Detailed Mac Temperatures Application

mac57 · mac57 #1 (**permalink**)

05-19-2008, 08:28 PM

I have just read about the application Temperature Monitor in MacFormat magazine. It sounded interesting and so I downloaded it and tried it. It is interesting.

If you are one of those people who likes to know just how hot your CPUs, Disks, RAM modules and so on are getting, updated in real time, Temperature Monitor may be for you. This is quite an app for this particular purpose. It was able to provide me with all sorts of readings that iStat Pro does not show.

I would definitely recommend it for the curious (and those who are worried that they may be overloading/overheating their Macs).

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #2 (**permalink**)

05-19-2008, 08:36 PM

Agree Temperature Monitor is a great little utility, especially for those of us running MDD DP and early G5's which allegedly had overheating problems. As I sit here on an autumn morning, FW800 DP is running at 43.8 degrees Celsius which is just great.

MDD and FW800's generally have overheating problems from about 65 degrees and over so you can see things are okay.

Also use a little program called CHUD 4.4.4 which aids in fan speed if they start that racing. Just set for a SP or DP and leave it.

mac57 · mac57 #3 (**permalink**)

05-19-2008, 08:41 PM

I should also note that Temperature Monitor is freeware.

Temperature Monitor has a shareware "big brother", Hardware Monitor, which is GBP 7.00 (about $US 15) to register. For that, you get all the readings form Temperature Monitor, plus readouts on various voltages and currents around the machine, power consumption numbers for your CPU, fan speeds and so on. Looks pretty interesting. I may just have to register it.

Hardware Monitor is linked on the same page as Temperature Monitor, so if you follow my link for Temperature Monitor, you will find a link to Hardware Monitor.

sanity1082 · sanity1082 #4 (**permalink**)

05-19-2008, 09:19 PM

that is a pretty cool program. i think i will download it and try it out.... curiosity is getting the best of me

Alexis · Alexis #5 (**permalink**)

05-20-2008, 07:21 AM

For the curious?

More like for the paranoid!! This will just lead to more "Is my Mac getting too hot threads".

Arghh!

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #6 (**permalink**)

05-20-2008, 05:47 PM

Well some do say knowledge is dangerous.

noformation@gma · noformation@gma #7 (**permalink**)

05-20-2008, 07:42 PM

just buy a USB fan to cool your laptop, I'm using this one and it works great! Very cheap too, my macbook pro used to get ridiculously hot until i used it, i never thought it was good for the laptop to get so hot.

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=355998

mac57 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	05-19-2008, 08:28 PM I have just read about the application Temperature Monitor in MacFormat magazine. It sounded interesting and so I downloaded it and tried it. It is interesting. If you are one of those people who likes to know just how hot your CPUs, Disks, RAM modules and so on are getting, updated in real time, Temperature Monitor may be for you. This is quite an app for this particular purpose. It was able to provide me with all sorts of readings that iStat Pro does not show. I would definitely recommend it for the curious (and those who are worried that they may be overloading/overheating their Macs). My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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harryb2448 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,058 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	05-19-2008, 08:36 PM Agree Temperature Monitor is a great little utility, especially for those of us running MDD DP and early G5's which allegedly had overheating problems. As I sit here on an autumn morning, FW800 DP is running at 43.8 degrees Celsius which is just great. MDD and FW800's generally have overheating problems from about 65 degrees and over so you can see things are okay. Also use a little program called CHUD 4.4.4 which aids in fan speed if they start that racing. Just set for a SP or DP and leave it.
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sanity1082 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 17, 2007 Posts: 882 Mac Specs: macbook/iphone/ipod nano/ipod shuffle	05-19-2008, 09:19 PM that is a pretty cool program. i think i will download it and try it out.... curiosity is getting the best of me
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Alexis #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 2,255 Mac Specs: Al iMac 20" 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo	05-20-2008, 07:21 AM For the curious? More like for the paranoid!! This will just lead to more "Is my Mac getting too hot threads". Arghh!
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harryb2448 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,058 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	05-20-2008, 05:47 PM Well some do say knowledge is dangerous.
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noformation@gma #7 (permalink)
Member Since: May 20, 2008 Posts: 6	05-20-2008, 07:42 PM just buy a USB fan to cool your laptop, I'm using this one and it works great! Very cheap too, my macbook pro used to get ridiculously hot until i used it, i never thought it was good for the laptop to get so hot. http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=355998
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