Trash Picked MacBooks - Will They Work?

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@naturedetectiveminecraft6362 4 күн бұрын

The reason the touchpad wouldn't click is because it uses the back of the battery to press down on. When you don't have a battery installed it won't click properly

@BOplaid 2 күн бұрын

That's kinda creative

@Kazeno 11 сағат бұрын

my dell works exactly the same

@1994CivicGLi 10 сағат бұрын

I have a near-mint A1342 with the battery removed, still clicks fine. It could be the fact that the trackpad seems to have separated from the single-screw mounting

@asadfarraj 6 күн бұрын

I love watching old Macbook restorations, mostly because tehy can actually support it, and also because it's so satisfying to see such beautiful machines be restored.

@Evgen13Great 5 күн бұрын

They're not so common in Russia so yeah, watching people restoring old Macbooks is great. I'd love to use some of them actually...

@Ayrora- 5 күн бұрын

man i love how repairable these older macbooks are. Apple practically encouraged user upgrades with how easy stuff like the battery, ram and hard drive were

@theblinky_ 5 күн бұрын

Wild that 15 years later and Apple still offers the same 256 GB on their base Macbooks.

@sihamhamda47 5 күн бұрын

If the "inflation" on storage needs and app sizes are correct, 256GB of storage needs 15 years ago should be equal to 2TB these days

@The894CAT 5 күн бұрын

@@sihamhamda47 *_W O W_* that is actually cool to know

@eternia15 5 күн бұрын

If you don't play games and stream movies and music. What would you need more space for?

@tristan6509 5 күн бұрын

@eternia15 if all you do is internet browsing then you don't really need a macbook either, a $100 chromebook would suffice Offering only 256gb of storage on such an expensive device is mind boggling.

@eternia15 5 күн бұрын

@@tristan6509 But, people do more on a laptop then consuming media. The programming experience is quite good on a Mac, but source code doesn't consume a lot of space. People use a Mac for MS Office, which integrates quite neatly with iPadOS. But yeah, I agree, 256 GB is scuffed and it's just there for the profit margin of Apple. I wanted to give a counterargument.

@originalsince2oo970 6 күн бұрын

My great granddad still uses his its so cool seeing it fully working just shows if you take care of your stuff it will last

@LarixusSnydes 12 сағат бұрын

I have a 2007 white MacBook. Used it during my university study. Now it runs Lubuntu 22.04 ( still supported ). I still use it occasionally to record analog audio. Another function is as an extra terminal for server labs. It does have cracked piece of plastic close to the power light, but that does not impact it's function

@fatalfallacy 6 күн бұрын

popped out or non clickable trackpads, one‘s favourite macbook battery replacement indicator since generations

@rymuios 6 күн бұрын

I love these macbooks! My dad has an old one in the basement and its mint! I'd love to get a mint one for myself too

@julianj8609 6 күн бұрын

The skeuomorphic design of previous operating systems was so nice.

@jpsm4002 6 күн бұрын

It always amazes me how you can find these pcs in the trash so easily. Where I live nobody throws apple products away. They always try to sell it. Great vid, btw!

@unoriginalname3442 6 күн бұрын

Not trash but e-recycling. A lot of e-recyclers take peoples old tech, wipe the drives, and resell them on ebay for a profit. Allows for people to get rid of their old stuff instead of it going to a landfill, erecyclers to be a middle man who receives a bit of cash, and the buyer who gets damn fine tech for a cheap price. Far better system than chucking it in the bin.

@mrfoxesite 4 күн бұрын

america has these

@chrism869 Күн бұрын

Yeah same ,no one really throws away apple products where I live ,only older windows laptops

@mrfoxesite Күн бұрын

@@chrism869 but in america they do. i know youre in asia or something because you have put comma wrong. its, hello not its ,hello.

@chrism869 Күн бұрын

@mrfoxesite no I'm from Europe, I just make some typing mistakes sometimes

@Negiku 5 күн бұрын

Nice to see they actually come with a dedicated gpu. They might still be usable for watching movies, youtube, and general browsing.

@windowsnt63official 6 күн бұрын

I've never seen a trackpad popping out because of a battery before.

@thesomewhatyou 6 күн бұрын

It's pretty rare, but it happens 😐

@spartanipods 6 күн бұрын

I see it more often with cheaper Windows laptops

@HolgerNestmann 6 күн бұрын

We had some dells in the company., One colleague had that issue. Didn‘t want to sit beside him

@mavfan1 6 күн бұрын

You can’t say that anymore

@theranterboy7884 6 күн бұрын

Ive seen them shatter many times from that

@RandomCsDude 6 күн бұрын

Can't wait for the inverter replacement video Michael :D Good content as always, keep it up my good sir.

@MichaelMJD 6 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@mrfoxesite 4 күн бұрын

pls make fastest direly waiting.

@anonymous-bt6pv 5 күн бұрын

Yeah, those bloated batteries can explode. Good thinking having the first thing you do being getting rid of it!

@Therandomness1235 6 күн бұрын

Based on one of these laptops having Adobe suite and the other having a folder named tomcat, I would guess that these were used for web development. Adobe has some useful solutions for front-end development, such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash/Animate and XD. Apache Tomcat is a server solution that can act as a container for Java based servlets and JavaServer pages(enhanced HTML).

@mrfoxesite 4 күн бұрын

juicy

@ddreaded1 5 күн бұрын

This is so funny because my wife was at a garage sale and they had a bunch of macbooks for 3 bux each because "none worked" couple days later, I have a g4 ibook, a very last gen maxed out g4 macbook pro, a shockingly nice late 2005 13 pro, and a very new i7 15 pro. all of them worked beautifully after a bit of os love, but the new pro screen was dead so its now a headless "slabtop". also ended up with a couple nice mac looking windows 11 pc a couple years old. and all the baterys are ... functional! not bad at all for 18 bux and a few irritated nights. now I am playing with weird oses for the apple things.

@simonlathwell 6 күн бұрын

With the spicy pillow battery I'm surprised the title didn't end up being "Trash Picked MacBooks - Will They Work? But Everything Exploded" LOL!

@burts06 6 күн бұрын

i love seeing these older macbooks get restored and seeing all of the leftover things on those hard drives :)

@exaltedb 6 күн бұрын

I used to have a mid-2010 poly MacBook and with a ssd, it was still quite the usable thing

@andaro.77 5 күн бұрын

funny enough, I actually am writing this from a MacBook7,1, but it's not running MacOS, but Arch Linux instead. it somewhat works.

@gameo7 5 күн бұрын

These macbooks bring me back to elementary school. My teachers would always bring around these and i even got to use one a few times. Definitely a much different feeling than modern day macbooks

@steve228uk Күн бұрын

I loved that unibody polycarbonate MacBook. Just such a lovely design

@heather383 6 күн бұрын

Good Job MJD keep going! 🎉❤

@TheComputerGuy124 6 күн бұрын

hey wake up!, michael MJD just uploaded a new video!

@karloniukas 6 күн бұрын

Thanks😂😂

@mrfoxesite 4 күн бұрын

like milking comment. stop this.

@user-sy3jo8sy3m 6 күн бұрын

Your videos have been bangers lately! Keep it up Michael mjd

@matthewrobinson1699 6 күн бұрын

2:51 THAT IS SPICY! Can I put that picture onto the Spicy Pillows Subreddit?

@anumeon 6 күн бұрын

Missed a gag there at the end.. You could have said that one out of three working was a victory in Ibook instead of "my book" (Sorry, couldnt resist)

@ciach0_ 6 күн бұрын

Another video from Michael just for our entertainment! Thank you Michael!

@MarcBaggett1 6 күн бұрын

Great video!

@sussygamers4ever 6 күн бұрын

You make the best videos for real

@alwaysappleftd Күн бұрын

I prefer your videos that are Mac related versus Windows content. Thanks for making this video. Do more like this! It was really cool!

@dorpenka 4 күн бұрын

My school used to have these old macbooks, i'd love to refurbish one of these and use as a daily driver for work oneday.

@FlamingPhoenix40 5 күн бұрын

Man just seeing these white macbooks brings back so many memories from my highschool days. School I went to was kinda special in our city bc every student got a macbook. Other schools in the region did not have student issued laptops yet. Chromebooks and iPads for schools weren't a thing yet. Was my first laptop, mid-2009 white boxy one. Eventually they switched to the more rounded onces, and even the 11 inch macbook air at some point, but I believe the eventually stopped the program soon after I graduated. I still miss my white macbook. We traded it in for a mid-2012 macbook pro when it died. I do still have that one thankfully!

@papa_goobs 5 күн бұрын

I've wanted one of these for myself since I was a kid and saw the middle schoolers using them. Crazy to see you covering them.

@cambocontent6732 6 күн бұрын

I enjoy these videos, they are nice. Jolly good show.

@AshNorton747 5 күн бұрын

I really like these restoration vids!!!!!!!!!!!!

@MichaelMJD 4 күн бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@WindowsNT351Server 6 күн бұрын

New video dropped! Time to watch

@myleft9397 5 күн бұрын

wow shocked those specs on the second one were exactly the same XD great video

@andrasszabo7386 4 күн бұрын

That 2010 Macbook is notorious for keyboard failure. I had about 3 of 5 with the same issue. Replacement keyboard(with housing) solved it.

@Ricelord4 5 күн бұрын

I still have my 2009 13" MacBookPro5,5 that also came from the trash. I dual-boot Mojave and Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS on, and it still works great. Granted, I maxed out the RAM to 8 GB DDR3, swapped out the 250 GB Hitachi SATA HDD for a 480 GB Patriot Burst SATA SSD, and swapped out the old battery for a third-party one. But I still enjoy using it even to this day. I might test out Steam in Ubuntu just to see if it can handle early to mid 2000s games like Half Life 2.

@Rilch 5 күн бұрын

I have a couple of these old macbook that i bought from a school like 15 years ago. best 50 bucks i ever spent, I used the hell out of them. Still got them in my closet and they work great!

@gydo1942 5 күн бұрын

You can start the non-unibody macbooks with the keyboard off by jumping pins in the keyboard connector with tweezers. IIRC on the right side of the connector. I used to do that on mine when servicing it! And yeah the inverters were a common failure. Considering the LCD itself works its probably the inverter causing the problem.

@nickoffscript 6 күн бұрын

haven't even started the video yet but oh my god i love this sort of stuff .... making cookies to watch this. very excited edit: WORTH IT. i loved this episode so much its quickly becoming a favourite

@harrycarrico981 6 күн бұрын

Sounds delicious

@itisliamhfjone22 5 күн бұрын

so fr

@bkkorner 6 күн бұрын

Amazing job!

@ApolloTheDerg 6 күн бұрын

OpenCore and Ventura on these haha, be a madlad making these Mac’s relevant to the modern day.

@MichaelMJD 6 күн бұрын

I have yet to try out OpenCore but everything I've seen makes me want to check it out on video sometime!

@miregoji2959 5 күн бұрын

32bit EFI. Good luck

@Ordlnary_Gamer 5 күн бұрын

@@miregoji2959good luck? These Mac’s are already natively supported by OCLP. your also just plain wrong.

@JesBuscus94 3 күн бұрын

I used to work in an electronics recycling center and these MacBooks tend to have battery failures to the point where the trackpad pops right out of place and possibly shatters in the process. We had so many MacBooks that had no batteries or trackpads or even screens due to the battery expanding.

@tahaturktha9085 5 күн бұрын

11:35 That problem sometimes also happens to my late 2013 running macOS Catalina iMac. 🖥️

@DonVintaggio 2 күн бұрын

You could try the working display into the other 2 older macbooks, if the internal connectors fit. Plan B would be to get those display adapters to connect an external monitor and use the macbooks as desktops.

@gamingzone5285 Күн бұрын

I love old laptop opening and restoring them I love computers 😊

@radzs9939 6 күн бұрын

Yes another MJD Video and its Macbook theme.

@karloniukas 6 күн бұрын

You finded a rare Michael mjd video🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@LatitudeSky 2 күн бұрын

Ah this brings back memories of my MacBookPro from the first Core Duo era. The keyboard went bonkers and would randomly flood some keys and make others not work. That was only the start of issues with that thing. Went through two screens (massive areas of dead pixels), two keyboards (ghost typing), three batteries and two power supplies, all under Apple Care. By far, the least reliable computer I have ever owned. It was nice to use. But it was broken a lot, and I babied it. That was my first Mac and my last. The benefits of using a Mac absolutely not worth the hassles.

@atarixle 5 күн бұрын

pretty good choice to rescue the A1181 ... I got like 13 working devices of them and I totally am in love with their form factors. I think the 5,1 (Aluminium) and later MacBook Pro 13" with its lit keyboard is the top of the best devices of this form factor, but the white (and black) MacBooks are a little lighter. I am a permanent MacBook A1181 user since 2006. The 2009 MacBook5,2 came in two configurations: 2.0 GHz, 666 MHz Memory, and 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Cuo, 800 MHz Memory. I got them both (the 2.0 GHz belongs to my wife; I got 3 of the 2.13 GHz models running El Capitan, Catalina via DOSDude1s patcher, and Monterey via OpenCore Legacy Patcher). The Intel GMA models (1,1; 2,1; 3,1; 4,1) are running Tiger, Snow Leopard, Lion or Mountain Lion; and Debian Linux. I wonder that your models have broken display backlights, because none of my 13 models ever had problems with that (contrary to other devices I had long before I owned my first MacBook). Except one - the 14th - which has a violently broken display (but also here the backlight still works).

@gydo1942 5 күн бұрын

They are great machines. I still have a working one here (2,1). never had problems except having to replace the fan and battery. Display inverters were a common failure on laptops of the time, but I've never seen it happen on one of these either. Though the LCD still works so that leads me to believe it is actually the inverter..

@DavidWonn 5 күн бұрын

6:23 Missed opportunity to play the "Intel Inside" jingle when that "287" sticker was exposed. ;-)

@pelgervampireduck 2 күн бұрын

I was nervous like "dude, don't check the downloads, what if they downloaded 'not safe for work' videos and photos?" hahaha

@johnwickham 6 күн бұрын

Those ‘08 MacBooks are some of my all-time favorites. I’m swayed by nostalgia since that was my first Mac, but there’s something about that white polycarbonate that looks somehow super futuristic and ultra retro at the same time.

@minkiyina 6 күн бұрын

Great video

@georgeh6856 6 күн бұрын

I had a 2009 Macbook. You didn't need to take the keyboard off to get the hard drive out. That white tab attached to the hard drive would let you slide the hard drive out through the space where the battery was. I don't know whether that would work so well on a machine this old, however.

@brandonsanchez7465 6 күн бұрын

Man, I remember using these MacBooks back in middle school back in the day, and seeing those models in this video feels nostalgic. It was also strange that the OS was switched to Windows 7 for some reason.

@user-jr4kc3vz6c 6 күн бұрын

hello Michael i love your videos and you are the best youtuber

@svpracer98 4 күн бұрын

Ohh another mid 2010 unibody... GTA SA and COD 4 are just about my primary memories from using one of these.

@StevenJoseph-ob6ru 5 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@DanielMonteiroNit 6 күн бұрын

Reinstalling Ubuntu on my 2008 as I type this. 24.04 has issues, decided to go back to 20.04, as it works much better. With an SSD it works very well!

@MichaelMJD 6 күн бұрын

That's awesome!

@gydo1942 5 күн бұрын

Makes me want to install Linux on my 2007 model again.. Last time I tried it was a PITA because the EFI is 32bit..

@blockbuster36061 6 күн бұрын

It's a good day when Michael uploads

@karloniukas 6 күн бұрын

I agree with you 💯

@levonandonian7613 5 күн бұрын

I would love to see them restored!

@ckingpro 6 күн бұрын

I like how the Yosemite install had the iWorks 09 and the 2013 updates (which were missing some features) and only the older 09 apps were pinned

@GaosArmy-Offical 3 күн бұрын

Remember These/Those Macbooks are like apple tv 1st gens

@apollolux 5 күн бұрын

I would be astonished if one of those MacBooks was the one that was stolen from right under my nose years ago, but that was in New York City.

@AhmedNothere-so3kc 5 күн бұрын

Fire hazard out the way xD nah thats crazy my man love the videos btw❤

@trr94001 5 күн бұрын

I supported those models of Macs when they were new. They were decent machines for their time.

@CodeProto 5 күн бұрын

I love how easy they used to be able to be taken apart

@dylanlindsay1993 5 күн бұрын

check the cable going from the lcd to the logic board on the two macbooks with no back light... it could just be the cable! i caused a no backlight issue on my 2013 retina macbook pro because i didnt connect it right... after i reconnected it it was fine!

@bentboybbz 5 күн бұрын

Bruh it's a MacBook you have to use violence to get it functional after sitting for awhile... like an old car you have to give her some "love" and it will come back around 😅

@andyk192 3 күн бұрын

That's a terrible idea for both a MacBook as well as a car.

@ste666666666 6 күн бұрын

Nice!

@bentboybbz 5 күн бұрын

He's lying so poorly....he is super bummed out about the hard drives being wiped....he absolutely wanted to dig through some old hard drives... it's ok my brother... the next hard drive will have something good on it...if not I'm sure your loyal subscribers will find you one that does 👍 We Greatly Appreciate Your Time And Effort Michael! Thank You For Sharing! I Hope You Are Having A Wonderful Day Or Night! And remember... DON'T GIVE THEM WATER!! BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU GIVE THEM WATER!!!😅

@catgirl_eva 6 күн бұрын

I'd try getting macOS installed first and then try turning up the backlight on the two pre-unibody MacBooks. I brought home a 2011 15-inch MacBook Pro that was believed to have a faulty backlight, but it was just turned all the way down.

@Vaionko 5 күн бұрын

One of them booted and he checked and it was all the way up.

@mrfoxesite 4 күн бұрын

Vaikino, so true.

@tyler6602 6 күн бұрын

Mmm fresh mjd for lunch

@FlintG 6 күн бұрын

I don't think I ever had a macbook before I have the 2012 mac mini that works but I did install pop os instead of mac os just to make it usable again.

@Rakachanrio 5 күн бұрын

11:33 ah yes. Ghosting keyboard 😂

@jonathanschober1032 5 күн бұрын

7:04 that poor heat pipe

@jooarissanen 6 күн бұрын

You can install the latest MacOS on the Mid-2010 with OpenCore Legacy Patcher. It's not fast, but it works. Some apps that require a metal capable gpu might not work though.

@darcyska Күн бұрын

Fixin' up ewaste makes for fun videos!

@BanditYT2 6 күн бұрын

old MacBook repairs are godly.

@konman2809 4 күн бұрын

16:40 iChat was the predecessor to Apple's iMessage.

@pta103 6 күн бұрын

Exatctly an hour ago. Magnificent.

@Geologem 6 күн бұрын

ik it might be a lot of effort but, i would love to see a full restoration video on the last makebook or even the second macbook, i loved when you restored that nes and i would love a restoration series on your channel, and it might add to the everything goes wrong joke (well you might not want that lol)

@aparks1437 5 күн бұрын

Nostalgic things

@bowtiesrcool955 6 күн бұрын

i got a Late 08 Macbook from a Thrift store dumpster, and it worked great. Iirc it was 2021-2022

@Nikkerston 6 күн бұрын

i would like that 2009 one since these are pretty rare these days... havent had any luck of finding one yet but i do have an earlier one of these plastic macbooks. the late 2006 one but it has alot of issues like the keyboard ribbon is broken, speaker is broken, airport card is broken and the superdrive died after installing Vista on it one day but the board still seems to boot and work but since its a late 2006 it only has the 32bit EFI but a 64bit CPU so it supports up to lion and this was the case with the 2007 and 2008 ones but the 2009 one got a 64bit EFI so it can run elcapitan natively wich is really neat

@ABwebGamesFan 6 күн бұрын

I think I have the mid 2010s macbook in this video! I remember I got it from the post office lol

@Oliver-q3j 5 күн бұрын

❤you mjd I’m subscribed

@MichaelMJD 4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@lightraysone 4 күн бұрын

Ah, the good old polycarbonate macbook. The Macbook2,1 is a nice machine if only because it is one of the few laptops supporting libreboot AND it doesn't require an external flasher.

@Quamsi 5 күн бұрын

Hey Michael (or anyone else in the comments), I am a technology enthusiast, and I tend to collect older hardware like this when i get the chance. I like having stuff for nostalgia and 'just in case' compatibility, or running games on era accurate hardware, and, of course, for the sake of building the collection. For something like these macbooks, though, I wonder what could be done with them that would extend their life even further before they become ewaste (or part of someones collection)? I have considered donating functional devices to schools (of any level), but at least in the us, school curriculums are too heavily scheduled to allow teachers to really make use of devices like these for one-off educational experiences, and they arent practical for every day use. I've also considered using some of my hardware to self host applications, but realistically, anything that i would want to run on this can just be run on any given server hardware or even a pi and would be more efficient electrically. Any other options would be appreciated!

@dallasgrful 5 күн бұрын

2008 was my first MacBook

@TechTeamAspect 6 күн бұрын

I dropped my phone today. This video made my day! You're a big inspiration for my channel, but my content is nowhere near yours. Keep up with the good videos!

@BulletproofKuloodporny 6 күн бұрын

You can game on XP on the mid 2010 one. I use one myself.

@alphatheprotogen 6 күн бұрын

i got a ibook g4 my first ppc computer!

@DJ_Rainy 5 күн бұрын

Lot of macbook videos recently eh? That's ok thou, I love the plastic MacBooks :D

@FSPKwon 4 күн бұрын

i have blown inverters using same lcds on thinkpads

@RetroGamerOG_ 5 күн бұрын

I had one of the 2007 macbooks it was so reliable until it disappeared one day

@KE5ZZO 5 күн бұрын

Make the bulging Mac the parts Mac … give it’s hard drive to the one with no hd…. Take the inverterterboard to try to get either o FCC the dead screen Mac’s working…if one the of the 2 still no screen. Take screen off parts Mac. Can u use parts keyboard to the messed up trackpad. Mac and put back its original keyboard to get around stuck keys