A video that provides help is always valuable. I searched for a video to assist me in resolving an issue with my 2017 MacBook Pro charger, and I found one that was published in 2016. Despite its age, the video proved to be beneficial in solving my problem. It had no complicated setups or flashy effects, just excellent content. The fact that it continues to aid users even after seven years since its release is remarkable. This is truly an outstanding video, and I appreciate the creator for making such a useful resource.
@@Zionoafk I would recommend some wire strippers, I have never used them before because I didn't own any but I borrowed some from my grandfather and they work well
My charger looked exactly like this one at the beginning of the video.. Just confirming that after watching, I was successfully able to fix my Magsafe 2 charger doing exactly what this guy does, but I only used electric tape to hold the wires in place, hot glue to support the base, a pair of scissors, and a pretty small pair of pliers. Prying open the charger is a little tough at first, but everything else is pretty simple. So if you’re broke & need a quick fix don’t worry about buying all the extra tools & pieces. It can literally be done with stuff you already have laying around the house. 👍
Juul, your hands are of a great dexterity, and your mind, and your intellect is remarkable. Only 2-5% of self-help videos are so smart, brief, precise and useful. Thank you very much! The problem -- is time. As a busy woman I do not have time to do it immaculately like you do, and I'm not sure I'll solder the wires ends so well though I have somewhere a tool for that. So, I'll buy it to save my precious time. It was a pleasure watching your video!
Install a plastic wire tie around the wire bundle inside of the case, for strain relief. If it was longer, tie a UL knot. Either way, something is needed so it will resist being pulled out. Thanks for the video!
dobbatron idk, It’s in the middle ig, you are a teen or something, quite a lot, you’re an adult, you spend that on your weekly shop and spend even more on bills
Sick Video, works without soldering the connections as well, noticed a lot of people saying they didnt have the tools, you can honestly do a way worse job of this but still fix it by just using electrical tape and braiding your wires. (full disclosure though this method is way more fragile but still renders a working mac Charger)
Thanks very much Juul. My MacBook Pro charger was in same condition. I was about to buy a new one costing roughly USD 100 here but then I came across this video. I followed (I am not electronics engineer) exact same step on my iPhone, prepared the wires, cut etc and using the help of a local electrician who just knew enough (i.e. soldering) I got my charger back in absolute working condition. Overall it cost me just 50 cents (for soldering).
How can you know due to contact between worn-out old wires, there is no short/blown fuse/ internal damage in the charger, before spending so much time to repair it? Otherwise and minus cosmetic imperfection, You did a great job. LIKED.
I learned all I needed in the first five seconds - separating the case so I could get inside. After that, I was able to replace the cord with a new one I bought on eBay.
So the centre wire goes to white, and the outer shield goes to black. That's all I've been trying to find out! I'm not sure how you know that or whether it was a good guess.
4:12 is the moment of truth lol. Bruh if I had done all that labor & that light didn't come on, all my tools woulda been thrown out the window. This is the video I needed to see. Totally about to repair my previous charger now. This is gold. THANK YOU
Half of the cosmetic steps this guy did,was to illustrate the "most thorough" way to go about repairing your cord. If you want to just twine it up ,tape it up and have it a lil ugly,that is up to you and is quite possible without doing everyting he does. So it really isnt that much work,You can do it.. This guy did a proper good job on this repair,minus the heatshrink(hard to look for in The Bahamas,where im at) i will be doing the same. Bless
For anyone who got confused with the wiring. He connected the outer metal wires (he used red shrinking tube for them) with the black cable in the transformator. So I think it's the ground cable. The inner tube with the white cable (probably power cable). It didn't get quite clear in the video and I had problems figuering it out. For me it worked out like that and my charger is up and running again. I hope I could help :) Ps: I have to appologice for my bad english due to my mother tongue beeing german. (not form Germany, but Austria ^^ the land of the mountain kangaroos)
Damn bro, don't get me wrong the video is really impressive, but you went full mcgiver on that charger!! I thought you were gonna use noodles to fix it together at the end LOL
Thanks man. Get the job done that way! I have been soldering for a while now so the repair was pretty straight forward. I was lucky enough to have some shrink wrap tubing on the bench and was done in 15 or 20 minutes. Can't stress enough, though, that you have to know how to use a soldering iron and a little bit about DC electrical comings and goings. i.e. White to White - Black to Red.
you don't have to be an installer for hack to be able to do this you just kind of have a little patience and what about you you got to be smarter than what you working on
Yesterday same issue . The charger did'nt work , Checked Amazon for a new one , too expensive for my old 2008 Mac Book . Some similar items , cheaper but not sure if working. Watched today this video and after soldering the 2 cable, that charger came to life . Wow , very simple job, Thank you 😘😘🍻
I did it, just crappier. No prior experience. Soldering Resin core + flux = $6.50 at home depot or lowes I borrowed a soldering gun. Ask your neighbors. My soldering job was terrible, I used electrical tape instead of heat shrink, and I broke the charging case when I opened it. It looks ghetto, but it works. I saved $23 dollars (from a used one on ebay) and not gonna lie I feel kinda proud.
I'm not an engineer, but just watching this and a couple other soldering videos helped me fix my macbook pro charger !! Thank you! P.S. bought a soldering kit ($20), electrical tape ($0.50), and some heat shrink tubing ($1.99) and viola
Great video and helped me repair mine. I however did it more simply as only the outer cable was severed. I got a length on the outer cable by stripping the casing top and bottom, twisted the ends and soldered them. Then I wrapped black electrical tape round it and hey presto! Now advised my family not the bend the connection so hopefully it would last. However should it break again then I still have your method as plan B!
Complete tool list would be useful Pliers to separate the mag Wire cutters to strip wires at 0:36 Again wire cutter stripping and exposing metal inside wire at 0:50 Heat shrink tubing Using a lighter to...?... Keep the wires melty? 1:38 use box cutter to cut off part in the mag to expose the wires with a needle nose pliers and a wire clipper 2:00 use more heat tubing for...safety? 2:12 use unlabeled tool (clothespin and book would work I think?) To hold wires up for soldering Soldering i think just melts the wires together and should be practiced a little beforehand but is probably doable 3:00 then use lighter to shrink wrap the tube? 3:24 this device right here almost would have made the younger me click out of this video.That is a weird looking device he chose to not label, and I've never seen a super glue gun look like that. Because that's all it is, super glue. Thankfully I was able to pause the video and read the bizarre brand of super glue he bought. But you could probably buy it at any dollar store. Most of this comment is just to set the record on that one. After that is the hot glue ending.
Awesome! It worked just perfect!! I manage to reuse the flexible "neck" that you threw away. You just want to drill the centre so you can tightly put back the cables into it, for a more esthetic and tough result! Thank you so much man! From France
it's me, or this video is satisfying ??? When the green light appears, it was like, i was the one who make the job!! lol! Yeaaah, i know, i had to take my pils!!! haha
Super 👌 But how to find which wire to solder to which one inside the box? I'm assuming the outer thick core is connected to the black wire inside the box.
I’m totally going to do this once I go shopping for the materials! I have 3 computers: a chrome book I got on my own, my sisters chrome book that she didn’t want anymore, and an old MacBook my dad gave to me when he replaced it with his desktop. All 3 computers have broken chargers but all 3 still work. Now I won’t have to pay over $150 to replace all 3 computer chargers :,^)
If you grab the wire you are soldering with a plier below the heat shrink, the plier will heat sink the wire and prevent the heat shrink from shrinking.
Just did this today, you don’t need to break the battery pack part open tho FYI people. Just cut the cable before it and simple. But this actually works if your cable splits. Thanks for the info man!
That was an easy fix. I have a few that I didn't throw away. I'll try that. But I think I would test it first before putting to much of it back together. Thanks man!
There's no need to join the cable, just take the unit out the case and solder the stripped cord into the board like the original, though give the inner a good pull in case it case there are other fractures in the inner. I think these units are built to fail so Apple can sell us lots of new power supplies. Replacement magsafe plugs complete with cable are available in Ebay etc for about £5. Be careful though there are two types. Thanks for the tip with the pliers to bust the case open I did it with a sharp screwdriver.
I have done it so beautifully. :) so happy! mine looked like exactly like yours and my child pulled it cut it off from the cord. I have done all similar but except that I did not soldiering, rolled the coils together by hand and I found it strong like that and coz I don't have the kind of glue you had it at the end, I insert earphone cover plastic from the T side of the magnetic end and take it all down to the tip. It not only hold it tight but also make it look like original. It costs me 3 GBP. From UK! Apple must give you millions of dollars, I suggest! ;)
Great video. Short, straight to the point, no long intro, no talking.
A video that provides help is always valuable. I searched for a video to assist me in resolving an issue with my 2017 MacBook Pro charger, and I found one that was published in 2016. Despite its age, the video proved to be beneficial in solving my problem. It had no complicated setups or flashy effects, just excellent content. The fact that it continues to aid users even after seven years since its release is remarkable. This is truly an outstanding video, and I appreciate the creator for making such a useful resource.
I continued watching this even though I know I can't do this
You just need some tools, you can get most of them on any shop for less than 10
@@Zionoafk I would recommend some wire strippers, I have never used them before because I didn't own any but I borrowed some from my grandfather and they work well
My charger looked exactly like this one at the beginning of the video.. Just confirming that after watching, I was successfully able to fix my Magsafe 2 charger doing exactly what this guy does, but I only used electric tape to hold the wires in place, hot glue to support the base, a pair of scissors, and a pretty small pair of pliers. Prying open the charger is a little tough at first, but everything else is pretty simple. So if you’re broke & need a quick fix don’t worry about buying all the extra tools & pieces. It can literally be done with stuff you already have laying around the house. 👍
I'm not broke, but I refuse to give Apple another red cent. My 3rd adapter just failed. Apple should be sued for this hack job design of theirs.
So you just taped the wires together instead of soldering?
@taliesinmusic that’s correct, still working since I fixed it
Thanks for your such useful tips for us❤
This guy is awesome! My charger looks exactly the same as his and I am watching this in March 2020. Very helpful video and very detailed. Thank you!
Juul, your hands are of a great dexterity, and your mind, and your intellect is remarkable. Only 2-5% of self-help videos are so smart, brief, precise and useful. Thank you very much! The problem -- is time. As a busy woman I do not have time to do it immaculately like you do, and I'm not sure I'll solder the wires ends so well though I have somewhere a tool for that. So, I'll buy it to save my precious time. It was a pleasure watching your video!
Install a plastic wire tie around the wire bundle inside of the case, for strain relief. If it was longer, tie a UL knot. Either way, something is needed so it will resist being pulled out. Thanks for the video!
Like a twist tie on a bag of bagels type thing?
That's a great idea!
Watching on 3% battery, feeling sad because i have no money for new cord nor do i have any of the tools he used to fix it. Goodbye internet! ✌️
Use your phone to watch the video to fix it then..
The tools he used would, with the essentials such as soldering iron, flux, solder, shrinking heat tube, etc would cost around £50
@@techaid1940 nothing comes for free and that 50 will help you save hundreds and hundreds plus save on landfill long into the future
Nikolai Sliwerski um, ok
dobbatron idk, It’s in the middle ig, you are a teen or something, quite a lot, you’re an adult, you spend that on your weekly shop and spend even more on bills
Sick Video, works without soldering the connections as well, noticed a lot of people saying they didnt have the tools, you can honestly do a way worse job of this but still fix it by just using electrical tape and braiding your wires. (full disclosure though this method is way more fragile but still renders a working mac Charger)
who's watching this on low battery on the mac?
me...hiksss
Use your phone to watch the video
Hahahah
Me! But will switch to phone or tablet soon
@@timothyfowler4026 2%. Switching to iPad
Thanks very much Juul. My MacBook Pro charger was in same condition. I was about to buy a new one costing roughly USD 100 here but then I came across this video. I followed (I am not electronics engineer) exact same step on my iPhone, prepared the wires, cut etc and using the help of a local electrician who just knew enough (i.e. soldering) I got my charger back in absolute working condition. Overall it cost me just 50 cents (for soldering).
is it working properly?
@@ranniellarheapueblos4591 Yes. Working fine
How can you know due to contact between worn-out old wires, there is no short/blown fuse/ internal damage in the charger, before spending so much time to repair it?
Otherwise and minus cosmetic imperfection, You did a great job.
LIKED.
This video save me from having to buy a new charger. I been with this charger since October of 2014. Almost 10 years. Thanks you for this video
I learned all I needed in the first five seconds - separating the case so I could get inside. After that, I was able to replace the cord with a new one I bought on eBay.
Tip of the hat to you sir. Watching in 2023 and your knowledge just saved me £79. Thank you kindly.
I came to see how to get it opened up and stayed for the whole thing. Nice, clean work!
So the centre wire goes to white, and the outer shield goes to black. That's all I've been trying to find out! I'm not sure how you know that or whether it was a good guess.
Ditto
You can re-use the restrain, it's molded over. You just need to leave the longer wires and pull them out. Clean it, slightly expand and ... profit.
New title: How to fix a $70 charger with $170 worth of tools and equipment.
Thanks man. I just did it. It worked perfectly fine.
thank u. u've saved my mac.
Fixing it yourself for under 5 bucks - the video Apple doesn't want you to see. Thank you sir, you're doing God's work.
4:12 is the moment of truth lol. Bruh if I had done all that labor & that light didn't come on, all my tools woulda been thrown out the window. This is the video I needed to see. Totally about to repair my previous charger now. This is gold. THANK YOU
It's done! Works perfectly now. Thanks for this video man, saved me a bunch of money
Half of the cosmetic steps this guy did,was to illustrate the "most thorough" way to go about repairing your cord. If you want to just twine it up ,tape it up and have it a lil ugly,that is up to you and is quite possible without doing everyting he does. So it really isnt that much work,You can do it.. This guy did a proper good job on this repair,minus the heatshrink(hard to look for in The Bahamas,where im at) i will be doing the same. Bless
For anyone who got confused with the wiring. He connected the outer metal wires (he used red shrinking tube for them) with the black cable in the transformator. So I think it's the ground cable. The inner tube with the white cable (probably power cable). It didn't get quite clear in the video and I had problems figuering it out. For me it worked out like that and my charger is up and running again. I hope I could help :)
Ps: I have to appologice for my bad english due to my mother tongue beeing german. (not form Germany, but Austria ^^ the land of the mountain kangaroos)
thanks fo this clarification
Yeah that one took me a second too.
Thank you so much brother, you saved my money. My charger got done fine.
Great job! But I wonder why you didn't use white shrinking tubes... you had it there!
Thanks so much. I almost bought a new charger. This video was very helpful and my Mac is now back ON.
Damn bro, don't get me wrong the video is really impressive, but you went full mcgiver on that charger!! I thought you were gonna use noodles to fix it together at the end LOL
Thanks man. Get the job done that way! I have been soldering for a while now so the repair was pretty straight forward. I was lucky enough to have some shrink wrap tubing on the bench and was done in 15 or 20 minutes.
Can't stress enough, though, that you have to know how to use a soldering iron and a little bit about DC electrical comings and goings. i.e. White to White - Black to Red.
Thanks for this vid, cuz I just fixed my kid's MBP charger! Just saved me some time and money, pal!
I find your tutorial very educational. Can you please help me out by naming the tools you used for this exercise? Much appreciated.
bro im not an engineer
Rat Princess get gud m8
I am. Still gonna buy a new one
you don't have to be an installer for hack to be able to do this you just kind of have a little patience and what about you you got to be smarter than what you working on
and then why are you not an engineer do you use a machine correct then well there's your own answer smile princess
i can see that
Yesterday same issue .
The charger did'nt work ,
Checked Amazon for a new one , too expensive for my old 2008 Mac Book . Some similar items , cheaper but not sure if working.
Watched today this video and after soldering the 2 cable, that charger came to life .
Wow , very simple job,
Thank you 😘😘🍻
Thank you for the information, it was very helpful I managed to fixed my charger and it is working a treat
Thank for sharing and demonstrating how to fix the cable!
I did it, just crappier. No prior experience.
Soldering Resin core + flux = $6.50 at home depot or lowes
I borrowed a soldering gun. Ask your neighbors.
My soldering job was terrible, I used electrical tape instead of heat shrink, and I broke the charging case when I opened it.
It looks ghetto, but it works. I saved $23 dollars (from a used one on ebay) and not gonna lie I feel kinda proud.
Thank you! Worked like a charm!👍
Found what I was looking for.... Back to work
Thank you so much! Your video is awesome, I just fixed my charger , you saved me at least $75 😊👍
Simple & Practical & Well produced! Thanks for the video! You won an entry! 👍🏾
I'm not an engineer, but just watching this and a couple other soldering videos helped me fix my macbook pro charger !! Thank you!
P.S. bought a soldering kit ($20), electrical tape ($0.50), and some heat shrink tubing ($1.99) and viola
Excellent dude.. shrink sleeves are the bomb.. about to do two.. our bunny 🐰 ate our cords!
Thanks for showing this! I was able to replicate your steps and fix mine! I saved $70!
Great video and helped me repair mine. I however did it more simply as only the outer cable was severed. I got a length on the outer cable by stripping the casing top and bottom, twisted the ends and soldered them. Then I wrapped black electrical tape round it and hey presto! Now advised my family not the bend the connection so hopefully it would last. However should it break again then I still have your method as plan B!
Thanks bro, saved me from getting a new one.
it worked! thank you, man. saved my life
Complete tool list would be useful
Pliers to separate the mag
Wire cutters to strip wires at 0:36
Again wire cutter stripping and exposing metal inside wire at 0:50
Heat shrink tubing
Using a lighter to...?... Keep the wires melty?
1:38 use box cutter to cut off part in the mag to expose the wires with a needle nose pliers and a wire clipper
2:00 use more heat tubing for...safety?
2:12 use unlabeled tool (clothespin and book would work I think?) To hold wires up for soldering
Soldering i think just melts the wires together and should be practiced a little beforehand but is probably doable
3:00 then use lighter to shrink wrap the tube?
3:24 this device right here almost would have made the younger me click out of this video.That is a weird looking device he chose to not label, and I've never seen a super glue gun look like that. Because that's all it is, super glue. Thankfully I was able to pause the video and read the bizarre brand of super glue he bought. But you could probably buy it at any dollar store. Most of this comment is just to set the record on that one.
After that is the hot glue ending.
Awesome! It worked just perfect!! I manage to reuse the flexible "neck" that you threw away. You just want to drill the centre so you can tightly put back the cables into it, for a more esthetic and tough result!
Thank you so much man!
From France
it's me, or this video is satisfying ??? When the green light appears, it was like, i was the one who make the job!! lol! Yeaaah, i know, i had to take my pils!!! haha
Just did this after my 3rd charger failed. Appreciate the info brotha!
Super 👌 But how to find which wire to solder to which one inside the box? I'm assuming the outer thick core is connected to the black wire inside the box.
Simply use the edge of the shaft of the soldering iron to shrink the tubing, rather than a naked flame on the lighter.
Thanks for this video. You save my live, my money.
I’m totally going to do this once I go shopping for the materials! I have 3 computers: a chrome book I got on my own, my sisters chrome book that she didn’t want anymore, and an old MacBook my dad gave to me when he replaced it with his desktop. All 3 computers have broken chargers but all 3 still work. Now I won’t have to pay over $150 to replace all 3 computer chargers :,^)
Thank you so much for this tutorial, it has been very helpful
Thank you, good sir, for this video. I fixed my charger thanks to your instructions!
thank you so much. you just saved me $80 for a new charger.
This helped out plenty . Thank you!
Thanks, watched on my phone while fixing the dead alim of the mac that has no power left, saved 50E not complaining at all :)
If you grab the wire you are soldering with a plier below the heat shrink, the plier will heat sink the wire and prevent the heat shrink from shrinking.
Worked perfectly!! Just make sure you put the white wire with the white or smoke will come out of your MacBook🔥
thank you so much. my puppy chewed through the cord and now I was able to fix it with your help!!
Great video - this did the trick for me. Took a couple of goes with the soldering but managed it in the end. Thanks!
Thank you very much for the tutorial !! Saved my day hahaha 🙏
Thanks for the video. Gave me the confidence to get it done. Quite easy really if you have the tools.
Just did this today, you don’t need to break the battery pack part open tho FYI people. Just cut the cable before it and simple. But this actually works if your cable splits. Thanks for the info man!
fixed my charger thanks to this! Thank you so much :)))
Black/white which to which?
I think I figuered it out :) wrote it up there
That was an easy fix. I have a few that I didn't throw away. I'll try that. But I think I would test it first before putting to much of it back together. Thanks man!
I need this handy man right now :)
Worked great, thanks!
yeah im just gonna randomly wrap tape around it and jope that works
Eda Adiyaman haha I did this and it worked for a month, but now it’s completely dead.
I used a glue gun but it finally came undone after five months.
@@Springsdaisy same now mine are dead
Great, helpful video. Thanks!
Good tutorial! The music however... I thought my headphones were glitching 😅
There's no need to join the cable, just take the unit out the case and solder the stripped cord into the board like the original, though give the inner a good pull in case it case there are other fractures in the inner. I think these units are built to fail so Apple can sell us lots of new power supplies. Replacement magsafe plugs complete with cable are available in Ebay etc for about £5. Be careful though there are two types. Thanks for the tip with the pliers to bust the case open I did it with a sharp screwdriver.
Thanks a lot for this video!! Really useful and helps me to fix mine
You sir are an absolute lifesaver!!!!
Mine turned out a bit less attractive, but it works like a charm.Thank you!!!
how do I know the correct wiring? Did you test it prior?
Thanks
Eduardo Gonçalves it’s ac there’s no polarity
Good demonstration! Can I skip the soldering part?
You just saved my 25$. Thank you 👍
So that's how you open it! Nice!
Done it, works perfectly, saved 90€ for an original one ;)
Wow in norway its only like 20 pounds
@@ranger_t_nproduction9708 In Norway it’s 85€
Great video! How do you fix the other side of the Mac cord? That attaches to the Mac. It is going to be harder or easier?
Well done
May try this tomorrow
Thanks so much for the vid
Computer charger is broken I can’t live without it😭🤣
Outstanding, I am up and working now.... Thanks for the video!!!
I have done it so beautifully. :) so happy! mine looked like exactly like yours and my child pulled it cut it off from the cord. I have done all similar but except that I did not soldiering, rolled the coils together by hand and I found it strong like that and coz I don't have the kind of glue you had it at the end, I insert earphone cover plastic from the T side of the magnetic end and take it all down to the tip. It not only hold it tight but also make it look like original. It costs me 3 GBP. From UK! Apple must give you millions of dollars, I suggest! ;)
anteneh addisu Yimer did you use the heat-shrinking tubing?
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Thanks its so helpful.
Thank you so much, you just saved me 60 dollars!
Thanks for the video it's really a nice repair tip.I have a questuon.what do you call the plastic tube?
can I send me for you to repair!!!! That's clean work u did!!
Amazing! First attempt at electrical stuff - nice simple video
Thank you! Made my day!
Did you skip a step after soldering? I don't see you placing the back tape or shrink tube so not sure which it is? Thank you!
worked like a charm. Thank you
Thanks for the video. It's really helped me
thanks so much, my man!