I bought a huge PILE of 32 MacBooks for cheap. Can I fix them? [Part 1]
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I bought a PILE of 32 MacBooks for just $700! This is by far the largest scale project I've ever done on the channel with over 100 pounds of MacBooks to fix. In today's video we'll try to get as many of these machines working as possible without spending a single dollar to do it! Then, next week in part two we're going to up the game even further and try to restore all the working MacBooks to nice, usable condition! This should be a fun ride!
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By now, Luke should’ve already won a badge from Apple: official recycler
yeah, now if they can stop making their computers obsolete due to old GPUs; we can officially end eco waste.
I love seeing old hardware get a second life.
Apple loses money when people do this. They would never give him a badge.
Not presented by Apple, to be sure...
Guys, it is a joke
This is the content that makes me happy
@Jiham Mabya I clicked on it and all I saw was a hairy Bosnian man, can I have my money back please?
hey i follow you on instagram lmao
Feel exactly same!
@@ilyasg2108 haha yes i know you too
do you know if Luke will sell one of those laptops to me?
I love these repair videos
I absolutely love Luke's repair/refurbished videos, he has a sincere way of teaching with clarity, humor and at times earnest approach to connecting with his audience. It's refreshing. Keep it up Luke. If there's a way to breathe new life into older electronics instead of supporting waste/throw away culture I totally support it! Thank you.
Thanks I appreciate it!
YESSSSSSS i love his videos like this
@@lukemiani yeah real cool do you collect era specific hardware compatible with the laptop or desktop?
Jesus Christ loves you ❤️
Tell me one thing you learned from his tutorial, Luke is not teaching us how to fix a computer, he does not want to share his knowledge with his audience. I did not learn anything from his tutorial. This is how It works, when we see these type of tutorial, the audience learn from It, If you search , how to replace a matchbook battery, you will see step by step procedure. which we all learn from those tutorial. When Luke present his tutorial, he fast forward his tutorial and the audience not learning anything.His expectation is to watch the entire tutorial, like, subscribe, that is all. We want to learn something from presentation or tutorial, so the audience don't act like statues staring at screen, not gaining any thing from It.
Hey Luke, you may already know this, but 2011 15” MBPs aren’t dead when the discrete GPU fails. There is a purely software fix that disables it and permanently forces the use of the iGPU. You lose the ability to plug in an external display, but I applied this fix to a friend’s 2011 MBP about 2 years ago and it’s still going strong! That’s after he took it to a repair shop and they essentially told him to throw it away…
Luke, I have a suggestion for you regarding the MacBooks that have GPU issues.
By using the schematics or some tutorials online you can easily desolder some parts that don't require lots of skill and make those MacBook work with the integrated graphics instead of the dedicated failed one.
It's worth a shot and it might be a new challenge/ content you could bring on your channel!
The faulty dedicated GPUs can also be software-disabled permanently using some command lines in recovery mode.
I did this on a failing 2009 MBP, it worked great and was kept disabled on each reboot.
Unfortunately, that MBP was missing some parts as well (the bottom case) and both keyboard and trackpad were not working, so I had to sell it for parts.
But I sold it for € 40, after buying it in a box of parts like Luke did for... € 50.
Would probably make the performance extremely shit. Old intel igpus weren't good at all.
@@theairaccumulator7144 The dGPU shouldn't activate in normal use, and it's not like the rest of the hardware is fast...
@@Arachnosoft so you buy these boxes of parts from where??
@@scamchan ebay
I love this. You’re bringing life back into these older machines that still can be used for a good amount of fun (: excited for the next video!!!
Finalllyyyyyy love these macbook repair videosss, gonna save this one for lunch
Launch
@@Tamay. my bad lmao
Awesome video…. As someone that was a Mac Genius for almost 4 years around the era these machines were prime… you’d easily qualify as one haha. Videos like this are so satisfying. Subscribed.
Also I used to have a 2011 15” with anti-glare! It was great!
Kudos to that seller who kindly packed all those MacBooks in a very nice way, with padded foam and separators!
Ok but what did they do to get them in that state?
@@BullyParkerMaguire ok but who cares
@@roidster4401 no I'm not mad I'm just wondering
@@BullyParkerMaguire They were just spoiled college brats that owned these laptops and destroyed them
Luke; Have you considered trying the jumper wire fix to the 2011 MacBook Pros with graphics card failures to force use of the Intel onboard graphics? I had mine fixed like that and the machine works perfectly fine for most tasks but just doesn't have the better graphics. You can get some more use out of an otherwise trashed machine.
Yay another lot of Macbooks and repairing video! This is pretty interesting Luke!
People: buys a recent MacBook for 700 bucks
Luke: buys 32 old MacBook for 700 bucks
NordVPN or iFixit? Im confused.
Love the content Luke. Brilliant to see the old tech coming back to life
As someone who has a 13" MBP mid-2010 as a daily driver, I am joyous to see so many MacBooks of the same era have continued life. Excellent job!!
That was a fine year for MacBooks, good vintage.
The progress between a luke that wasn't quite sure what he's doing yet but decided to dive in anyway and the luke that tries to repair 32 macbooks simultaneously makes me happy
I like how your main worries about that battery that looks like a pillow is the fact that it could bend the case or ruin the track pad. When that thing could literally explode and burn your face off and burn your house down while you run to the sink screaming, and you just set it on the floor....lol. have you ever seen videos of ballooned lithium ion batteries exploding?
I'm still happily using my Late 2008 MacBook pro, with a 2TB SSD and 8Gb Ram upgrades a few years ago. Running El Capitan. It does everything I need it to do, and it has the old registered Adobe Suite where it was not in the subscription model. It is a lovely unibody vintage machine that can still do practical work.
Have you ever considered setting up a side business where you sale the MacBooks that you repair? Like Cars & Bids?
I bought the Protech tool kit and I love it! The tools are quite good quality, and don’t just have to be used on electronics. I used mine to replace the mirrors on my car, and was able to take prices of of the school bus I ride on. Would definitely recommend getting one.
Classic Miani video! Luke doesnt need Apple news to make good tech content. This is why his channel stands out from the rest. Thanks for your hard work, Luke.
Wow wow wow. What a video Luke. You're my favorite apple based channel due to your knowledge. You're like a PC guy who knows his Macs.
I did one better i bought 19 2011 iMacs for £200 all working just need cleaning up and osx reinstalling works out about £10 per iMac and i saved them from landfill .i'm reselling them for £70 per iMac when fully serviced and new osx reinstalled
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I’ve done the same with 2nd gen iMacs, B&W and G&W Macs. This used to be what I did, now retired. Thanks for the entertainment and the opportunity to see someone else work. LOL What I don’t miss is the smell.
Oh the joy when you see (and hear) these MacBooks come to life. =) This was so much fun to watch. Looking forward to part 2. :))
We just keep increasing the numbers. One day, he's gonna buy 100+ and nobody's gonna bat an eye.
I love this stuff as I built a 27” iMac ,2 Thunderbolt displays to go with my 2012 13” MacBook Pro and 2012 15” retina. My dream set up
Currently watching this on my free MacBook pro I rescued from the dumpster... I love watching you save old macs!
Fun fact: One of the boxes has written 69 on it! NICE!
Watching your repair videos helps me to survive this pandemic here in philippines, I'm just a student with a enough skills to fix gadgets to make money. Thank you luke!
Entertaining, but the most important tool you're missing is a multimeter. For example, that "Bad GPU" one, MIGHT have been a bad GPU, or could be a Jtag issue, a bad IC, or maybe just a resister or capacitor that's shorted to ground. A multimeter, (& schematics if you can get them), & a decent soldering station could have gotten more of those devices working.
Hi Luke, I love your videos like many, many do! I do have a question and need help. I have an older (2007) MacBook Pro and a late 2008 I think, iMac. I want to upgrade to ssd’s in both, but for the life of me I can’t clone the existing drives or do a new install of the os. What’s the secret? Cloning through disk utility doesn’t work. Old macs can’t do online install. What do I do? Thanks!
Awesome video. I have a 2013 MacBook white case. That needs a new battery. Any advice where to get one?
Always interesting, 👍I'm sure young viewers got a good ideas for their future. Keep it up bud
These are my favorite videos you make. Fixing possible E-Waste into a usable computer again. If Apple would do the same they ne all the better for it. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next one. Just how capable can you make them. Speed, Ram Capacity, Max Hard Drive that also fast.
11:40 heh this is so true I've never had a PRAM or SMC reset actually work on used / broken devices.
These aren't MacBooks. They are MacBook fragments. $700? I think that you got taken on these. A very entertaining video though. I'm more into rehabbing iMac 27s but this is because they are a far better value in terms of compute and graphics compared to any other Macs right now.
11:56 “Maybe it hasn’t been turned on for a while and that’s why it’s having some issues.” I feel targeted.
You can DeMux the 2011 MBP to fix the GPU failure, it's the perfect permanent fix
Dude where do you get all those packs of broken macbooks?
I want to do that too :(
Tech Luke’s debut was absolutely phenomenal, can’t wait to see more of him!
I love these kind of Videos! Absolutely inspiring... And a reminder not to landfill old MacBooks too soon ;-)
yeah but when do they just plain wear out?
Good stuff Luke! Out of curiosity, what will you be doing with the fixed/restored MacBooks?
Before watching the video, I'm hoping you did better than the girl I watched who purchased "$39,500 worth of iPads" for $1,500 and lost over $1,100 on the deal.
Sarah Grace? I think she is a woman not a girl.
Thought about disabling the external GPU for the 2011 ones? I think they might work on the internal gpu only
may make them quite unusable. I mean that the difference is very noticable. plus on some of them it may be already in the state when it's not getting even into a recovery mode. at least I had quite some machines when the GPU is that bad that it won't boot even into recovery.
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro where the GPU bit the dust. I reflashed the chip that manages the GPU and now have a working MAC. There is a guy on the net that sells the reflash code for $20, search "demux macbok pro". Downside - disables the DisplayPort. Upside - I'm not a gamer, the display is perfect for me. I installed a SSD and Linux, this machine is now my daily driver. Very quick. Typing on it now.
@@PorcineJimthats Dosdude. He's the same guy that made the Catalina patcher
Two sponsors on one video! Luke is making that bread.
J'aime tes publication et tu me fais aimer au jours le jour mac en plus je pense prendre un macbook pour ordinateur personnel. Merci
Tech luke shook me to my core
I'm getting 2009 Mike posner vibes and I am even more scared
I love your channel! Thank you for the video. Great job!!
Love this type of content.
Who do you give these to? They can hopefully be used again!
People whose never tried repairing anything can’t even imagine how long this could’ve taken… gg big man!
i had to upgrade the memory and SSD of my computer (non Apple) and it took me like 30' to take off the damn back cover!!!
14” MacBook Pro Confirmed…..
Luke is that guy from our childhood math problems that be buying like 80 pineapples
Pineapples are nice.
Can anyone tell me where i can buy broken macbooks
Are you looking forward to sell any of these?
You should try installing Monterey on some for an experiment. You can use OpenCore Legacy Patcher.
Where did u get these from I kind of want to do this as well?
Question: Were these gotten from eBay? Just curious.
thats what it looks like. probably from a repair company that figured 10 to 20 year old macs were not worth spending time and storage. my guess is that less and less people were needing repairs of those models, so they just kept them around until it was completely useless to keep them.
Can we just appreciate how much Luke helped to reduce the tech-waste? It´s incredible how he gives second-lifes to many devices.
To fix for free where can i get macs plz tell me
An overhead cam would be good for these
I really like videos with lots of MacBooks
Keeping old Macs out of landfill makes me so happy. Good job, Luke!
Did the 2006 not end up working?
If you have 2011 devices with dead GPUs, there are ways to disable the AMD GPU and only use Intel HD graphics.
There are hardware permanent solutions, and software temporary solutions (a PRAM reset kills it again).
Well done on this Luke!! I can't imagine how much time and effort went into making this video, but as always, loved watching the repairs come together and see what you could really get out of the whole thing. Looking forward to the next one!
Each one is worth like $20 lmao
wish i can get pile of m1 macs like that
Wow, that was really refreshing to watch. You have just regain confidence to people who are looking to bulk purchase faulty MacBooks and refurbish them. Good job!
Way to many sponsors nobody cares about!
Great job Luke... only 1 thing is missing and is the announcment of new home for the macbooks...
Great that you manage to get so many working Macbooks out of that lot! I reckon that, with a bit of outlay in spare parts, you could get even more of those working nicely, and then you'll also have some spare parts to sell in terms of the ones you can't get working.
PRAM resets have often worked for me.
But that's when it posts with booting issues, if it does not post it won't even reset the PRAM.
When working with these, don't forget Dosdude1 patcher and even OpenCore Legacy Patcher.
If you stick to Catalina, if you have no APFS support you can still use the OpenCore bootloader, it makes it so you don't have to see all the weird code of Dosdude1 custom bootloader as it's much better!
hello, luke since I was born I have never used a MacBook before. give me one of your old macbook
These are like my favourite types of videos with old apple unboxings
I like Tech Luke. He is *the* tech man.
MY free time: Doing some weird stuff, like making a valentine card for 2.5 hours
Luke's free time: Let's fix up some macs
I'd like to know what happens to the MacBooks once they're up and running. Would be great to think that they are donated to worthy causes.
He most likely sells them
This video is classic Miani. How to take two boxes of broken Macs and turn it into a positive experience. Terrific. Super fun.
Never get anything Apple related on eBay
Hey Luke, another brilliant video. You looked a little bad, hope you're doing well.
Every working MacBook reduces waste. So I love to see how you get things working again. Often an old 2010 device with Catalina or Linux (prefer elementary) is enough for the daily work.
Hope to learn more about the known issues with the old models like GPU failure etc.
Thanks for your content.
Best wishes
Tobbes
Apple 21.5-inch iMac, 3.1GHz Quad Core i7 "Late 2013" with Thunderbolt, 16GB DDR3L, 1.0TB 5,400RPM HDD, (tolGT 750M/1GB,( told them to put ssd in it well see if they actually changed it but ya Used, Excellent condition; 150$ steal ? or no ya think ?
Hi, I’m writing from the UK, I still have and use a 13” 2009 MacBook Pro. I am purely a silver surfer who enjoys watching your’s and other DIY Apple computer projects. I also have a M1 Mac mini and M2 MacBook.
13:10
First, there was Regular Luke.
Then, Cool Luke came along.
Shortly after, Fancy Luke came to be.
And recently, Tech Luke made his appearance...
Now, behold: Glitchy Luke
that is so cool, I have a refurbished macbook and it is everything I need for the moment, while I also use PC, I found that the MacBook is reliable and it does everything I need for everyday computing.
You should pick that one!
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This is also great from an environmental perspective - that many macbooks that aren't going into landfills and having all the materials essentially wasted
Hello I love your vids
I think you paid way to much for a pile of really out of date systems
I'm really looking forward for part 2 hope it comes soon :)
LUKE ,,,, I have a 2008 , 20 " iMAC . . . . 8,1 .....
I am about to do a CPU swap ( T9500 ) , my pressing question is this :
ARE you aware of ANY GPU upgrades ? Graphics card , is it hard - wired to the board ,
or can it be upgraded ??? I have not yet opened the machine .....
Great - informative videos by the way ! I am an avid watcher ;)
Here we go again, 3rd times a charm
Love watching you rehab all these Apple products! I always wanted one of those 17” MacBooks!
I'm sure there is a kit that you solder in that bypasses failed GPUs to get Mac's video working again. I've seen Defpom do quite a few.
Luke, the one at 10:55, you predicted a failed (AMD) GPU. That's the same thing my 2011 is doing. Do you know of a way to get it to boot directly into integrated graphics? All key combos have failed. Thanks.
Last year I started to switch to Apple by buying Airpods Pro(because any other earbuds look bad inside the ears), then bought a Macbook Air M1 (literally the most powerful laptop you can buy to work on for 900€)
I'm planning to buy the iPad Pro 12.9" M1 and the iPhone 14 Pro as soon as it comes out (because I'm hoping to get USB-C on it)
2022: I bought 32 dead MacBooks and I’ll make 7 of them working
2122: I bought 32 dead human bodies and I’ll make 7 of them alive