I found an iMac in the TRASH... can we fix it?

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The other day I found a 21.5 inch iMac discarded in the trash room in my apartment building, so I snatched it and today we're going to try to fix it up! Even though it might be old or broken, it's never a good idea to throw out your old tech. Today I'll show that with some elbow grease and a few bucks in parts you can fix up a broken machine like this and save it from the landfill!
time stamps
0:00 What a trash find
2:35 Testing the iMac
4:00 How much to fix it?
5:25 Why this Mac was thrown out
6:33 Let's fix it!
8:48 Disassembly
12:14 Upgrades :)
15:34 Massive improvement!
17:30 Was it cost effective?
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@spitty3208 19 күн бұрын

the chance of casually finding an imac in the trash 😭 (edit) i just wanna clarify this wasn’t meant in any malicious way. i just can’t imagine finding one myself :)

@WalkerArt-64 19 күн бұрын

And importantly, the chance of it’s PSU not blowing up. That’s important …. It’s like Russian roulette, I’ll say

@battman505 19 күн бұрын

Almost like it didn’t happen and it’s just a fake premise for a mundane repair video.

@XRTerra 19 күн бұрын

I found an m1 mac mini near a dumpster so it's not entirely impossible

@griffin8062 19 күн бұрын

Someone gave me a 2015 4k iMac that they were going to e-recycle

@kez1619 19 күн бұрын

Lol my dad found a Legion gaming laptop with a i7 and GTX 1050

@StriveDad 19 күн бұрын

To be honest, I would've covered the cracked glass with some electricians tape & called it a day 😂

@stevewaller6577 18 күн бұрын

I have done just that to my iMac, thinking about using car windscreen chip repair kit to fill it.

@amethystdene 18 күн бұрын

same

@RobertFixit 18 күн бұрын

Yeah that and a usbC nvme drive, no need to open 😇

@tigersusyt 18 күн бұрын

@cynonexus 18 күн бұрын

That’s exactly what I did 😂

19 күн бұрын

Odds of finding an iMac in the trash: Luke Miani: 100%, rest of the world: 0%

@tykymba 18 күн бұрын

what are you talking about? it is realy common nowadays. every tech youtuber finding them all over the trash

@sophustranquillitastv4468 18 күн бұрын

@@tykymba I used to find one as well but I don't have the right tool to open the screen glass so it broke more and inside it there isn't anything I can harvest at all so it's stay a trash.

@davidg5898 18 күн бұрын

I've come across 2 just in the last 5 years, without even looking for dumpster treasure.

@michvod 18 күн бұрын

i found 2 in the trash a while back. one 27 inch 2011 with dead psu and one 24 inch 2007 that was in flood (but still managed to work, despite being a mud bomb)

@DengueBurger 18 күн бұрын

Welcome to LA. It’s a rich place. In any other part of the US, they’d sell this on Facebook marketplace, at least at a big discount.

@DjBlacid 19 күн бұрын

There’s something therapeutic about repairing old macs and watching them repaired

@benhurumut229 18 күн бұрын

tell me about it

@wertywerrtyson5529 18 күн бұрын

Even just watching a certain Australian KZfaqr cleaning them with eucalyptus oil is therapeutic. Upgrading them and fixing them saves the world from a little bit of e waste at least. This thing is newer than many iMacs still in use.

@deheiligebron 18 күн бұрын

There’s something therapeutic about old macs and watching them repaired by Luke and his gosh diddly dang style 😉

@bashdachivo 18 күн бұрын

My dad loved computers when I was growing up and I enjoyed them as well, it’s nostalgic and homey

@AmirRazan 18 күн бұрын

@@wertywerrtyson5529Same thing goes to another Australian KZfaqr whose background setting is usually white in colour, repairing phones and computers.

@ninjanerdstudent6937 18 күн бұрын

I actually spent one year of my life after high school working for a waste management company before pursuing college. You will not believe the number of desktop cases I have found headed towards landfill. Some of them were various imac versions without cracked screens. Since it was all trashed, it was also up for grabs by anybody who wanted one.

@PaulaBean 9 күн бұрын

Did you bring them back home? Did you resell them?

@Artimidorus 3 күн бұрын

We had a recycling thing here where we paid money to get rid of electronics.. While in line to get rid of an old standing AC, I was sitting there watching people drop off CRTs, gaming systems (like consoles and stuff), PCs out the wazoo... they wouldn't let me get out of my car to ask if I could buy some of it. :( The thought of that stuff getting just trashed/torn apart/sold for scalping when we paid to have it taken... just very annoying.

@user-ht1xu4gv2u Күн бұрын

Yeah bulk pic up week town wood have all electronics toosed. Found 10. Mac classics the small screen. Fdd ones took em and we re used them for eord processors😊😊

@QuikyBassman 19 күн бұрын

In the trash... and here in Italy best you can find for a 4K iMac is around 300€ for a base model with a dead display and/or dead logic board. Heck people here still asks 150-200€ for a 2010-2011 iMac! Great video as always but... US/Canada market is not remotely comparable to any other market here in the EU.

@CB-kt7qd 18 күн бұрын

If you look carefully you can find good deals. Here in France i was able to buy a 2012 21" imac for 50 Eur, and another 2013 21" with dgpu for 70 Eur, although people here usually ask at least 200Euros for such imacs.

@QuikyBassman 18 күн бұрын

@@CB-kt7qd of course you can find good deals here, but it’s nowhere as easy as in Luke videos… he talks mainly to his US fan base, which is absolutely fine and correct, but whenever I see him saying “you can find this Mac for X amount of money, they’re dirty cheap, people literally throw them in to your face” I say “yeah, no. Not here. Not even in a million years, here.” Problem here is that virtually no schools have a single Mac (no Apple education programs) only maybe in some universities, and 90% of businesses also have PCs so the only possibile Mac market is from private users that purchased those Macs at full retail price +22% taxes in euros. This leads to a natural price inflation on every single Mac model in the used market compared to the exact same computer in the US. That’s the way it is.

@marco24117 17 күн бұрын

@@CB-kt7qd the problem in italy (as my experience) is that everyone believe their stuffs is worth alot an try to gain every penny from them. I saw alot of listings about electronics devices priced above the average price (for EU) only because from italian sellers. An example? A used switch goes for 200 on average (280 new from amazon, sometimes 250) and the average price for an used one in italy is 250 at best (ofc sometime you find nice deals near 200, but is like 10% of the total). In france (thro vinted), i saw almost all switches goes for 220 on average and sometime even 150. I'm italian and i can't blame to much my culture, but that aspect is really annoying.

@Chimpur 16 күн бұрын

I dunno why you'd include Canada in that. Here in Toronto nothing goes cheap with an Apple logo on it. People "know what they have" lol! Well.. they think they do anyway...

@emilsecker7881 15 күн бұрын

@@CB-kt7qdboth unusable at this point

@nickwort123 19 күн бұрын

I wish I had that kind of luck. The best thing I’ve ever found in the trash was an unopened 6 pack of bud light when I was a teen

@RealEpikCartfrenYT 18 күн бұрын

I found a whole core 2 duo motherboard a few months ago. I still have it and it still works. But I have no tower case to put it in.

@elu9780 18 күн бұрын

I've found a couple of late 90s and early 2000s PCs in more or less working order (had to repaste things and restore the BIOS on one). Found a 5.1 audio system too, some generic USB speakers, and a variety of mice and keyboards. A couple of CRT and LCD monitors, some ancient GPUs and modem cards, plus some other minor things.

@DaveAlkema 18 күн бұрын

My best find was a Dell Optiplex 9010 SFF. That thing made a decent little Hackintosh.

@tejasraman6913 18 күн бұрын

I found a working 2012 HDD unibody in a trash before…

@oscarcharliezulu 18 күн бұрын

Score!

@RandyWaage 18 күн бұрын

I bought a core2duo iMac for $10 at a flea market a few years back. It was pretty scuffed up, but powered on. I replaced the hard drive with an SSD with a new OS and it worked great! Eventually I realized I wasn't using it much so I slapped a FREE sign on it in my front yard & it found a new home. :)

@revvluvv 19 күн бұрын

For 90% of the population , this is a perfectly acceptable and usable machine!

@janegoodall1837 16 күн бұрын

The more I watch this the more I'm certain he just bought a cracked screen but working one one on ebay, and said he "found it" for a more compelling narrative.

@emilsecker7881 15 күн бұрын

Yeah not so much

@complexity5545 11 күн бұрын

@@janegoodall1837 I am a computer guy. I literally have people, teachers, that freely give me old macs and devices just because they upgraded. They trust me to recycle and remove data. I probably get about 10-20 computers a month. They're all re-usable. with PCIE3 and up speeds. Its insane what people don't want with computers now. Everybody is on the phone or tablets. Usable phones and tablets don't get recycled as much.

@larskjr7439 16 күн бұрын

As an Apple technician I like how you quickly jumped past the cable connections and screen alignment 😂

@sn95_mustang_garage 19 күн бұрын

I'm such a sucker for when Luke does these upgrades. Love these videos.

@user-ht1xu4gv2u Күн бұрын

Yeah R AND R OF THE GOLDEN OLDIES WARMS THE COCKLES OF MY HEART

@davidmurakami164 19 күн бұрын

You might want to pay attention to the thermal pads of the GDDR chips for the GPU too. People often forget this when they apply new thermal paste for the CPU/GPU, leaving a risk of overheating issues of the VRAM.

@godlymen7963 18 күн бұрын

The crack isn't even in the way of functioning of the pc It's a perfectly fine working system as is

@yeknommonkey 18 күн бұрын

Wasn't it like a split all the way down the centre?

@yeknommonkey 18 күн бұрын

5:00

@godlymen7963 18 күн бұрын

I believe it broke while he was removing it

@godlymen7963 18 күн бұрын

Could have been cracked beforehand

@1994dashi 16 күн бұрын

he didnt find this im sure, i mean whats the odds to find id and without an account inside

@captainshakesbeard2453 19 күн бұрын

why tf do i never find an imac in the street. yet every tech channel manage to find one? are u sure you're not just buying them on ebay and feeding us a scenario

@mattstone8878 19 күн бұрын

It's a bit suspicious that he didn't record himself finding the iMac. But I believe him. These iMacs are insanely cheap these days. I got one for $40.

@CautionusJay 19 күн бұрын

@@mattstone8878 it's an unexpected find, why would we want to have our cameras on us at all times? I found an Xbox 360 Slim in the trash once and the only issue is someone mashed up one of the front USB ports.

@mattstone8878 19 күн бұрын

@CautionusJay Bro you have your phone on you all day and your phone is a video camera. When something cool happens to you (and you are a professional KZfaqr) it would make sense to whip out the phone and record the moment. But whatever I don't really care lol.

@IAMLXGEND 19 күн бұрын

@@mattstone8878as a professional KZfaqr, I almost never think to do this. Not even with my phone. I just do whatever I’m doing in the moment and then record a video about it later. Only time I ever bust out a camera to do anything KZfaq related is when I’ve at least somewhat planned what I am filming. Even if it’s not fully scripted.

@DragoNate 18 күн бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND Cool, you're the exception :)

@ShapdCrusadr 16 күн бұрын

As someone who been trained in electronic repair starting multiple decades ago I had to work on plenty of CRT's in the past. It was working on CRT's around the flyback that had me on the edge of my seat. Over the decades been inside of plenty of power supply's for computer's over the decades they don't scare me unlike the CRT's did.

@davidg5898 18 күн бұрын

Be careful with dumpster treasure -- and used computer stuff in general -- if you don't know much about the owner. You may end up with bedbugs. They like to go into warm electronics and will lay eggs in there, too. Give it a full inspection (inside and out, every crack and crevice) before bringing it into your home.

@chowandrew2458 19 күн бұрын

I miss this kind of video😍

@CCC54E 18 күн бұрын

Every time I watch Luke repair and refurbish a Mac, I am fascinated and fantasize about doing the same thing myself. Then I wake up and realize that my lack of experience means that I would endure hours of frustration and errors if I tried the same thing. Instead, I pay up for my Macs, avoid the frustrations and watch Luke for the entertainment. Thanks, Luke, for another good KZfaq adventure.

@rb3020 17 күн бұрын

I found an older iPod (running iOS 12 with lightning port) in the box with the headphones and charging cable thrown in the trash while doing janitorial work at an office for rent building. It had been cleaned and was factory reset. One of my best trash finds!!!!

@captainjakesparrow85 18 күн бұрын

I have rescued many Macs from the trash. One is sitting behind me right now basically as a glorified juke box! The iMac I am using to watch this video was also a neglected (not quite trash, yet...) computer that, with a little love, works like a charm! Great video! Keep rescuing discarded/neglected Macs!!

@satoshi649 19 күн бұрын

I’m just thinking how casually dripped out Luke is, got a good sense of style

@chrisdeering8524 15 күн бұрын

Hi from Australia saving these older Imac's is a labour of love not a money tree, thankyou for saving it from the trash

@mmanish7331 19 күн бұрын

Yaa. KZfaqR finding iMac in trash ..... never gets old :)

@APopov 19 күн бұрын

While walking to the garage in his apartment building.

@daspec 18 күн бұрын

You'd be amazed at how many computers people dump at their front yards in Australia for stranger to pick them up. One time I found half a dozen of SGI workstations

@ranjitmandal1612 18 күн бұрын

😂😂

@dc292177917 17 күн бұрын

@@daspecyea, a newish fully functional mac without icloud lock

@Syntappi 17 күн бұрын

I've found 2011 iMac back in 2015 from trash. It had failed GPU which i put to oven and BOOM it worked again. It has failed a couple times after it again. I still have it but it's too old for any use nowadays.

@DavidWasman 18 күн бұрын

Next iMac you find: Grab the main (working) PCB, convert it to use a 65watt USB-C wall wart (instead of the scary PSU), find a new cooling option, then 3D print a case. No $200 screen and it takes less table/desk real estate. Like a home-made Mac Mini. (and yes, ditch the speakers since you can still plug it all into a speaker/stereo or use bluetooth sound.)

@toseltreps1101 18 күн бұрын

dumbest suggestion ever

@itsairwick 16 күн бұрын

As a suggestion, to really unscrew the CPU mount, you shouldn't remove the entire screw one at a time, unscrewing in an X pattern is great, but you should be unscrewing them equally in the X pattern until the tension has lessened so the spring won't pop up like it did at 12:52

@tomwagner4516 19 күн бұрын

Luke back in his element. Thank you.

@CIRCLEDARK 19 күн бұрын

You should just drive it to the Genius Bar in the Lexus you also found in the trash.

@DragoNate 18 күн бұрын

Bro come on, you wouldn't find a Lexus in the trash... A Tesla however...

@user-ii7sw5ey5l 18 күн бұрын

Love to see young Flanders staging a computer rescue.... Okiley dokiley!

@bradleyf1342 19 күн бұрын

if you rang me when i worked at applecare i'd have put you on hold and rang every apple store within 100 miles till one picked up and gave me a price hahahaha or i would not stop calling any of them

@thenetworkmystery 19 күн бұрын

I use a 2019 21.5" iMac - 3 GHz i5, 32 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD. Works great still!

@dsymonkey 8 күн бұрын

I had this EXACT thing happen to me at my old apartments! Sitting by the trash were two 27inch 2011 monitors that just had fried chords. Took them home and the work PERFECTLY! Still using them today!

@ja5467 18 күн бұрын

Way to go! Watching you upgrade this machine was an educational experience. Showed that a repair CAN be done! Sometimes repairing something you own and have an attachment to is better than buying someone else’s headaches. Love the channel ❤

@gregf9160 19 күн бұрын

I absolutely would have done the same! Perfectly usable (free) machine, after the upgrades, slightly expensive though they were, but you saved it from going to Landfill -- and that's _marvellous_ and _priceless_ 🤩

@APopov 19 күн бұрын

Haha, have you fallen for it? No one finds a working iMac with only a cracked screen in their trash. Obviously Baseus paid him for sponsorship and he had enough money to buy a perfectly working iMac (unlocked and magically boots into a guest account, how handy) and a replacement screen for it. Hell, I won't be surprised if he even cracked the screen himself.

@elu9780 18 күн бұрын

@@APopov some people are very willing to throw out perfectly good things. People who buy iMacs tend to fall into that category. And even if the story is fake, the video is still good. Either way, you can't verify whether it's true or not, so it's whatever.

@axi0matic 16 күн бұрын

@@APopov As he showed in the video, it was beyond economic repair. It was only worth it for Luke because it's just fodder for YT content. As a base-model 2017 iMac with a cracked screen (and perhaps damaged webcam), it's hardly inconceivable the owner just tossed it and bought the current model, with a larger screen and 10x faster. Also not surprising they had wiped their data off it. And why password protect if you're only booting to confirm it had wiped? In any case, Luke was going to install a new boot drive anyway, so would have just formatted the HDD. Still, was fortunate to not be firmware locked.

@MorbidGod391 18 күн бұрын

15:16 you should try to sell the iMac back to whoever trashed it and say your the Trash Can Fixer 😂😂

@jernaugurgeh451 18 күн бұрын

12:04 “Lets set aside that empty shell” This is the story of my life.

@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim 18 күн бұрын

for some weird reason, only KZfaqrs tend to find expensive things casually and cleanly put in the trash... it's almost as if they intentionally put things out there or something😂

@johnplainsong9769 19 күн бұрын

Lucky find!! Fun video to watch (gosh-diddlee-dang-it). I have a similar (late 2015 27” 5K) iMac that I upgraded a few times over the years. I'm upgrading to an newer Mac Mini and found I could only get about $250 for the iMac. So I'm gutting it and adding a video controller board to use the $$ 5k display with the Mini (plenty of instructions and $100 controllers online).

@emilsecker7881 15 күн бұрын

Good use of a 5K display. Nice

@oscarlopez727 19 күн бұрын

I too found a 21.5in iMac on the side of the road with a perfect display just a bad os. Slapped a new macos Ventura on it and voila free working iMac.

@emilsecker7881 15 күн бұрын

How old is it though? Hardware probs leaves a lot to be desired

@PoXFreak 2 күн бұрын

Luke isn't the only one... I found a 27" iMac A1419 in the trash only 3 houses down from my current residence. It would seem that some people aren't computer literate enough to factory reset their iMac when it craps out. Outside of looking like it was used in a dusty and dirty environment, it actually powered right up to the folder of death screen. I cleaned it up with various cleaners and alcohol wipes while it self-restored to Catalina (I think), and once booted seemed perfectly happy. It now runs 13.6.x Ventura with Windows 10 in a 100 gig boot camp and serves as my main PC for various what-not stuff.

@massonlemieux 16 күн бұрын

I had almost the same exact thing happen to me, I found a 27in 5k with a cracked screen on the side of the street in NYC. I'm typing this on it now. It has been a great free iMac!

@emilsecker7881 15 күн бұрын

How old though?

@massonlemieux 14 күн бұрын

@@emilsecker7881 2017, I also found it 2 years ago

@empathon 19 күн бұрын

The glass can be separated and glued with a new glass, it's just not that easy.

@MrRicky6796 19 күн бұрын

I managed to do this with a 27 inch. With a plastic card, a hair dryer and baby oil its possible

@titrate1176 18 күн бұрын

I don't believe you found this in the trash

@mariog8067 8 күн бұрын

I agree with you.

@yogibear2k220 Күн бұрын

I agree with you. This is such a piece of junk, the trash is too good for it.

@djtecthreat 13 күн бұрын

Repairing it and using it (or giving it to someone who will) is the most efficient and purest form of recycling. I wish more people realized that "recycling" it isn't actually green when it can still be used.

@Techboss532 13 күн бұрын

Yeah

@AdamHansen95 17 күн бұрын

17:01 “broken discarded waste of space” was my nickname in high school🤣🤣😂

@BTL400 19 күн бұрын

I bought a 2006 macbook pro for like $10. The previos owner said she didn't know if it was working or not since she had lost the charger so long ago. I got it just to see if I could make it work again. I plugged the charger, turned it on and voilá, it was working just fine, slow, but fine. The only thing I did to it was to upgrady the ram, throw an SSD in and now I'm planning to install Ventura with a patcher.

@iPodee 18 күн бұрын

you can’t on a 2006 MacBook. You can on a 2008 MacBook Pro though

@emilsecker7881 15 күн бұрын

Don’t use that crap as a daily machine for the love of god

@cycledance 19 күн бұрын

Could have sold it for about 100. Now you spent 250 and can sell it for 200.

@josemedeiros007 14 күн бұрын

Great video Luke, I myself would have just used the original 4k display, the crack didn't look that bad.

@robbristow 18 күн бұрын

Love these videos. I still have a very useable 2009 iMac 21.5 running High Sierra 3.3hz I core 2 Duo with 8GB ram. I have converted the System to a 256 SSD but replaced the optical drive with a 2 TB ssd using the OWC conversion system. Boots and opens apps fine and with a truck load of storage now I use it to scan (using Silverfast and an Epsom 700) and store all my images from old family photos dating back to the early 1900's

@shawnstar86 19 күн бұрын

Nice scripted setup video luke I’m sure you found it

@thomas_xsg 17 күн бұрын

Lol… yeah we may be Apple sheep but we’re not THAT gullible 😂

@ouss 19 күн бұрын

Yes you FOUND it. Total luck.

@tigerhead85 19 күн бұрын

Why KZfaqrs do this I will never understand 🤷‍♂️

@sorrai 19 күн бұрын

I’m not seeing how that could be out the realm of possibility? I’ve seen tech in the trash that most people would never expect to be thrown out for one reason or another.

@InimitaPaul 19 күн бұрын

I used to work in a recycling centre and we had two tower Mac Pro’s come through with post it notes saying broken, I took both into my office, reinstalled the software and kept one and gave the other to the guy who pulled them out before the were recycled. At the time that was almost £1000 worth of perfectly good Mac Pro’s being thrown out because the owner had no idea what they were doing. Some people have more money than sense and then people like me had a grandfather who taught them to at least try and fix stuff before binning them. Teaching me to fix CRT TV’s turned out to be useless but I’m grateful for the mindset.

@Dxntoo 19 күн бұрын

I was doubting the legitimacy of this video until I remembered that Apple users aren't exactly smart and they're rich enough to just throw shit out. With that in mind, this is believable tbh.

@IAMLXGEND 19 күн бұрын

@@Dxntooalso, I WISH I was rich. But sadly that is not the case.

@kodtech 17 күн бұрын

Yesterday I found a Bentley Batur Convertible in the trash, but was scratched and I left it there 😂

@xrayangiodoc 11 күн бұрын

For the last 3 years my wife has been using a late 2009 21.5" iMac for all her Zoom meetings. I found the iMac at the curb of my neighbor's house. He cleans out abandoned apartments and he found the iMac but couldn't figure out how to get past the password. I replaced the original HD with a SSD and upgraded the RAM. It works just fine. The screen is great and it does what she needs it to do.

@cycledance 19 күн бұрын

You found it in the trash. Sure... 🙄

@jsax1709 18 күн бұрын

I really enjoyed watching this video. You make repairing it look so easy! I found it really difficult to get the display on and off when I upgraded to an SSD in my 2013 21.5. Now it's actually usable and I love it.

@vaughnschultz6820 15 күн бұрын

is it only me or did you guys also see on 15:25 into video crack on screen? but never the less well done bro i love watching how people save old macs and desk tops etc.

@slonekettering25 19 күн бұрын

These computer fix ups are my favorite videos you do!

@tonyg6158 9 күн бұрын

Last time I fixed something from the garbage was a little 14" lcd tv. I brought it home and changed the blown electrolytic capacitors in the power supply. It worked great but no one wanted it. I left it by the garbage that I found it in with a note saying repaired lol. People including myself throw out good stuff all the time. Most of us already have plenty of garbage taking space in our homes.

@boyko-digital539 16 күн бұрын

I appreciate the effort Luke put into creating this helpful fixing video. It's always great to see someone sharing their expertise.

@chrisyang05 14 күн бұрын

I have a 10-year old iMac. I added 16GB of RAM when I bought it and it still runs faster than my 2020 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM. I've never used a computer for this long and I think it still has at least 4 to 5 years in it, absolutely worth every penny I paid.

@PrototypeOnyx 14 күн бұрын

$190 for a replacement display, while a fully functioning mac sells for $230-280 doesn't sound like a great deal to me. The display can easily be damaged in shipping or the replacement process.

@sewdclass10 18 күн бұрын

Ive worked on these imacs for a while with many a zaps from apples lovely exposed psu's. ive found that if you unplug the imac and then hold the power button for 5-10 seconds it discharges the capacitors and makes it safe to handle

@adamthurmond9092 3 күн бұрын

My very first Mac was a 2002 eMac that my cousin that works IT for a school system gave me in 2007 when they upgraded. I found a tutorial online for how to break it down and I upgraded the 3.5” hard drive, the optical drive to a DVD burner, the RAM, and the OS to Tiger. Was it a usable machine for the next two years til I bought my first MacBook? Yes!! Was it slower than Christmas syncing my 1st-gen iPhone over USB 1.1? You betcha.

@hughdevaux2994 13 күн бұрын

Company was junking a mid-2011 27 iMac 3 years ago. Upgraded RAM to 20GB, replaced HDD with SSD. Still using it as a Citrix Client for work and watch YT ... all this thanks to Luke's channel

@Rhysco80 18 күн бұрын

I love finding stuff in the trash and getting it working! It is very satisfying.

@bryans8656 18 күн бұрын

I've always enjoyed watching your Mac fixes and upgrades. I'm really glad you swapped out the HDD.

@judechen2000 17 күн бұрын

Thanks Luke for repairing it, now I need to get my iMac back, says the owner. 😂😂😂😂

@NathanNJ300 18 күн бұрын

An FYI for hard drive swaps on iMacs. I’m not sure what iMac models are effected, but some like my 2017 iMac with a Fusion Drive will run the fan at full speed continuously if you swap the hard drive out without dealing with Apple’s proprietary built in extra thermal sensor. OWC sold a kit for it at one point. Basically just a SATA cable with an extra sensor you can fix to the new drive to avoid the problem.

@moogfooger 18 күн бұрын

You know Luke, these are the kind of videos I really miss from you. Refreshing to see an old fashioned repair of an old mac video from Luke Miani. It is why I subscribed to your channel in the first place! Bravo for ditching all the new format ideas and going with a success story. Cheers

@ArielGonzalez1 18 күн бұрын

11:54 for a moment i thought luke was gonna get a connector and weld it hahahahah

@MarkS-ir6db 18 күн бұрын

I loved watching you fix this Mac from the garbage. I'm also glad it wasn't my money, but yours. Still appreciate what you did to fix it.

@Milo_the_chonk 19 күн бұрын

Post a picture of where you found it and I’ll believe you . That’s a fair ask.

@jujujustme 15 күн бұрын

Sweet find! I think the person wanted someone to find it and save it; didn't have the knowledge or want to fix it themselves. I have the same machine (but 27"). It's been the best one I've ever had. She's a workhorse! The positive thing is how clean this mac is on the inside.

@adamhutton4165 14 күн бұрын

As strange as this comment may sound, your videos make me very happy. I've been on Macs since college in 1987 where I would spend hours in the CIRCA Lab learning everything I could about computers and desktop publishing. I helped put myself through biz school as a tech and by finding and repairing old Macs or profit (Classic, Si, Ci, SE, etc). I still run all Macs in my company and do my own repairs (even though I'm the president). Bottom line, I love Macs and you do to. You did a great service by bringing this beautiful machine back to life.

@amimrie 14 күн бұрын

My late 2013 27inch is still going strong, Was the highest spec at the time.

@ninnamon1260 18 күн бұрын

I remember doing the same upgrade to mine. When Luke said I'm going to replace it with an NVME, I'm like oh no..... Then, I'm like did I make a mistake with mine.

@nicolasdaum6185 18 күн бұрын

Good for you! I owned a late 2000's iMac. I had to change the HD. The glass held with magnet at that time. After I was done I said: "iMac? Never again!" Yet I eventually sold it for a good price. ;-)

@guitardude32787 14 күн бұрын

Just got one of these with 32gb of ram and a Fusion Drive for $75. Definitely doing some of these upgrades. This video dropped at the perfect time!

@Gerkozielman 14 күн бұрын

Very nice restauration Luke. well done ! Thanks for the video.

@mjs28s 9 күн бұрын

you forgot one thing on your cost analysis at the end. Your ROIT, Return On Invested Time. But you did film it and make a video out of it so clearly....Great idea to fix that up 🙂

@mallenge 18 күн бұрын

These are your best type of videos, in my opinion. It's great to look at these machines on the inside and being fixed, pimped and so on. And I would definitely buy these machines from you if I had the opportunity.

@DanielStalnakerII 6 күн бұрын

I haven't found one as a waste collector myself, but I was given a 2013 from my pastor who bought it used. It was (still is) registered to a university management profile but has a non-removable flag so I assume that could never be dealt with or no attempts were made by previous owners. Ended up modifying a file so it can't verify against servers to fix that. Also upgraded to a 1tb Samsung 870 EVO, and used Opencore to bring it up to Sonoma. Some programs like Ableton Live do tend to drag down the CPU with more intensive tasks, but still catches up and runs great for being 11 years old. I use this thing daily with only occasional issues.

@Blue0cean 11 күн бұрын

I appreciate Luke’s deteriorating expressions … fatigue increases 😂

@Mr.1.i 3 минут бұрын

I found a computer 1 time. The desktop was perfectly matching the colors of my chill out zone,who would have written it

@j.lietka9406 18 күн бұрын

Found a tossed out iMac A1312, two Mini Macs, 3 Apple laptops, several iPhones and iPads (couple of iPods too!) This is over a period of about 3 years. Also found a tossed out Power Macintosh / Power PC 6500 / 250, matching CRT, keyboard, mouse, some disks, programs and it works! The A1312 works but needs the iOS reinstalled! It's possible to find electronics but depends where one looks.

@dilbertpugh8517 18 күн бұрын

Hey Luke, It's lovely to see you in your happy place, it brings a tear to my eye for the olden days.

@GixrGuy 19 күн бұрын

Peace be with you! I'm not surprised. Of late, I've come into both unwanted Macs & PC's, neglected, but otherwise in working condition. Thank you for this👍

@rickystarling2863 14 күн бұрын

remember the 2010 imac when all you would need to do would be just replace the glass? ahhhh.... miss those days.

@jacobkinielsen 18 күн бұрын

thanks. great job. however, instead of reapplying adhesive strips just put a small piece of clear tape somewhere along the rim to keep the screen in place and for easy future access to the internals.

@d.r.martin6301 18 күн бұрын

That model's been my daily driver for five years, until it crashed a few months ago. I thought about getting a Mini with a 4K monitor, but balked. I had a 1T SSD sitting around, ordered a 16 gig memory card, and had my Mac guy put it all together for me. All for $350, about a third of the cost of a Mini setup. It's performing better than it was before, with the 20 gig memory upgrade. If you can keep it cheap, this iMac is definitely worth saving. And I sure do like that Retina monitor.

@dmmetzpaul 18 күн бұрын

known mac youtuber finds slightly cracked newish imac in his trash. plugs it in and connects it to his wifi.

@WeMuckAround 18 күн бұрын

Love these classic Luke Miani videos! Keep it up

@JoeyM1991 18 күн бұрын

One time my sister found a Sony Home Theater system with the speakers by the dumpster. It was brand new in the box never used. :)

@mikezizis3725 18 күн бұрын

Wow amazing! Dude you got the right stuff!

@SteveOwensRoswell 19 күн бұрын

My favorite type of Luke videos... old Mac upgrades.

@bejaekay7133 18 күн бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏 Well done man. Always love your upgrade videos

@Mooooooof 19 күн бұрын

It’s a decent machine, personally I wouldn’t have bothered replacing the screen. Add an SSD, maybe some more ram and install Ubuntu

@MikayelMcGee 18 күн бұрын

Luke: "Gosh-diddly-dang it! Why did they have to put a screw for the heatsink, which is attached to the logic board, underneath the tray that holds in the hard drive?" Me: *laughing* "Whoa, whoa, whoa, such profanity!" In all seriousness, this was a fun and informative video, as always. 👍👍👍

@onlineconsumer4796 5 күн бұрын

I got a bought a used 2019 iMac a few years ago and upgraded the the hard drive to a SSD. That was the only upgrade and the speed improvement was great. Would have been interesting to see each upgrade added one at a time so show the improvement each made on its own so we know what gives you the best bang for the buck.

@FormulaManuel 18 күн бұрын

Loved the video, especially the “the scary power supply 🥳) part 😂😂😂 Just a few recommendations: 1st) The displays in the back are too bright imo and I actually enjoyed them being in sleep mode 😅 maybe turn them down a bit in the future 😜 2nd) Hugh Jeffreys shorted and therefore drained the power supply of his TV with a screwdriver - maybe that would work for you too 😊 Also: Thanks for being so transparent on what you actually spent on your repairs 🤗❤