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Hey Nathan been a fan for a while , love for you to check out my 12 faulty macs video playlist as it was you who inspired me to start my own RUclips channel :) ruclips.net/p/PLiJOTAKzaWV-NWjXml2Jsz-u-kj8847vT
Ha! I was just going to ask you about that. I'm sure after a good cleaning, everything worked normally. You took a lot of dust and gunk out of it! I have a similar machine and it is still pretty useful with an SSD and more memory.
I'm still using a 2012 version of this macbook, i had this one too when it was released in 2008, dreading when i have to get a new macbook. I love having my SD port, ethernet, usbs and magnetic charge port. And those keyboard keys you talk about, i'm using right now. They are great.
I'm looking on Ebay now for something similar, they seem to be around £20 to £100 for various specs. I'm hoping to win one for around £80 with a half decent spec to replace my old netbook!
Every time I see a new video posted on your channel, I know it will be something worth watching and enjoyable. I can't say that for more than a tiny handful of offerings on RUclips. Well done -- as always. The technical quality is A+ throughout.
He might not have been that good with technology, I once bought a phone and didn’t realise that it was for parts only, I plugged it in to charge, added a sim and it was fine!
I also have this Macbook, it’s actually my daily driver. I like the door that reveals the hard drive and the battery, so it’s easy serviceable. On my MacBook, I put a 250GB SSD and installed OS X Mavericks. With this setup, I can edit HD 720p videos on Final Cut Pro X 10.1 at a decent speed. In conclusion, it’s a nice little machine.
Being an overseas student, it's pretty hard to gather lots of stuff but it's still very pleasing to watch Macbooks get reconditioned. Will definitely hoard lots of techs whenever I settle down.
@@leoobdt Frame time against the monitor, with 60hz the monitor refreshes every 16ms or so, but the frame that your GPU delivers aren't always exactly 16ms therefore that's why a lot of people prefer to run CS:GO on 200fps or higher to reduce this. (Basically double the frames per hz and you're pretty much set.)
@@hanakomisa man but this causes screen cutting in half I played far cry primal on GTX 1060 vsync off the screen was cutting far too much so I turned vsync on and it became stable
@@mohitkatta3031 Yeah, that is what "vertical sync" is for. it syncs up the picture but also limits to your screen's Hz and increase latency, which isn't crucial for single player games but in a competitive environment, is mostly a big no.
I recently found mine in a box in my room thats sat untouched since 2012. It's still completely mint with no dents/scratches and all it's feet attached. Its dvd drive, touchpad, keyboard, keyboard lights, battery (still holds an hour charge even with 1400 cycles!), etc all still work great. I upgraded the ssd, ram, and os, and now It's like a whole new macbook. I'm glad I searched it up and saw your video first, otherwise I would've just thrown it away or sold it on eBay for $25. Thanks 👍
I love how much effort you put in for your subs! My uncle builds PC’s so if I send you one can you review it for a video and if so do you have a PO Box I can send it to
I’d suggest perhaps figuring out what cells the battery uses, ordering them off of eBay and disabling the battery and replacing the cells. The Faultiness could also be due to a faulty micro controller inside the battery which could possibly be replaced
I would say for a laptop like this, completely removing the keyboard from the chassis and then cleaning it that way is probably the best way to go. Although it’s a massive job.
@@-riya6696 That's UK, in every other parts of Europe it's impossible to get such prices. Let's say there is a 5£ GPU in UK it'll cost 20€ in France/Italy/Spain or even more. Let's make an example: GTX 260 in uk goes for about 5£-10£ (15£ as an exaggeration). France goes for 40€/20€, Italy fro 20€/30€. Dell Prebuilts with I5 and 8GB ram in UK go for 60£-80£ in France/Spain/Italy for about 250€
In my opinion, 4:43 it is better to remove the dust first before unplugging all the ribbon cables so that the dust does not get into the cable holes. After that, clean the dust in more detail. Thanks, your video is excellent. I really enjoy. Peace!
I repaired one from 2010 as my first project on an apple device with acid on battery, no power cord, no battery, dead HD cost me $200 with SSD included and 8GB RAM worked better than my business Win7 Pro HP and it was a great gift for a family member, similar laptops sold for about $400 great video Thx
I subscribed after watching a few of your videos, keep up the good work! This particular MacBook was the first (and only) Mac laptop I bought new from Apple. I really liked the fact that there was easy access to battery and hard drive. You could have a spare battery with you on long trips and just change it when it was in sleep mode. It had a very respectable selection of ports for being a 13-inch laptop. This was the peak of Apple's innovation greatness IMO, before they started taking away ports and soldering parts in.
Guten Tag :D Well, here in germany it is quite difficult to get a nice cheap mac to do some refurbishment on it. Sadly. My Mid 2012 MBP with the i5 is totally capable of being sold at 500€ and more. It is a nice and also fast machine, but the prices here are much higher than in Nathans country. ^^
This version up to the 2012 version (before the retina) were my favorites. Easily upgradeable by the user is a joy! I love watching your videos and seeing what you'll find next! Dumb question, but where do you keep all the things you fix - or do you?
Two of my apple youtubers I watch both uploaded 2008 mac book videos on the same day and both gave it ssds. You and computer clan were the two youtubers.
I hate to be that guy regarding thermal paste application, but this time it's actually important. When applying new thermal paste to bare die CPUs like in a laptop or on a GPU, make sure that every square millimetre of the die is covered, otherwise any part of the die left exposed will be killed from thermal runaway, and the rest of the chip will shortly follow it into the grave. If you're unsure about how much to use, use something to spread it out evenly, and don't worry about bubbles, the pressure of the cooling solution will always push them out, and if the thermal paste isn't electrically conductive then err on the side of caution and use more than the recommended grain of rice/pea sized amount, the performance difference is negligible, and the potential of killing your hardware is too great to risk using too small an amount. Also avoid using Arctic Silver 5, it's electrically conductive, and the performance compared to modern, safer thermal pastes is much worse, go for MX-4 for a much better paste that doesn't break the bank.
I was under the impression that the repeating the heat sink would spread the paste evenly. I should probably try the paste you recommended! Thanks for the advice 👌
@@psivewri it will most likely spread it out all the way, but because the risk is so great, I think it's better to be extra cautious and make absolutely certain. I've seen people apply far too little on a bare die chip, especially on a GPU where its larger area makes it easier to get wrong, but it can still be an issue on a CPU. Many people will complain about spreading the paste, but in all the testing I've done its only shown about a 2C difference between the methods, and spreading the paste out until it's roughly 0.5mm thick is the safest method on a bare die to prevent damage from using too little.
I have the same MacBook for 10 years now, I still use it in a daily basis, sure only for browsing the internet, excel and word, but I'm still capable of doing pretty much everything! Just changed the thermal paste 1 month ago! Rocksolid!! Instead of buying a new MacBook every 2 to 3 years just to play, just went to Playstation. Always runs good call of duty 😁 good stuff
This MacBook Pro is very, very similar to the one my mother rescued from a high school trash bin. Mine's a mid 2009 13" MacBookPro5,5 that came with an Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 @ 2.26 GHz, 2 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1066 MHz, same GPU, 250 GB 5400 RPM HDD, same screen, and same Superdrive. I just checked its battery cycles, and it's only been through 197 with a battery capacity/health of about 71.6%. This thing was barely used, and it's still great for watching 720p RUclips videos, DVDs, and playing some older games like Half Life and Team Fortress Classic. I upgraded the RAM to 4 GB, swapped the HDD for a Patriot Blaze 240 GB SSD, and updated it to macOS 10.14.2 Mojave using DosDude1's patch. It runs beautifully and still looks very modern.
As always enjoyed you video! One suggestion though. Avoid using vacuum cleaner for removing dust from logic boards as the large volume of air suction causes static build up on the nozzle of the vacuum cleaner and might damage the logic board with a static spark.
@@psivewri By no means I'm a professional repair guy😀. But as someone who knows about electronics and myself have purchased some old used Macs for family and friends. I've taken them apart for cleaning and upgrade and this is what I follow. If you have access to an air compressor you can use the compressed air with pressure reduced to like 15-25 psi (higher than this you risk blowing some tiny components off) and blow the dust off or if you are unable to control the pressure hold the logic board like 50 cms away and blow the dust off(this is what I do). If not you can get a small compressed air can. Then I rinse the board in isopropyl alcohol or ethanol to wash away the dust and dirt. Next, I just give it a quick sweep with the hairdryer to dry off the alcohol.
Hi Psivewri! The thermal pipe are not melted to keyboard layer, it glued with piece of thermal paste to spread temperature through keyboard(you can see white thermal paste on pipe and keyboard layer on your video)
This was my first Mac, bought it Jan 2009. Upgraded the RAM to 8GB, which gave it a very much improved performance. Will work on the cleanup and give it an SSD. It heats up quickly nowadays.
MORE VIDEOS! Truly enjoy watching your videos! I been getting into more pc repair and builds and this is nice to watch just to see how pc's are different inside. Also wish i could find that Eucalyptus Spray here in the US!
I wish new MacBooks had that keyboard and the same attention to detail and quality control from Apple. The number of MacBooks having issues grew since 2016. I'm using a Dell laptop with Linux, I really wish Apple gave more attention for the Mac, macOS is my favorite desktop OS, but the current hardware problems are depressing
so satisfying to watch the cleaning! big love from CHina! i used to buy a 2009 later MBP when i was in college in 2014. I also swapped to bigger RAM and SSD. love the keyboard!
currently not a single MacBook available for $25, even for parts. These videos are normally bullshit in pricing but it was fun to watch anyway. cheers.
I found a MacBook Pro mid 2009 which someone had chucked out. I took it home, started it up and found that it didn't have an OS on it. The HDD was also an old slow spindle 240GB disk. I put a 240GB SSD in it and installed El Cap on it (As it was the latest the laptop supported), and it ran perfectly fine. I then wanted to try out an experiment on it... I used a patcher from Dosdude and installed Catalina on it... With its Core 2 Duo and _HUGE_ amounts of RAM (2GB), the laptop absolutely flew and proves that even after 11 years... It is still an absolute beast *Oh and btw, I'm typing on it rn :)* (The keys are really really good)
Hi, I have a question. I have a 2015 macbook pro with the staingate problem, would you recommend me a good method to completely remove the coating from the display?
I got my 2010 13” MacBook Pro for 21€ from eBay. Seems like no one bid on it! It came without charger, but with the original installation discs and instruction. I plugged in my own charger et voila: it worked! But: the battery was extremely bulged to the point where the trackpad had come out of the housing and the bottom cover was severely deformed. I screwed the Trackpad back in place, carefully hammered the back cover back into shape, invested 30€ into a new battery and here we go: 50€ 13” 2010 MacBook Pro! Sorry for my bad English, I’m from Germany! Maybe it’s worth mentioning that broken Apple stuff usually is extremely expensive here.
Hello Mr @Psivewri. I wanted to ask you if you are buying those macbooks in order to shell them later or in order to make your personal collection. Sorry if i was inpolite
I just got a broken 15 inch 2008 MBP from my professor and I disassembled it to remove the screen because it was destroyed there. Recommendations of where to get a new screen?
Hello is there any site that sells those usb's with an OS already loaded on it? also is there any way an iMac 27in mid-2010 monitor able to have a windows interface to possibly display my xbox one consoles output?
So I have a mid 2011 Macbook Pro 8,1 with an Intel Core i5, 2.3GHz processor 4GB of RAM still running OS X 10.6.8 and I am thinking of doing very similar upgrades to reach current/ near current MacOS and much improved processing speeds mostly in order to edit GoPro videos and photos among not too much else. Would you be willing to guide me through with any recommendations regarding RAM/Hard Drive/etc upgrades?
Glad to finally get this video out! Something I forgot to mention is that the trackpad started clicking fine after using the laptop for a few days. Thanks for watching 👌
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How does one go about getting a USB recovery disk of 10.10
jim cherkas you gotta have a Mac device first
Hey Nathan been a fan for a while , love for you to check out my 12 faulty macs video playlist as it was you who inspired me to start my own RUclips channel :) ruclips.net/p/PLiJOTAKzaWV-NWjXml2Jsz-u-kj8847vT
Ha! I was just going to ask you about that. I'm sure after a good cleaning, everything worked normally. You took a lot of dust and gunk out of it! I have a similar machine and it is still pretty useful with an SSD and more memory.
There is a screw under the touchpad that can be adjusted up and down to tune it. Too loose and it feels sloppy, too tight and it doesn't click.
When the drive is more expensive than the laptop lol
I have some difficult in believing in this videos...
@@jaimecosta2966 Someone thought they had a paperweight basically, so was happy to get rid of it for around $25. People do that all the time.
Yeah it's weird because even at the time this video was posted I got a 240gb new at best buy for the same price
And a replacement battery is 3x the price of the laptop, lol.
Shitbox moment
I'm still using a 2012 version of this macbook, i had this one too when it was released in 2008, dreading when i have to get a new macbook. I love having my SD port, ethernet, usbs and magnetic charge port. And those keyboard keys you talk about, i'm using right now. They are great.
I like the new camera angle
He sould try POV angle like p0rn.........
Léo holy
Not a fan myself. Makes his channel look like all the other techtubers out there and if I wanted that I'd go and watch them.
@@voteDC u right :(
Please, also use old camera angles too.
I don't know why but it's really satisfying to just watch a teardown or a refurbishing video.
The guy who sold this one for $25 probably regrets it now.
I'm looking on Ebay now for something similar, they seem to be around £20 to £100 for various specs. I'm hoping to win one for around £80 with a half decent spec to replace my old netbook!
Nobody like me shut up
@@eraldbno1930 wtf?
Flash Boy wtf? ???
@@eraldbno1930 why so toxic bud
Every time I see a new video posted on your channel, I know it will be something worth watching and enjoyable. I can't say that for more than a tiny handful of offerings on RUclips. Well done -- as always. The technical quality is A+ throughout.
There is probably enough DNA on that to clone a whole classroom of teenagers
I hate this comment more than any more OH MY GOD
"vacuum a Little to good at sucking' made me chuckle inside.
this is the comment i was looking for..:)))))))))))))))))))
Me too man
That cleaning was actually satisfying
I wonder why this was sold as “for parts only” since it booted up fine as soon as you installed OS X... 🤔
Maybe the guy just didn't want to deal with returns / refunds in case something went wrong, so he advertized it as not working
probably because of the charger
He thought the battery didn't hold a charge but it was just the stupid charger that was broken
its probably a lie.
He might not have been that good with technology, I once bought a phone and didn’t realise that it was for parts only, I plugged it in to charge, added a sim and it was fine!
I missed the eucalyptus oil
It’s finally back again
einfachCrack bruh I use that in my humidifier
My girlfriend said the exact same thing to me.
This is the MacBook I still use, had it since day one!
Gavin Walters same! Albeit mines is so slow and overheats like crazy.
You voice sounds just like my Australian friend I met on Facebook lmao. Y'all are so chill and relaxing to listen to. Totally random. 🤣
eBay listing: For Parts
Psivewri: is that a foren language or something
Loch Ness Cammo foreign*
sorry but i had to correct you
@@ludwig4029 username checks out.
(no offence)
Aanay Jhawar lol
alfa-psi what
foreign*
Seeing it get cleaned made me so happy 🤤
I also have this Macbook, it’s actually my daily driver.
I like the door that reveals the hard drive and the battery, so it’s easy serviceable.
On my MacBook, I put a 250GB SSD and installed OS X Mavericks.
With this setup, I can edit HD 720p videos on Final Cut Pro X 10.1 at a decent speed.
In conclusion, it’s a nice little machine.
I use to have one of those in grade school good times.
Being an overseas student, it's pretty hard to gather lots of stuff but it's still very pleasing to watch Macbooks get reconditioned. Will definitely hoard lots of techs whenever I settle down.
I literally just replaced thermal compound in my early 2011 13", these laptops are very similar internally.
Literally no one:
Genius Bar employee: Your motherboard has water damage will need a new one
This guy: Plugs in new power supply 🍎 logo
Yes please!! Do more Mac videos pleaseeee. Btw, you should turn of vsync on minecraft soo it can go more than 30 or 60
Rodrigo pc
What's the point of going over 60fps on a 60hz screen?
@@leoobdt Frame time against the monitor, with 60hz the monitor refreshes every 16ms or so, but the frame that your GPU delivers aren't always exactly 16ms therefore that's why a lot of people prefer to run CS:GO on 200fps or higher to reduce this. (Basically double the frames per hz and you're pretty much set.)
@@hanakomisa man but this causes screen cutting in half
I played far cry primal on GTX 1060 vsync off the screen was cutting far too much so I turned vsync on and it became stable
@@mohitkatta3031 Yeah, that is what "vertical sync" is for. it syncs up the picture but also limits to your screen's Hz and increase latency, which isn't crucial for single player games but in a competitive environment, is mostly a big no.
I recently found mine in a box in my room thats sat untouched since 2012. It's still completely mint with no dents/scratches and all it's feet attached. Its dvd drive, touchpad, keyboard, keyboard lights, battery (still holds an hour charge even with 1400 cycles!), etc all still work great. I upgraded the ssd, ram, and os, and now It's like a whole new macbook. I'm glad I searched it up and saw your video first, otherwise I would've just thrown it away or sold it on eBay for $25. Thanks 👍
I love how much effort you put in for your subs! My uncle builds PC’s so if I send you one can you review it for a video and if so do you have a PO Box I can send it to
The Z's his address is in his channel description 🙂
I can review them also
Fantastic quality visuals and repair as usual. Keep on keeping on, Psivewri!
I’d suggest perhaps figuring out what cells the battery uses, ordering them off of eBay and disabling the battery and replacing the cells. The Faultiness could also be due to a faulty micro controller inside the battery which could possibly be replaced
EPICJAC360 any how to videos on RUclips?
I’m tech stupid.
I would say for a laptop like this, completely removing the keyboard from the chassis and then cleaning it that way is probably the best way to go. Although it’s a massive job.
Literally impossible to get a deal like that here in Europe :(
Lochy actually I found a dell d620 for 5£ but didn’t get it coz I’m stoopid
@@-riya6696 I have one D620 on my bench right now. Planning to throw a 64 bit CPU in it. Should work as good enough mobile media consumption machine
@@-riya6696 That's UK, in every other parts of Europe it's impossible to get such prices. Let's say there is a 5£ GPU in UK it'll cost 20€ in France/Italy/Spain or even more. Let's make an example: GTX 260 in uk goes for about 5£-10£ (15£ as an exaggeration). France goes for 40€/20€, Italy fro 20€/30€.
Dell Prebuilts with I5 and 8GB ram in UK go for 60£-80£ in France/Spain/Italy for about 250€
literally impossible to afford one for me
darealarushan save or try to repair one
In my opinion, 4:43 it is better to remove the dust first before unplugging all the ribbon cables so that the dust does not get into the cable holes. After that, clean the dust in more detail. Thanks, your video is excellent. I really enjoy. Peace!
I repaired one from 2010 as my first project on an apple device with acid on battery, no power cord, no battery, dead HD cost me $200 with SSD included and 8GB RAM worked better than my business Win7 Pro HP and it was a great gift for a family member, similar laptops sold for about $400 great video Thx
Man I honestly love watching these videos as this is something I also do. Keep it up!
I subscribed after watching a few of your videos, keep up the good work! This particular MacBook was the first (and only) Mac laptop I bought new from Apple. I really liked the fact that there was easy access to battery and hard drive. You could have a spare battery with you on long trips and just change it when it was in sleep mode. It had a very respectable selection of ports for being a 13-inch laptop. This was the peak of Apple's innovation greatness IMO, before they started taking away ports and soldering parts in.
watching you disassemble and clean these out is SO satisfying. really well made. great content!
I love your content it is so satisfying to see ❤ love from Germany
Guten Tag :D
Well, here in germany it is quite difficult to get a nice cheap mac to do some refurbishment on it. Sadly. My Mid 2012 MBP with the i5 is totally capable of being sold at 500€ and more. It is a nice and also fast machine, but the prices here are much higher than in Nathans country. ^^
@@jensharbers6702 hallo
I bought a MacBook Pro off of offer up but when you turn it on. It boots to W3id ibm what does that mean ? And what do you have to do?
This version up to the 2012 version (before the retina) were my favorites. Easily upgradeable by the user is a joy! I love watching your videos and seeing what you'll find next! Dumb question, but where do you keep all the things you fix - or do you?
Two of my apple youtubers I watch both uploaded 2008 mac book videos on the same day and both gave it ssds. You and computer clan were the two youtubers.
Aiden Koon thanks for a new channel to watch.
I hate to be that guy regarding thermal paste application, but this time it's actually important.
When applying new thermal paste to bare die CPUs like in a laptop or on a GPU, make sure that every square millimetre of the die is covered, otherwise any part of the die left exposed will be killed from thermal runaway, and the rest of the chip will shortly follow it into the grave.
If you're unsure about how much to use, use something to spread it out evenly, and don't worry about bubbles, the pressure of the cooling solution will always push them out, and if the thermal paste isn't electrically conductive then err on the side of caution and use more than the recommended grain of rice/pea sized amount, the performance difference is negligible, and the potential of killing your hardware is too great to risk using too small an amount.
Also avoid using Arctic Silver 5, it's electrically conductive, and the performance compared to modern, safer thermal pastes is much worse, go for MX-4 for a much better paste that doesn't break the bank.
I was under the impression that the repeating the heat sink would spread the paste evenly. I should probably try the paste you recommended! Thanks for the advice 👌
@@psivewri it will most likely spread it out all the way, but because the risk is so great, I think it's better to be extra cautious and make absolutely certain.
I've seen people apply far too little on a bare die chip, especially on a GPU where its larger area makes it easier to get wrong, but it can still be an issue on a CPU.
Many people will complain about spreading the paste, but in all the testing I've done its only shown about a 2C difference between the methods, and spreading the paste out until it's roughly 0.5mm thick is the safest method on a bare die to prevent damage from using too little.
Owner: let’s list it up for 25 $ it doesn’t work
Psivewri: easy this going be perfect soon
Owner : I just wasted 500$ shit
Maybe 100-200 its 12/13 years old and in bad condition...
I love how he runs away fr the laptop after clicking on the power button like it's a bomb😂
the new camera angle is amazing
I have the same MacBook for 10 years now, I still use it in a daily basis, sure only for browsing the internet, excel and word, but I'm still capable of doing pretty much everything! Just changed the thermal paste 1 month ago! Rocksolid!! Instead of buying a new MacBook every 2 to 3 years just to play, just went to Playstation. Always runs good call of duty 😁 good stuff
your videos are oddly calming and relaxing as you bring an old computer back to life. Thx!
The sound that a Mac makes opening up is nostalgic for me
This MacBook Pro is very, very similar to the one my mother rescued from a high school trash bin. Mine's a mid 2009 13" MacBookPro5,5 that came with an Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 @ 2.26 GHz, 2 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1066 MHz, same GPU, 250 GB 5400 RPM HDD, same screen, and same Superdrive. I just checked its battery cycles, and it's only been through 197 with a battery capacity/health of about 71.6%. This thing was barely used, and it's still great for watching 720p RUclips videos, DVDs, and playing some older games like Half Life and Team Fortress Classic.
I upgraded the RAM to 4 GB, swapped the HDD for a Patriot Blaze 240 GB SSD, and updated it to macOS 10.14.2 Mojave using DosDude1's patch. It runs beautifully and still looks very modern.
As always enjoyed you video! One suggestion though. Avoid using vacuum cleaner for removing dust from logic boards as the large volume of air suction causes static build up on the nozzle of the vacuum cleaner and might damage the logic board with a static spark.
I agree! Do you have a less destructive way to remove layers of dust from the logic board? Thanks for the feedback
@@psivewri By no means I'm a professional repair guy😀. But as someone who knows about electronics and myself have purchased some old used Macs for family and friends. I've taken them apart for cleaning and upgrade and this is what I follow. If you have access to an air compressor you can use the compressed air with pressure reduced to like 15-25 psi (higher than this you risk blowing some tiny components off) and blow the dust off or if you are unable to control the pressure hold the logic board like 50 cms away and blow the dust off(this is what I do). If not you can get a small compressed air can. Then I rinse the board in isopropyl alcohol or ethanol to wash away the dust and dirt. Next, I just give it a quick sweep with the hairdryer to dry off the alcohol.
Hi Psivewri! The thermal pipe are not melted to keyboard layer, it glued with piece of thermal paste to spread temperature through keyboard(you can see white thermal paste on pipe and keyboard layer on your video)
This was my first Mac, bought it Jan 2009. Upgraded the RAM to 8GB, which gave it a very much improved performance.
Will work on the cleanup and give it an SSD. It heats up quickly nowadays.
You make great videos about older tech sir. I admire the work that you do. (:
MORE VIDEOS!
Truly enjoy watching your videos! I been getting into more pc repair and builds and this is nice to watch just to see how pc's are different inside. Also wish i could find that Eucalyptus Spray here in the US!
Psivewri, you have actually made me want to refurb MacBooks too, thanks for helping me realize that I might like it.
Wow, you did a great job! I have a 2014 MacBook Pro that I keep in great condition but I love the upgradability of that model years!
This channel is so underrated
My favorite RETRO relax vibe channel ♥
Thank you for making my day.
I had this Macbook years ago and oh my. This gave me a full on throwback feeling 🥺
I wish new MacBooks had that keyboard and the same attention to detail and quality control from Apple. The number of MacBooks having issues grew since 2016. I'm using a Dell laptop with Linux, I really wish Apple gave more attention for the Mac, macOS is my favorite desktop OS, but the current hardware problems are depressing
so satisfying to watch the cleaning! big love from CHina!
i used to buy a 2009 later MBP when i was in college in 2014. I also swapped to bigger RAM and SSD. love the keyboard!
I always look forward to your videos. Just a nice, interesting, laid back but upbeat video. Every time.
I really like how smooth and effortlessly you open and close laptops
currently not a single MacBook available for $25, even for parts. These videos are normally bullshit in pricing but it was fun to watch anyway. cheers.
Great video very well done,and thanks for the all the advice new sub from England!
Happy New Year to you,and all your subs from all over the World!
I found a MacBook Pro mid 2009 which someone had chucked out. I took it home, started it up and found that it didn't have an OS on it. The HDD was also an old slow spindle 240GB disk. I put a 240GB SSD in it and installed El Cap on it (As it was the latest the laptop supported), and it ran perfectly fine.
I then wanted to try out an experiment on it... I used a patcher from Dosdude and installed Catalina on it... With its Core 2 Duo and _HUGE_ amounts of RAM (2GB), the laptop absolutely flew and proves that even after 11 years... It is still an absolute beast
*Oh and btw, I'm typing on it rn :)* (The keys are really really good)
Okay nobody asked fuckhead
Accidentally found this video, it is soo satisfying to watch. Great video !
Hi, I have a question. I have a 2015 macbook pro with the staingate problem, would you recommend me a good method to completely remove the coating from the display?
I like your videos, hope in the future you’ll gain millions of views mate
imagine the tears of the guy who sold this macbook watching the video ;-)
I got my 2010 13” MacBook Pro for 21€ from eBay. Seems like no one bid on it! It came without charger, but with the original installation discs and instruction. I plugged in my own charger et voila: it worked! But: the battery was extremely bulged to the point where the trackpad had come out of the housing and the bottom cover was severely deformed. I screwed the Trackpad back in place, carefully hammered the back cover back into shape, invested 30€ into a new battery and here we go: 50€ 13” 2010 MacBook Pro!
Sorry for my bad English, I’m from Germany!
Maybe it’s worth mentioning that broken Apple stuff usually is extremely expensive here.
My vacuum cleaner sucks! 😂😂
Hello Mr @Psivewri. I wanted to ask you if you are buying those macbooks in order to shell them later or in order to make your personal collection. Sorry if i was inpolite
Would love to see side by side comparison of before and after cleaning. Would be satisfying!
i'd buy this laptop just so i can do schoolwork on it and use my actual macbook for all the other stuff
2:17 He's backing away as if the thing is about to explode and he knows it.
sticky keys? Nah fam, the old owner jizzed on the keyboard
Some people that ask nathan: why would you use eucalyptus oil than isopropyl alcohol?
Nathan: It smells good.
oh man the cleaning part is always so satisfactory! Love it!
5:52 that what my dad said 🤣🤣🤣
any reason why you didnt upgrade the RAM? I feel like 8Gigs would have been good, or does it not support it?
Your videos are SO interesting! simply enjoy watching all of them! :D great work!
I came for the eucalyptus oil and wasn't disappointed !
How do you find such deals? I need a MacBook for Xcode purposes, but a VM won't cut it.... Any tips on finding good deals?
Please leave a link for your cleaning oils 😊
I love how you turn it on like it’s a bomb
Bro are you a cs:go player? You have a collection of all knives! Give me Flip knife tiger! (Tiger tooth!)
The older macs were easy to take apart unlike the modern ones today.
I really like your smartwatch is it okay if you can please let me know what model and brand your smartwatch is. Thank you
It's a fitbit ionic 🙂 Got it on special earlier this year
So satisfying!
Seeing all that I/O on the side of the unit really made me pine for better days.
Wow... lots of tedious work to open and remove and clean that MacBook... I doubt I would have the time/patience/skill to do that... nice job!
What vacuum do you use?? Love the video you are one on the people who inspired me to start another RUclips channel on computer and gaming things 🤗
You should put filters so dust won’t get in for all of your machines
I just got a broken 15 inch 2008 MBP from my professor and I disassembled it to remove the screen because it was destroyed there. Recommendations of where to get a new screen?
top vid as always! how was the keyboard? the listing said it had sticky keys? did you have to do anything or just the top clean fixed it?
You're the Australian "Cat and Andrew"! Well done!
Very nice to bring back to the life some old stuff. Thank you for share.
Currently watching this on my own restored 2008 Macbook ;)
Hello is there any site that sells those usb's with an OS already loaded on it? also is there any way an iMac 27in mid-2010 monitor able to have a windows interface to possibly display my xbox one consoles output?
Hi sir i just want to know where did you get your installer 10.10 installer? thank you for the response
I'm glad you're back.
So I have a mid 2011 Macbook Pro 8,1 with an Intel Core i5, 2.3GHz processor 4GB of RAM still running OS X 10.6.8 and I am thinking of doing very similar upgrades to reach current/ near current MacOS and much improved processing speeds mostly in order to edit GoPro videos and photos among not too much else. Would you be willing to guide me through with any recommendations regarding RAM/Hard Drive/etc upgrades?
You should do more of these Macbook restoration videos.