then recharges the battery, is so gradual that the battery remains cool (at ambient temperature).
The charger has 2 slots (for 2 batteries) and will charge or condition 1 or 2 batteries but not at the same time. For example, it will fast charge one battery and when finished switch to conditioning the second battery. This charging regime means the universal power supply connected to the charger can be less powerful (and smaller), i.e., it will deliver sufficient current to fast charge one battery at a time. Batteries may be left in the charger which automatically switches to trickle charge when continuous charging finishes.
The heat generated by the battery in the MBP is caused by fast charging and whilst I have never made any temperature recordings of the base of my MBP I can confirm that sometimes it gets so hot that it can be painful if in contact with the skin, e.g. resting on ones lap. This is normal. The battery also heats up when the MBP is running solely on battery power. Excessive heat could indicate a battery fault and it should be removed and examined immediately as any distortion, e.g., swelling, can damage the MBP.
An external charger/conditioner is useful if you have a spare battery, or two.
Regards
Phil

Optimum operating temperature for 1.42/1.25DP MDD Machine

Hello all,
I have a DP 1.25 MDD. Lovin' it! My question: Last night, my machine was running at 135 degrees fahrenheit. After reading about chud tools 3.5.2 and enabling nap mode, my fans and temperature have gone down TREMENDOUSLY. Of course, I also installed the PCI Exhaust fan from my DA Mac. Right now, my CPU temperature reads 108.5 - a far far cry from 135.
Can someone tell me what is the normal temperature for the dual processor MDD'S? I am trying to get this thing below 100 degrees.
Nadav

Hi Carl,
I intend to enjoy it, and enjoy it for a long time, well not too long, but a lot longer than when I had the digital audio and that beast ran with 300 percent perfection and no problems at all.
Now that I finally got the original restore cd's and os x install disks, I can now proceed hopefully(keeping my fingers crossed) to dual boot into OS 9.2.2, however it seems that the chud tools only work in OS X and not in OS 9.2.2, but then again I am not worried since my DP 1.25 is able to handle it.
Right now according to temperature monitor the temperature of "CPU B" is now:
95.8 degrees + the fact that I took out the PCI fan card from my digital audio machine, now my son's machine. I do see the fan doing its job effectively. My question then is: How to keep the chud tools and nap mode enabled throughout the whole mac? Meaning, when in OS 9.2.2 and also booting things.
Above all, I am very happy and pleased with this G4. I wonder if the next OS will work on this?
according to rumor sites and I HATE rumors, they are saying that no G4 will be supported, but this has to be a lie.

What is the hottest safe running temperature for a MacBook Pro?

So I've been having issues with my laptop crashing repeatedley and I ended up putting it down to overheating (from feeling the base/black strip) and do I downloaded a widget for dashboard which tracks CPU temperature and I'm runnin fairly consistently at 70-95, sometimes up to 103 degrees or so. Figure this can't be good for it, and from my reading it should be running at about 60 degrees or so. So how hot is too hot, and how do I go about cooling it more than the fans at 6300rpm?

The MacBook Pro isn't adverse to periods of high temperature, but it's always good to avoid them. 170 degrees F is an acceptable upper level, but you'll want to find ways to lower the heat.
1. Don't use your MBP on your lap. You'd be surprised how common this practice is; this raises the temperature of your laptop by twenty degrees, constantly. Use your MBP on a table.
2. Avoid intensive operations for long periods of time. It's okay to use your machine as it's supposed to be, but a MBP isn't a desktop computer. Intersperse high-temperature use with low-temperature to let your MBP cool a bit.
3. Download an application like SMC Fan Control http://www.eidac.de to help you manually increase the fan. If you have a more recent Mac, look for http://codykrieger.com/gfxCardStatus GFX Card Status, which allows you to moderate graphics use on your MacBook.

MacBook Pro 15 Retina: Safe Operating Temperatures

Using iStat Menus I was able to check my Macbook pro temperature. On average I would get around 45c (113f) and when gaming I would get around 70c (158f) to 90c (194f) Is this too hot? Can anyone tell me what temperature is too hot?

also, does the machine get enough ventilation w the lid shut? what if i'm maxing out processor / ram / video and bootcamp?

Operating temperatures for cpu/memory

This may be much ado about nothing. Had recently upgraded hard drive on my Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" and the fan ran nearly all the time. So I looked around for notebook coolers for one solution. I had also ordered a memory upgrade to 8gb from the stock 4gb. The new drive is a Hitachi 500gb 7200rpm 2" drive w/32mg cache. I've read others before say various 7200rpm drives sometimes ran hotter and caused increased fan activity, so in a way wasnt surprised.
So, next thing I did was buy an app from the Mac App Store called Temperature Gauge. It's a nice little utility and shows temps for many components like cpu, memory, battery, and others. My fan was running around 4600rpm and very loud most of the time with the new drive. That is until I upgraded memory to the 8gb. Now the fan speed has dropped from around 4600rpm to 2000rpm and is back to its original silent operation.
The util sets threshholds for component temps and in particular I was curious if anyone knew what the operating range of temps should my cpu or memory be within? Is there any way to find out for ex. if the cpu is at 119 degrees Fahrenheit is that within normal specs?

119º F is excellent, the RAM helped as it's not swaping memory to the hard drive as much as before.
I upped mine to 16GB, really sweet to not have to worry until I run more than three operating systems at once

Simple Questions regarding temperatures for MacBook Pro

Hey,
I just bought a brand new Macbook Pro Mid-2012 2.9 Ghz, i7 Processor, 8 GB of ram, and 750 HDD. It's my first Mac I've bought I'm switching over from an overheating windows laptop.
Now my Mac gets extremely hot under light usage. First thing I did is get iStat to measure temperature. I also went into an Apple Store to get diagnostics done to make sure all hardware, sensors, everything is working and that test passed. Although I realized my Macbook never goes down 100F. Is that normal? All I have open is safari, finder, and maybe a few other apps. I've checked activity monitor and don't see nothing to high. So is 100F normal?
Another issue I have is with Chrome. I used Google Chrome a lot on my windows and I want to on my MacBook too, although when using chrome it gets very hot and very high temperatures such as 170-190F. I've stopped using chrome and use safari, and now I'm at 120F. Why does Chrome do that, is there a fix?
Also, when watching youtube videos using flash I also get very high temperatures such as 150-170F.
So are these temperatures normal? What temperature should my MacBook Pro be at? And what are good temperatures to keep my MacBook Pro at, meaning not exceeding it.
I'd love any opinions and helpful responses.
Thanks,
Jai

Yeah I know there isn't a normal temperature but I meant an ideal temperature to keep it running at, which you did answer to thanks.
But here's the deal, I only have been web browsing so far not even mail, and I never go beneath 115F. Especially when using Chrome, my CPU get's used a lot and I reach unto 170F when using chrome, but on safari I can go down to 125F for web browsing only. As we speak I'm on 128F.
Is there anything wrong?
(I forgot to add that when I took it into an Apple Store, one of the geniuses told me not to use chrome as its eating up CPU and heating my MacBook and told me to use Safari, if I wanted to run my MacBook cooler)

What is "normal' operation noise for MacBook Pro's

Hi guys, could somebody inform me of what is considered "normal" operation noise when the MacBook Pro is in use? I purchased my first Mac 2wks ago & have already gone through 2!! The first one had battery issues so they just gave me a new one (very nice of them) & the second one had optical drive issues which again they issued me a new one. The third one now, which is only 3days old, keeps making some sort of slight static noise or sounds like optical drive is trying to read a disc or something every time I open an application & when surfing the net & switching through pages. It sounds like its coming from the middle right hand side. It's not that loud as it can only be heard when I'm in the library or when I'm in a moderate to quiet room. Now, rather than me going in again to the Apple Store & making a fool of myself just wanted some insight of how these machines run/sound? Any info would be great....Thanks

Well, took it to Apple, they gave me now my fourth MacBook Pro.
Apparently the noises weren't normal but the glass like sound is the SMS sensor - so thats normal. The new one now which I got yesterday sounds better except now every time I wake it from sleep or turn it on after shutdown the fans go on high speed & make a really loud noise which only lasts for a few seconds??
The other 3 I had did not do this...so, am I just having bad luck or is every mac different when waking?

Fastest operating system for macbook 2009

Since buying my macbook in 2009 I have upgraded to the latest operating system each time. Now I'm on Yosemite (after a clean install) and I find it very slow (spinning beach ball) and programs seem to take forever to load.
As I mainly use it away from home and just for surfing the web via a mobile broadband dongle (no email, iTunes) can someone suggest what the fastest operating system would be to go back to. It doesn't matter about anything else - speed is the most important thing to me.
It has 2GB memory.
Any comment would be much appreciated.
Thank you
Kevin

Thank you for your reply and advice Mike,
I will look into getting more memory.
Kevin

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