How to measure MacBook temperature

abdulelah57 wrote:

how do i measure my computer temperature with out using third party apps ?

Launch Applications > Utilities > Terminal, paste the following:

sudo powermetrics --samplers smc |grep -i "CPU die temperature"

Enter your password, and Terminal will read out your CPU temp.

You can substitute GPU for CPU in the above (in a new instance of Terminal) to get GPU temps:

sudo powermetrics --samplers smc |grep -i "GPU die temperature"

While not quite what you are requesting, you can run MacsFanControl without it installing anything to the system if you are careful. When launching the app don't provide your admin password and cancel out of any other prompts. There is also a checkbox on the two prompts which you can use to remember your settings. By doing this the app is just the app bundle which doesn't install any other drivers to the system although it will have an app preference file for your user account. By doing this you won't be able to update the app automatically and it won't run automatically either.

I find the MacsFanControl app to be the nicest one out there for monitoring temps & fan speed.

https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control

While there may be a way to get the values of the temp sensors I've never seen any information on how to do this without a third party app. Even if you could access the values directly, they would most likely not be in a usable form since the values would likely need to be manipulated/adjusted to show the actual temperature reading.

Hello Abdulelah57,

It sounds like your Mac might be feeling warm. You should check out this link for support with keeping your Mac within acceptable operating temperatures.

Keep your Mac notebook within acceptable operating temperatures

Cheers!