Agreed😁 also I'm surprised there wasn't any mention of a crack in the plastic near the hinge, I heard it's a design flaw in these machines. I have one I bought on eBay and it has that crack. The one in this video looks very pristine and at a great price😁
@@giovonni3225 all i have described is how to change the date to get past the error shown in the video. Sounds like you have another issue. Is it giving you that message in terminal?
That error message you got when trying to install a newer OS is due to the fact that Apple no longer releases a needed certificate for older OS. You can fix it by changing the date in terminal to a date about 2 years ago and then try to install the OS, it should now work. Open terminal and write: date MMDDHHMM18 Month/Day/Hour/Minute/18 (year)
I got one of these (a Mid-2010) last week and so far it has been great. I upgraded the RAM to 8GB and the HDD to a 240GB SSD. Running Catalina 10.15.3 thanks to dosdude1’s Catalina Patcher, it still has a few hiccups, but those are due to the decade-old CPU 😅. I really do love the keyboard and the touchpad is best-in-class, even 10 years later. The only downsides are no Metal support and its size & weight, although the latter doesn’t bother me *too* much. Definitely want to see about reapplying the thermal paste, although mine doesn’t have the thermal issue yours experienced. The fans ramp up like they should, and I haven’t seen mine get above 80-something Celsius. Honestly for a $150 investment, this is such an excellent machine! I would highly recommend it if anyone wants to use it as a “casual” laptop or for school.
Hi Ian, i have a few of these and have high sierra on one and tried catalina as well... I got rid of catalina and stuck with high sierra becuz catalina has Much high cpu demands and was far less responsive and made the thing run hotter...this is with ssds and 8gb ram...PS: so many people use Too much thermal paste which leads to overheating... remember these cpus have a tiny surface and an amount the size of a grain of rice would be sufficent...with thermal paste ,less is Better...it becomes a Barrier that heat has to pass through and if its too thick, LESS het gets to the heatsink, not more... good luck!
Awesome video! I have this exact model and it was a very pleasant surprise seeing it here. The battery on mine is almost dead and the rubber back cover completely peeled off (I missed the replacement program), but the MacBook itself is still working great. Also, respect for having a vision board 👊🏻
Here is a tip: Paper towels have a rather course surface and can cause scraping like sandpaper. I recommend only using microfiber towels, as you can use them on anything. Plus you just throw them in the washer and clean them, so they can also be an investment if you view a simple towel the tool it is.
Ive been using this exact MacBook up until today running both Mac OS X Mavericks (for that aqua nostalgia) and Mac OS Monterey. I originally got it for £28 out of an ebay auction. Threw in a 4GB RAM stick that i had lying around to bump it up to 6GB and installed a 500GB SSD to replace the 11 year old 250GB HDD. Still runs amazingly and i am even using the original battery. Now that it is 12 years old im very impressed how well the MacBook is holding up. Can’t wait to install the full 16GB of DDR3L 1066, all that headroom will be great for the amount of RAM intensive multitasking i do. Highly recommend this model to any students that need a reliable laptop that is comfortable to type on (the keyboard feels great) so long as they are comfortable with installing a couple easy upgrades if it doesn’t come with them already as well as an unsupported OS if they want better app compatibility as time goes on. The dosdude1 line od patchers and the OpenCore legacy patcher are definitely the best for a fully stable and easy to follow installation experience.
Man..... I sure would love to replace the Thermal Paste in my Acer Aspire 7750 i7. It gets really really hot. I already replaced the SSD drive in it a few years ago because it decided it wanted to break. I’m afraid of breaking something like the keyboard when I take it apart.
I bought one of these way back in 2010 and loved it. I used it for Logic Studio to make music and iMovie to make videos. I still have it and recently upgraded to an SSD and went to 4GB of RAM from the 2GB it had. I still use it for web browsing and email but these days I use my newer Retina MacBook for making music. These machines were built to last and Apple was really at their peak when they designed this laptop. I also had a Mac Mini but sold it to a friend in 2015. She is still using it as her main computer right now!
Good Video, I have two of those MacBook Late 2009 one of them do not work at first it just won't turn it on, I leave it for months and then one day I try again and turn on and is working since like two years ago but I notice that the Ethernet conection won't work and also when I try to boot with "option key" to choose diferent USB drive to install difernt OS, it works fine with MacOS 10.9.5 (like 55C/132F) but with El Capitan !0.11.6 or High Sierra 10.13.6 it get very hot as your MacBook @ 8:07 (90C/180F). the other MacBook works fine and I use it Daily as my seconud Mac on my Desk
I got a 2010 model off eBay for about $65 USD. Came upgraded with 8GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD (though it was DRAM less sadly, but hey can't complain at this price). It really is a nice laptop for basic tasks. While it can do 1080p youtube with only a few frame drops, it realllly struggles to do 60fps video even at 720p.
Oh my gosh, I bought this same model some time ago and while trying to repaste the processors, stripped the exact same screw at 3:50. Could it be possible that that particular screw was fastened tighter than all the other screws?
Another note, with installing 10.12 and 10.13 at this point, in the setup turn off wifi and open terminal and change date to 1010102019 and it'll work!
Dremel and flat cutting wheel, can make a slot to use a flathead screw driver, I've had to do this a few times with screwed they use locktight on and stripped out.
been watching your videos for a while now always satisfying to watch, was there any chance you can list everything you use for cleaning and restoring? such as cleaning products you prefer and what tools is needed, its something i would like to get into myself, thanks! 👍
Got one of these by my school in 7th grade. Kept it in just as good condition as the one you got. I had to give it back when graduating 9th grade. I’m so sad I didn’t buy it from them, would have been a great piece to hold on to, especially in such good condition
That was fascinating to see you use eucalyptus oil. Can I use a eucalyptus essential oil dilution with distilled water to clean the case? I have smudges on my laptop that did not come off with isopropyl alcohol
Laptops that get hot before ramping up the fan speed... still a thing today, my HP OMEN 15 gets rather warm before the fans get to any decent speed under "default" mode. Under "comfort" mode, the fans increase in speed noticeably quicker... but it still gets hot under load.
Is there is a way to have Mac and windows at the same time? Without Virtualization? Just like a normal partition on the disk, where one is mac and the other is windows?
Nice! I'm watching this video on my late 2009 macbook unibody. I bought it new and have had it for over 10 years. I only recently bought a new 16" macbook pro to replace it. It's currently running linux mint 19.3 and I have retropie X86 installed so I can use it as a retro gaming machine. About the only thing I haven't done to mine is replace the thermal paste. Good video!
I came here just to look at how to change the thermal paste. I’ve been using this MacBook since 2010 and it has never let me down. I bought a thermal paste and I want to know how to clean the old paste before applying the new one. Does the alcohol have to be 100%? I only have 70%...
i've heard the stubbern screws on the mac heatsinks are cause by adheasive used in the threads. Aparently the best thing to do is heat the screw a little with a soldering iron
I, too have this laptop. It's been running Manjaro for the past few weeks but I wanted an OS X machine again, so I loaded Snow Leopard via USB, then upgraded piece by piece to Catalina thanks to dosdude1's Catalina patcher. After that I replaced the thermal paste, unfortunately I had to drill out the bigger screw for the fan and the one that is located on top of the logic board. My logic board looked far worse than the one in the video but some brushing and some patience made it look as good as new. I also used Arctic MX4 thermal paste, when putting the logic board in I had problems with 2 of the thin cables which wouldn't stay put in their cable channels. After putting everything back together I realised I had forgotten the RAM sticks.... so the cover came back off and the RAM in. Finally I was able to press that little power on button and much to my surprise it started right up! Albeit a bit slow in the beginning, my 6,1 Macbook late 2009 with upgraded SSD and 8GB RAM looked better than ever, and Catalina dark theme really makes the macbook look so much more modern! Bought this thing for €100 a few years back and it's grown so much on me that I don't want to miss it ever!
I have tinkered with a few of these unibody white MacBooks. Sadly many of them had too many problems that I didn’t know how to fix at the time. I’ve mostly been tinkering with the older classic non unibody white MacBooks form 2008, but I hope to get ahold of one of those white unibody models again someday.
I absolutely love the white plastic shell on those macbooks. Don't get me wrong the all metal build on modern macbooks still looks beautiful, but I still have a fondness for these old macbooks.
I have that same model and it will support 16gb of ram ;-) Im typing on it as I leave this comment. Also I am not sure why yours (even after putting new Thermal Paste) is running that hot. Mine runs between 34c-50c max. My fan is running at 2700 rpm (I have it manually set with Mac Fan Control program). Maybe that paste just needs more time to set ?
That's a Mid-2010 MacBook 7,1. It would of came with Mac OS X 10.6.3, but its update-able to macOS 10.13.6, It has a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB Graphics . The Display is a 13-inch (1280x800). The Stock HDD is a 250GB TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF SATA Disk, It has a SuperDrive with the Speed of up to x24 and supports -R, -RW for CD's, and -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW for DVD's. On the left side its got a Mag-Safe Power Adapter, Ethernet, a Mini DisplayPort, 2 USB 2.0 Ports, 1 Headphone Jack and a Kingston Lock (K-Lock). On the right side its got a CD/DVD Drive. Great Video Psivewri!
I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed watching this refurbishing. Excellent video! The quality of this production was outstanding! Thank you!
Can you please give the names of all the cleaning agents that you used to clean the laptop and its appearance? (I am Russian and do not know English well, so I ask, translated via Google Translate)
ive got a few of these andf they run nice and cool at abt 45-50c in mac fan control with rpms set at abt 3000rpm... ur temps are crazy high...are u sure the cpu is not running some heavy processes in the background? I run capitan and high sierra with ssds and 4-8gb ram and temps are fine.
Great Video. Do you know if I can run Final Cut on the Macbook 7.1 Unibody from 2010? Already got 8 GB RAM and thinking about getting a 1 TB SSD. But I need to know if it worth it, because I want to revive it only to run Final Cut. At the moment it won´t install. Thanks heaps.
Hope y'all enjoyed the video! Expect another one soon 👌
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Psivewri I follow you on Twitter as well! Can you try some old Nokia unboxings? Love your videos Nathan!
@@JamesLustre Maybe if I come across an interesting one
Hey, Psivewri! Love your channel! P.S. My daily driver is a MacBook air from 2012
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Yeh pls include euclptus oil and your trusty knife
eucalyptus man back at it again..
this man will not stop
murphey63 😂
Eucalyptus: *exists*
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You got hearted
Great video! You got pretty lucky on this buy! Nice work drilling out the fan screw.
Cheers! I've seen a few of your videos :) Glad you're getting lots of views!
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@@reactornumberfour you are a little late to the Party but ok
Agreed😁 also I'm surprised there wasn't any mention of a crack in the plastic near the hinge, I heard it's a design flaw in these machines. I have one I bought on eBay and it has that crack. The one in this video looks very pristine and at a great price😁
@@antonrickert9427 You too!
Almost every (broken) laptop on ebay: Nobody can repair me!
Psivewri: Hold my thermal paste
marcolet05 .mp3 hold my eucalyptus oil
Hold my methylated spirits
😂😂
Lol
@Kenny Vaughn I know. I tried spelling it but It was to hard
The certificate of the install package has expired. Just set the date back to 2015-2016-ish and you're good to go.
Please let this comment get more traction so people can learn about this
Tamás Nagy it doesn’t work for me
Yeah turn off WiFi and change the date in terminal. Command should be DATE 010100002016
jbrooks4282 it didn’t work it says “you can’t change the startup disk to the selected disk”
@@giovonni3225 all i have described is how to change the date to get past the error shown in the video. Sounds like you have another issue. Is it giving you that message in terminal?
You definitely had some of Luke’s “Miani Magic” when buying this thing!
signalex1182 same lol
signalex1182 Go eat your cereal
Me too
If I buy something "not tested" when I open a box generally find a brick
Oh yes 😂😂😂
Funny, I did the same thing with my GF's 2010 White Unibody.
New RAM, SSD, Battery, DVD drive... works like a charm.
It's a good day when Psivewri uploads.
Psivewri: this macbook needs a good clean
Germs: *why do I hear boss music?*
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@One Punch Man no I think u need a wooooosh, I was joking Randoms caps means impersonating a dumb person
"Germs of Rage"
masterkoocoo you are dumb
Eucalyptus Oil: go brrrtt
I use this EXACT config (even the SSD!) every day for school with macOS Catalina and it runs like a champ! Great video!
Are you running Catalina on a 2009 Macbook??
@@allieevans5698 Yep! Well, I was. I actually just replaced it the other day with my new ThinkPad T440 Hackintosh. Works great!
do you still have it? i'm thinking of getting it haha
@@vern5648 lol unfortunately not. But it was great while I had it and if I still did, I’d still use it. (Spilled water on it D: )
@@annjrue what did you use to hackintosh the t440? I have one but all of my kexts are out of date.
Psivewri: "$29 Apple Macbook Restoration!"
Me: "You guys are getting Macbooks for under $30?"
@Seán's Mobile True, this is probably the equivalent of $20 USD 😅
@@psivewri Love my comment plz
i got a macbook pro 13 mid 2012 i5 for 50$ the 480gb ssd that was inside it was worth over 100$ alone and it was almost brand new
@@psivewri now it's 40 from the SSD
@@doro3353 for me it 01:06😭
Psivewri bought an $29 Macbook on Ebay.
Psivewri: *I can restore this!*
That error message you got when trying to install a newer OS is due to the fact that Apple no longer releases a needed certificate for older OS.
You can fix it by changing the date in terminal to a date about 2 years ago and then try to install the OS, it should now work.
Open terminal and write: date MMDDHHMM18
Month/Day/Hour/Minute/18 (year)
There is also an error in the download file
I had that problem too
Had the same thing while trying to install Hackintosh Mojave, a simple google search fixed it
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I got one of these (a Mid-2010) last week and so far it has been great. I upgraded the RAM to 8GB and the HDD to a 240GB SSD. Running Catalina 10.15.3 thanks to dosdude1’s Catalina Patcher, it still has a few hiccups, but those are due to the decade-old CPU 😅. I really do love the keyboard and the touchpad is best-in-class, even 10 years later. The only downsides are no Metal support and its size & weight, although the latter doesn’t bother me *too* much. Definitely want to see about reapplying the thermal paste, although mine doesn’t have the thermal issue yours experienced. The fans ramp up like they should, and I haven’t seen mine get above 80-something Celsius. Honestly for a $150 investment, this is such an excellent machine! I would highly recommend it if anyone wants to use it as a “casual” laptop or for school.
Hi Ian, i have a few of these and have high sierra on one and tried catalina as well... I got rid of catalina and stuck with high sierra becuz catalina has Much high cpu demands and was far less responsive and made the thing run hotter...this is with ssds and 8gb ram...PS: so many people use Too much thermal paste which leads to overheating... remember these cpus have a tiny surface and an amount the size of a grain of rice would be sufficent...with thermal paste ,less is Better...it becomes a Barrier that heat has to pass through and if its too thick, LESS het gets to the heatsink, not more... good luck!
Awesome video! I have this exact model and it was a very pleasant surprise seeing it here.
The battery on mine is almost dead and the rubber back cover completely peeled off (I missed the replacement program), but the MacBook itself is still working great.
Also, respect for having a vision board 👊🏻
Here is a tip:
Paper towels have a rather course surface and can cause scraping like sandpaper.
I recommend only using microfiber towels, as you can use them on anything. Plus you just throw them in the washer and clean them, so they can also be an investment if you view a simple towel the tool it is.
Me: *playing on 15 years old laptop*
Psiewri: Oh do you want *EuCaLiPtUs OiL*
Ive been using this exact MacBook up until today running both Mac OS X Mavericks (for that aqua nostalgia) and Mac OS Monterey. I originally got it for £28 out of an ebay auction. Threw in a 4GB RAM stick that i had lying around to bump it up to 6GB and installed a 500GB SSD to replace the 11 year old 250GB HDD. Still runs amazingly and i am even using the original battery. Now that it is 12 years old im very impressed how well the MacBook is holding up. Can’t wait to install the full 16GB of DDR3L 1066, all that headroom will be great for the amount of RAM intensive multitasking i do. Highly recommend this model to any students that need a reliable laptop that is comfortable to type on (the keyboard feels great) so long as they are comfortable with installing a couple easy upgrades if it doesn’t come with them already as well as an unsupported OS if they want better app compatibility as time goes on. The dosdude1 line od patchers and the OpenCore legacy patcher are definitely the best for a fully stable and easy to follow installation experience.
Man..... I sure would love to replace the Thermal Paste in my Acer Aspire 7750 i7. It gets really really hot. I already replaced the SSD drive in it a few years ago because it decided it wanted to break. I’m afraid of breaking something like the keyboard when I take it apart.
I would like to know how you solve the problem with OS 10.12 installation? I see it says USB damaged. Thanks
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I bought one of these way back in 2010 and loved it. I used it for Logic Studio to make music and iMovie to make videos. I still have it and recently upgraded to an SSD and went to 4GB of RAM from the 2GB it had. I still use it for web browsing and email but these days I use my newer Retina MacBook for making music. These machines were built to last and Apple was really at their peak when they designed this laptop. I also had a Mac Mini but sold it to a friend in 2015. She is still using it as her main computer right now!
What a good deal Nathan! I enjoyed watching your videos!
Good Video, I have two of those MacBook Late 2009 one of them do not work at first it just won't turn it on, I leave it for months and then one day I try again and turn on and is working since like two years ago but I notice that the Ethernet conection won't work and also when I try to boot with "option key" to choose diferent USB drive to install difernt OS, it works fine with MacOS 10.9.5 (like 55C/132F) but with El Capitan !0.11.6 or High Sierra 10.13.6 it get very hot as your MacBook @ 8:07 (90C/180F). the other MacBook works fine and I use it Daily as my seconud Mac on my Desk
I got a 2010 model off eBay for about $65 USD. Came upgraded with 8GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD (though it was DRAM less sadly, but hey can't complain at this price). It really is a nice laptop for basic tasks. While it can do 1080p youtube with only a few frame drops, it realllly struggles to do 60fps video even at 720p.
Oh my gosh, I bought this same model some time ago and while trying to repaste the processors, stripped the exact same screw at 3:50. Could it be possible that that particular screw was fastened tighter than all the other screws?
Another note, with installing 10.12 and 10.13 at this point, in the setup turn off wifi and open terminal and change date to 1010102019 and it'll work!
Dremel and flat cutting wheel, can make a slot to use a flathead screw driver, I've had to do this a few times with screwed they use locktight on and stripped out.
5:11 selling strange man lmfao
i love to watch you cleaning and restoring those old macs!👍🏻
1 min silence for the guy who sold this Mac without realising that it was working
been watching your videos for a while now always satisfying to watch, was there any chance you can list everything you use for cleaning and restoring? such as cleaning products you prefer and what tools is needed, its something i would like to get into myself, thanks! 👍
Got one of these by my school in 7th grade. Kept it in just as good condition as the one you got. I had to give it back when graduating 9th grade. I’m so sad I didn’t buy it from them, would have been a great piece to hold on to, especially in such good condition
That was fascinating to see you use eucalyptus oil. Can I use a eucalyptus essential oil dilution with distilled water to clean the case? I have smudges on my laptop that did not come off with isopropyl alcohol
In some places if you mark the Thing as Parts only it's less tax as you're not selling a working thing even if it might be fully functioning.
What year is this one? I am looking for a cheap laptop and this seems like a good option
Could You give an explanation why the battery heath would change with a different OS?
Probably my second favorite Apple portable design after the iBook Clamshell. I love the rounded edges on these.
Love these restoration videos!! Keep up the great work!!!!
Laptops that get hot before ramping up the fan speed... still a thing today, my HP OMEN 15 gets rather warm before the fans get to any decent speed under "default" mode. Under "comfort" mode, the fans increase in speed noticeably quicker... but it still gets hot under load.
Had one back in the day. With 8Gb and 256Gb SSD running 10.6.8 it was very quick! What a machine.
Is eucalyptus oil thin and volatile that it is good for cleaning electronics?
Is there is a way to have Mac and windows at the same time? Without Virtualization? Just like a normal partition on the disk, where one is mac and the other is windows?
Nice! I'm watching this video on my late 2009 macbook unibody. I bought it new and have had it for over 10 years. I only recently bought a new 16" macbook pro to replace it. It's currently running linux mint 19.3 and I have retropie X86 installed so I can use it as a retro gaming machine. About the only thing I haven't done to mine is replace the thermal paste. Good video!
Hey is it worth it replacing the thermal paste? Or is it unnecessary
Hellllll yeah!!!!!! I can’t believe it worked! That’s such a steal dude!
High Tech With Grumpo yeah but he had to repair it 🤨
Elle C. Ok but it basically worked! It was holding a charge, it turned on.... now I wanna get one 🤣
High Tech With Grumpo but could you repair it?
Elle C. ... I could try.... anybody got a hammer?
Hey is their an alternative to eucalyptus oil? I have a 2008 MacBook camping in the mail and I don’t have any eucalyptus oil.
I almost always break a connector taking the boards out. Hate doing that. Screws constantly strip.
I came here just to look at how to change the thermal paste. I’ve been using this MacBook since 2010 and it has never let me down. I bought a thermal paste and I want to know how to clean the old paste before applying the new one. Does the alcohol have to be 100%? I only have 70%...
For the Sierra boot, your usb is fine you just have to be on Mavericks+ to boot into El Cap+
i've heard the stubbern screws on the mac heatsinks are cause by adheasive used in the threads. Aparently the best thing to do is heat the screw a little with a soldering iron
I, too have this laptop. It's been running Manjaro for the past few weeks but I wanted an OS X machine again, so I loaded Snow Leopard via USB, then upgraded piece by piece to Catalina thanks to dosdude1's Catalina patcher. After that I replaced the thermal paste, unfortunately I had to drill out the bigger screw for the fan and the one that is located on top of the logic board. My logic board looked far worse than the one in the video but some brushing and some patience made it look as good as new. I also used Arctic MX4 thermal paste, when putting the logic board in I had problems with 2 of the thin cables which wouldn't stay put in their cable channels. After putting everything back together I realised I had forgotten the RAM sticks.... so the cover came back off and the RAM in. Finally I was able to press that little power on button and much to my surprise it started right up! Albeit a bit slow in the beginning, my 6,1 Macbook late 2009 with upgraded SSD and 8GB RAM looked better than ever, and Catalina dark theme really makes the macbook look so much more modern! Bought this thing for €100 a few years back and it's grown so much on me that I don't want to miss it ever!
Did you replace only CPU or GPU compound, or both?
what do u do with the old computers after fixing them
I have tinkered with a few of these unibody white MacBooks. Sadly many of them had too many problems that I didn’t know how to fix at the time. I’ve mostly been tinkering with the older classic non unibody white MacBooks form 2008, but I hope to get ahold of one of those white unibody models again someday.
I see that you're alwyas using eucalyptus oil. Is it really that effective and won't it short circuit anything ?
What products did you use for cleaning?
I absolutely love the white plastic shell on those macbooks. Don't get me wrong the all metal build on modern macbooks still looks beautiful, but I still have a fondness for these old macbooks.
I have that same model and it will support 16gb of ram ;-) Im typing on it as I leave this comment.
Also I am not sure why yours (even after putting new Thermal Paste) is running that hot. Mine runs between 34c-50c max. My fan is running at 2700 rpm (I have it manually set with Mac Fan Control program). Maybe that paste just needs more time to set ?
That's a Mid-2010 MacBook 7,1. It would of came with Mac OS X 10.6.3, but its update-able to macOS 10.13.6, It has a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB Graphics . The Display is a 13-inch (1280x800). The Stock HDD is a 250GB TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF SATA Disk, It has a SuperDrive with the Speed of up to x24 and supports -R, -RW
for CD's, and -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW for DVD's. On the left side its got a Mag-Safe Power Adapter, Ethernet, a Mini DisplayPort, 2 USB 2.0 Ports, 1 Headphone Jack and a Kingston Lock (K-Lock). On the right side its got a CD/DVD Drive.
Great Video Psivewri!
I have the 2.66GHz MacBook Pro 7,1, basically the same as yours but faster CPU, slightly nicer display, and backlight keyboard
I am currently running this exact model for 3 years already . Needed an SSD upgrade and a new thermal paste . Is Catalina supported on this device ?
I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed watching this refurbishing. Excellent video! The quality of this production was outstanding! Thank you!
Does psivewri happen to have tips on purchasing “Parts Only” and used laptops for revival?
Yaas I love your content Psivewri
anyone knows where i can get a charger of one of those macs?
Great vid and find. I picked one of these up awhile ago, put in 8gb ram, ssd and a new battery. It currently runs Catalina :)
Are you able to run Catalina on a 2009 Macbook? Or a 2010 model?
I could do with a Mac. Any tips for buying on the cheap. Doesn’t have to be good. I can fix em
this was oddly satisfying to watch!
It’s a really tough moment here in italy, thanks for your videos. Greetings from south of italy. All the best!
The name of the product for the clean of the keyboard and computer?
Use this laptop all time. With 8 gigs of ram installed runs Garage Band like a champ.
I used to have this unibody plastic model. Loved it. And it’s still the machine on which I had the best windows 7 experience
Can you please give the names of all the cleaning agents that you used to clean the laptop and its appearance? (I am Russian and do not know English well, so I ask, translated via Google Translate)
Always enjoy your videos's! It's always good to see old machines getting a good clean up :-)
After upgrading the RAM, can I upgrade the OS to OS 10.14?
The way to know if the bottom cover was replaced, if there is no serial number printed on it!
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I still have one of these. Sadly it stopped charging due to the magsafe connector shorting out
im still using a 2010 white macbook with mojave patcher and Mavericks, both OS run great with the SSD
this man is too underrated.
Every broken computer online: You can't fix me, now can you?
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nice i have 2 of them at the moment for like 13 bucks a piece they would be broken but 1 needed a new cheap keyboard and hdd cable for the other one
ive got a few of these andf they run nice and cool at abt 45-50c in mac fan control with rpms set at abt 3000rpm... ur temps are crazy high...are u sure the cpu is not running some heavy processes in the background?
I run capitan and high sierra with ssds and 4-8gb ram and temps are fine.
Great machine!!! I have one with 8 GB RAM and SSD, using Lubuntu as a Media Center. Works perfectly.
Nice video. You got a link for the eucalyptus spray?
What do you with the laptops that you've repaired?
I had the same hearing issues with my 2010 13" MBP. I have to manually increase the fan speed
Do you sell any of your refurbished/fixed macbooks or do they just stay in storage?
How'd you get Sierra on there? I thought El Capitan was all that was possible.
How do you get the keyboard connector back in?
Mr privewri what you are using to remove thermopaste
Apple should make some cheap MacBook models with plastic cases because this MacBook looks very nice
What key do I press to boot from USB? I hold down option doesn't work
I'm sure I won't get a response, but what watch are you wearing? I've seen it any many other videos.
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Yay! I got so excited to see you posted another video :D
Great Video. Do you know if I can run Final Cut on the Macbook 7.1 Unibody from 2010? Already got 8 GB RAM and thinking about getting a 1 TB SSD. But I need to know if it worth it, because I want to revive it only to run Final Cut. At the moment it won´t install. Thanks heaps.
Unfortunately the same thing happened to my Late 2009 MacBook with the fan screw just stripping for no reason even though I was being careful
How much you will ask for USB with MacOs ?