Destroyed MacBook Pro Retina - Can it be Restored?

This poor MacBook is completely obliterated with major damage inside and out. This is definitely going to be a challenge.
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[@breadlol424]

The last owner must have taken “destroy that like button” too seriously

[@neow6289]

Yo I beat ur record by 313 space back clicks

[@gurpremsingh]

But seriously how do people break laptops to that extent?! I've had a plastic chasis laptop for 10 years now. Only thing thats broken is the hinge plastic covering. How do you even break metal laptops!!

[@derpsakry4464]

@@gurpremsingh Kids can destroy EVERYTHING if they get bored

[@Someone-nu9bd]

Lol

[@Matt-nx1vs]

@@gurpremsingh cuz u indian

[@Cindery936]

I find insane enjoyment watching this, it’s just fun to watch someone fix something and make it like it was never broken.. it’s just satisfying :P

[@Cindery936]

@@rue2649 oh my gosh, me too... sadly I do not.

[@icecreamjunkie6790]

I think we all know we’re not here to learn how to fix our electronics. We’re here because it’s entertaining to watch.

[@mrducky179]

agreed, especially the part where he wiped the display, looks so new

[@paulthompson8613]

Same

[@lolozeeee]

Sameee

[@cadenchurchill4296]

Me: How could anyone break a laptop that bad? JerryRigEverything: 🤷‍♂️

[@gab_v250]

I know it's a joke but Zack wouldn't get a laptop in such this horrible condition. He knows Macbooks have a dignity too

[@Anonymous_Identity246]

Not JerryRigEverything, plainrock124 would do it

[@cadenchurchill4296]

@Everything TechBook Pro lol I agree😂 He did actually durability test the LG Gram a couple years back but that was it. I find durability tests for phones more interesting anyways!

[@BaconFaceMcGee]

I was thinking of TechRax.

[@theapplenerd1387]

Or someone could have gone full How-to Basic on it

[@zia_1220]

Looks like someone Frankensteined the hell out of the MacBook

[@spadesofpaintstudios1719]

But it works

[@evanlemon7298]

Hey, Hugh! A friend linked me this video, after seeing that Mac, and said it looked like my old MacBook, and sure enough it is! I recycled that Mac back in 2017, the Mac actually fell out of my car on the freeway, and I found it after an hour of searching for it... Insane video you have there, keep up the good work!

[@TheTotallyRandomGuy]

Dang, I have never seen anyone else who have found their old device after recycling it, what a surprise this must have been!

[@supernova2237]

Anyone ELSE. Did it happen to you?

[@acerIOstream]

Fell out of your car, or did you forget it on the roof? :P Happens to the best of us

[@euphoricanimal]

ask for a return lol

[@nothanks39]

how did the internals get lost

[@zayanmann]

No one: Every private school kid:

[@hmmhmm5431]

Naild it .....😂😂

[@abdullahkerim5240]

I broke mine worse

[@caleblastname6969]

@PINTA DAVID found the private schooler

[@mohamadhamdar]

“This MacBook is far from perfect”, he just resurrected the dead MacBook 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lolozeeee]

:O It is now a frankenstein

[@Aryx_]

Well technically but also No

[@UM4G_YT]

The idea: "I bet that guy was playing some game and he rage quit so hard, he started torturing his MacBook.." :/

[@smokyblackeyes3615]

XD, but how would that happen?

[@ethannn475]

He was raging since he was probably getting 4 FPS. Don’t game on macs kids

[@angel_withaflamethrower]

@@ethannn475 i play minecraft on a medium end laptop and i get 60 to 50 fps

[@ethannn475]

@@angel_withaflamethrower tbh I do the same shhhhhhh

[@scottsyoutubevideos]

torturing*

[@jamesmiddleton4741]

When I watch huge Jeffery's I get a HUGE amount of enjoyment!

[@gontsekatlego5547]

The narration is good

[@jamesmiddleton4741]

@@gontsekatlego5547 yes

[@lastsznn2694]

huge Jeffery's

[@cidsx]

"huge Jeffery's"

[@rhaib]

Hughge amount of enjoyment

[@johny1220]

I love how hard you try to make these as perfect and close to genuine as possible, even putting in the little tiny rubber pieces where they need to go without thinking “eh not worth it” love your videos man 😄😁🥳

[@aidanm5194]

Story time: I was driving down the highway and changing lanes. As I accelerated to around 60 everything was fine. In a few seconds my iPad decided to fly up from the bonnet of the car as I forgot it was placed there. As it carried in the wind it hit the windshield of the car continuing to fly off the car. You can imagine my face... Well let’s just say it was a bit more demolished than this MacBook. So yes i have sadly seen today it’s possible to demolish a apple device more than this one and a video. Just run over with about 30 cars going 70 as soon it flys 20 feet in the air.

[@igokoma]

i'm so confused by this story wtf

[@maybe.cloud1]

Im very sorry man

[@ritwikgupta7540]

who forgets their macbook on the bonet smh

[@westleya8498]

Wouldn't you be able to see it? Lmao

[@Turborider]

@Aidan Was your car silver? How could you not see it's on you bonnet 😂

[@ElectrikNT]

Rubbing alcohol is Hugh Jeffrey’s best friend when repairing computers lol

[@aaditjalal5788]

For Psevri- Cleaning with eucalaptus oil

[@Random22]

Sooner or later when iFixit does videos on the new macbooks: "unable to verify if this macbook contains a genuine apple battery" "unable to verify if this macbook contains a genuine apple display"

[@nikodemradomski1782]

"Unable to verify if this macbook got orginal screws"

[@peterthepanda]

"Unable to verify if user is looking at the device the right way. Locking down device".

[@iCrackr]

“Unable to verify if this is a MacBook”

[@luminumlx2604]

"Unable to verify if"

[@edivisan9352]

"Disabled"

[@lucek333]

I love your videos, they're entertaining in their own way and with your clean voice it's a pleasure to see them fixed! Good job, Hugh!

[@AppleLife4123]

awesome job hugh! im so amazed that thanks to you i put my head down for two days, and made a macbook restoration and i just posted it 10 minutes ago!! all thanks to you :D keep it up, forever will be a fan

[@gp3328]

Scratches at a level 6.... With...... Deeper grooves at a level 7.......

[@Sunkissedguy]

Your videos are a form of therapy for me. I really enjoyed watching them.

[@Aldo.flores]

I can’t imagine how it gone like this, but I think it’s more impressive how it still works after all that damage. You did a great job restoring it, it’s a powerful and useful machine again

[@peterthepanda]

I hope we can do the same thing for the new Apple Silicon MacBooks. Oh wait, Apple locked down those things and they'll probably break if you look at them the wrong way.

[@peterthepanda]

@@sys-administrator That's already kind of obvious. Apple Silicon is just another part of Apple's plan to stifle Right to Repair and force users to fork over more $$$ to them for repairs. They've already started it years ago with their T2 chip (aka Hostage chip) which makes repairs extremely difficult for 3rd party repairs. Don't forget their Touch ID and Error 53.

[@anony_meows]

@@sys-administrator the whole system is SoC, meaning one chip containing processor, graphic i/o, ram, and security. there is no fixing SoC. best you can do is open the casing to blow the dust/repaste the SoC then put it back on again

[@AronRoach_CODM]

@@anony_meows so now the macbooks are powerful raspberry pi.

So you would like pay more for this kind of a fix, that leaves a laptop looking like that, instead of buying another one (that is also in a better condition) for less money?

[@peterthepanda]

@ That's one way to increase the amount of eWaste. Instead of having repairable laptops, just sell throwaway devices that are unrepairable that'll end up mostly in landfills. Apple's hypocrisy is so obvious and their care for the "environment" is nothing more than a lie for the sake of profits.

[@nikolaszisoudis8408]

Dang that macbook was shrek mode destroyed

[@Chonksta]

Dankpods

[@moviemogul83]

It hit its own 1 Grit

[@nikolaszisoudis8408]

@@moviemogul83 indead

[@Charlie-nb1xo]

How could a MacBook get this damaged? TechRax: “is that a challenge?”

[@adetoye50]

I always look for your new videos on KZbin almost each time I am on KZbin, it's like I am becoming more addicted to your channel here. It is another good repairs done here. Thanks showcasing your expertise in repairing this. I am having same type of Mac, but still looks like it is coming out from the Box newly, my probowith it are - 1• The screen at the uppers there is a bit of discolouration. Will send you the photos if I could get you how to send it. 2• The battery is far gone, it needs to be changed. 3• I need a higher gigs of a Solid State Drive Memory. Apart from this, you will think this wonderful Mac is just been opened from the Box. Many Thanks Jeff.

[@maximusfbu]

I simply love your videos! They are so satisfying to watch! Keep on with that excellent work!

[@notanurse2373]

Hugh: Can’t think of what happened Me: have you heard of Dankpods and the 1Grit?

[@SKCro.]

DankPods probably got mad at that MacBook and 1-gritted it, lol (but he usually only does that when it's a bootleg iPod or something)

[@ahoj113]

0:48 Bored Smashing (PlainRock124)

[@Orrickman]

All of your videos are extremely satisfying to watch, thank you for such a good job!!

[@iTzAlbertXD]

I really like the way how you speak, reacting and making me following your video for 2 years !

[@BradenKennelly]

I love how apple talks about how smalller boxes and no headphones helps the environment. But they make people throw away their unfixable laptops

[@sonicmistress]

@NALTO Apple don't fix, deconstruct or recycle anything, they don't fix anything at the Apple Stores just replace with new and throw away the rest. If they were truly into the Environment then they would make their products easier to fix, not harder.

[@soupnintendoentertainment5000]

LMAOOOOOO GOTEMMMMM

[@mingenius5505]

I always look forward to Hugh's videos on Saturday

[@2048Megabytes.]

Same

[@denzilsequeira3680]

@@2048Megabytes. or sunday

[@2048Megabytes.]

@@denzilsequeira3680 yea

[@vguy488]

Great video as always! I'm literally hooked on these repairs, so much so that is has inspired me to tinker with phones, also in the hopes of reducing e-waste, especially in my country that has basically no laws tackling this particular issue. That being said does anyone have any online resources to get started on some basics?

[@johnchristensen7096]

Great job Hugh, it’s so satisfying to see you bring laptops back to life 👌

[@EliasSlds]

Me in germany: Mom: to sleep it's already late Me: hell naaaahhhhhhhhhh at 0:00 hugh jeffreys uploads :)

[@EliasSlds]

Omg thx for the heart you made my day ...... I mean night :)

[@Miguel-fm8xh]

hahah wer kennts nicht, warum darfst du samstags auf sonntags nicht lange wachbleiben?

[@Daniel-fr3us]

Same

[@gandalfdergraue8444]

Tja, der Nachteil, wenn man noch minderjährig ist und eine Mutter hat, die einen Dinge vorschreiben kann... 😁

[@alexwelt]

Jeder schreibt jetzt einfach auf deutsch 😂😂

[@CaseyQuotes]

Hugh: Laptops can't get that bad! Me: Plainrock124, or JRE did that.

[@edwinehrman4677]

Or anzy.mp4

[@Lint99]

Very cool to see you doing board level component replacements in this restoration.

[@DeirdreYoung1]

Beautiful job. Thank you for showing us.

[@sleave_exe]

I learn nothing from viewing these videos and yet I return every time

[@Evelyn-fp6xz]

“Not only is this hard for 3rd party repairs but for Apple as well.” - Hugh Jeffreys

[@amandawright1372]

You really are very talented and I love that you are restoring tech that would otherwise end up in landfill, thus doing your bit for the environment. I wish I had the talent and patience to be able to do this. I do tend to sell on my used tech though, instead of throwing it away. Even if it was broken, I would consider selling it or giving it away for use on repairs to people such as yourself. Thank you for sharing your videos. They are very informative and entertaining.

[@stephensnell5707]

You prune,you should discard broken things not sell them as they aren't usable once broken

[@KyleGuitarLife]

This was so satisfying to watch amazing job man thumbs up

[@cbccubebycube4294]

JerryRigsEverythang: scratches at level 10 with deeper groves at a level 3000

[@gandalfdergraue8444]

5:20 How to get rich: get yourself a bunch of irreparable water damaged Macbooks and harvest the screen (which normally are fine, as the mainboard is the part, that'll most likely be irreparable) Sell the screens for the half of a new device- get rich...

[@polyphonydigital]

just dont sell too much

[@gandalfdergraue8444]

No, i'm no genius, that's what those dudes basically do... And yeah, water damaged Macbooks are the best place to get genuine screens for cheap...

[@gandalfdergraue8444]

@@polyphonydigital Why not? You can't sell too much...

[@AlvinSays]

its satisfying to watch, halfway thruout the video i started wondering if the replacement cost is worth anymore! cheers

[@samodea1273]

Amazing Hugh. Love your videos.

[@willyhoogs]

Hugh did it!

[@1million_phones6]

It’s never just alcohol for Hugh... it’s gotta be isopropyl Alcohol 😁 good work bro keep it up

[@fujimiya9731]

This video uploaded on my birthday. Thank you, Hugh!

[@NikosMarko]

I would never get Into restoring laptops but for some reason I am hooked into watching these videos

[@emil_avk6955]

Why are even the destroyed MacBook so expensive?!

[@cesariojpn]

Limited supply + Apple refusing to sell spares = MONEYMONEYMONEY

[@easygoingdude9990]

Apple tries to make sure no one else has access to oem parts by hook or crook

[@dionelr]

I see them all the time here, “broken MacBook Pro, no power, cracked screen, possibly melted... $500”.

[@itsmejak7888]

Because every apple product is overpriced

[@mr.kaplan7840]

I think if my laptop ever breaks I’m sending it straight to you. Good job man! 👍

[@averynicedog1198]

Excelent work, Hugh!

[@yadugirin2564]

its soo good to see people restoring these man just feels good

[@chef9576]

It was probably shipped with UPS

[@Santi_Tsu]

Aye u ain't wrong there 😂

[@badvoiceallnoise]

the owner must be plainrock :)

[@julianp7528]

If he was the owner it would have been dust by now :)

[@veloxine69420]

Hi Plainrock124ers

[@NepgearGM6.1]

It would be unfixable

[@easierthanbreathing]

I love your videos. Also your voice is like so soothing 😂 keep up the awesome work!

[@joseramos7476]

Love your thoroughness

[@soullessleftover8427]

0:46 You know channels like TechRax exist.

[@waterclips3513]

When I’am watching your vids I feel like I’em getting smart

[@jhonjhon1740]

“Feel”

[@mrducky179]

grammar checks out

[@MastershooterMS]

Yes I too do

[@paulsullivan6392]

Good work. I was taught to spread the thermal paste around to provide full contact between the solid state device and the heat sink. This as opposed to the large dot method you showed here. Something to consider for your next one. At any rate..well done sir.

[@sagartekwani3856]

Hugh is such a nice guy repairing destroyed products

[@cameronwalker5095]

You should get a job at apple to learn how they repair their products, go undercover.....

[@fetchstixRHD]

Plot twist: they don't...

[@thanos4580]

Look like the old user used same as a body shield, probably against his wife

[@LucaBlightOfHighland]

Love these videos, are so relaxing.

[@vadimk4940]

Always watch your videos, so satisfying to see before and after. Would be helpful to know how much does it cost you to restore them.

[@krabbypattified]

They must have been selling the laptop parts and then finally sold the laptop.

[@orang9134]

k

[@perpetualcollapse]

Congratulations!

[@orang9134]

@@perpetualcollapse Lol i took 10 seconds to think of what to comment

[@adsta5]

Thanks for your amazing videos. I'm going to try a repair of my old surface pro 4, and follow your video on that. Can you suggest a good heat gun option for breaking that screen glue?

[@wyanetrinity1184]

Liked your repair videos....keep it up Hugh! Gadgets should be repairable to reduce wastes..

[@AshishDesai444]

I just love ❤️ watching your videos even if I don’t repair anything 👍🏼

[@mariorexmedina]

Such a nice video! It encourages me to try and fix some used lap tops too, salvaging pieces seem so cool and this would help me get a working computer for my online classes lol

[@stephensnell5707]

You mean Laptops

[@karthikvelusamy5024]

Hi jeef i love watching your restoration videos you are doing a great job. I have a broblem with my mac i don't know how to install a mac os to it its mid 2009-2012 macbook pro i don't know what os suits it can u do a video on that it would be helpful for so many people

[@weirdo165]

this is so much fun watching someone else do the same things I do for a living, although your workspace is a helluva lot cleaner than mine :D

[@rodrigo4379]

Really good video Jeff, i really like your videos and please do more macbook videos. And like you said the older 2015 to 2013 have a huge demand on the used market. I can sell the 2015 models way quicker than the newer ones from 2016-2018 (2019 with new keyboards are easier to sell guess why haha). I would only recommend to clean that charging port and the other ports, i think you probably done that but since you didn´t showed im just saying Thanks for saving this macbook!

[@exaltedb]

4:15 my XPS from 2018 still has a battery that’s screwed in. It even has a power switch on the board similar to a desktop power supply

[@frantisekskalsky1817]

Hello Hugh, i really like your videos especially with mac books, i buy a macbook pro 2011 and i tried to restore it when it arrived, good bless from Czech Republic

[@MiniBlack809]

Nice video, where you can found some LCD like that? I m trying to get new screen but is so expensive rn

[@dave4shmups]

Great work! What did you use to clean off the new screen?

[@rfabri]

Hey Hugh, great video as usual. What about that collab with your friend, where you were repairing an old vehicle? You never mentioned again the channel/the project.

[@tuqn2377]

I miss your old videos like the red iPhone case swap. Keep it up!

[@fixingfaming]

Nice one man love your content!!

[@agent807]

There is something so satisfactory about resurrecting a badly destroyed device nearly back to its former self. Saving it from the wasteland purgatory and giving it another chance at life. BTW, thanks. As the original owner of my Early 2015 MBP, I am looking forward to the SSD and battery replacements. As for your MBP, I reckon that it may have survived an Avengers movie.

[@pepperoniparty7119]

I am really into tech and I love your videos :)

[@Jarthalamew]

How do you not have more that a million subs, you make great high quality content.

[@paulwilliams4274]

@hugh jeffreys Just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I don't know what it is about these kinds of videos, but I get all zen when I watch them. Keep on fixing!

[@Mrwhosethesus]

Great video as always!

[@fufu20boy]

Hello @Hugh. What solution do you use to clean the Displays? I am looking for something to clean the Display of my iMac and MacBook Pro

[@PJV1990]

It always amazes me how some people treat their MacBook's. Back in 2011 me and two of my friends all went to the Apple Store and each bought 13" MacBook Pro's for University. So, all three MacBook Pro's were identical & bought at the exact same time. I always keep my Apple stuff in as close to mint condition as possible (even being really OCD about the packaging including all the little pieces of plastic/paper covering the power brick and plug. I also clean my MacBook Pro's religiously), my friend took good care of her MacBook Pro too... The other friend however thrashed that poor thing to an inch of it's life. He didn't use a carrying case/sleeve and just threw it in his bag. Less than ONE MONTH after getting an immaculate, brand new MacBook Pro the thing was covered in scratches, dings and dents and was FILTHY. I've never seen such damage and dirt/mess caused in such a small amount of time (You could almost write your name on the case). If you compared mine and my other friends MBP to his; his MBP looked like it was 10 years old and had served in an active war-zone. That's how bad the MBP had gotten after ONE MONTH. The really crazy thing was that he was EXTREMELY tight with money, more-so than anyone I've ever met. It was such a contradiction to see someone that tight with money who couldn't be bothered to look after a £1000, brand new MacBook Pro.

[@TheSpotify95]

Nice repair work - that is so much better than the old wreck it once was, and also saves it from the e-waste pile :) I'm surprised that someone hacked out part of the battery! Those battery cells (which are still there) can be re-purposed in electronic projects, if you get in contact with people who are into electronic engineering and the like. I routinely buy job lots of laptop batteries on the cheap in order to salvage Li-Ion cells for projects, and the Macbook ones generally have more capacity remaing compared to Windows laptops (Windows only reports the battery as dead when its capacity reaches 40%!). Shame that this was the first of the laptops to feature soldered RAM, proprietory parts (such as the SSD) and no disk drive... IMO the Unibody 2012 was the best one; shame it won't take Mac OS 11 Big Sur (will only got to 10.15 Catalina).

[@pork_hunt420]

“Mates at ifixit” true Aussie the only channel in our country that does anything like this

[@derrickswanegan9907]

Awesome as always

[@felipesantiago_dms]

Amazing work!

[@mnouman1925]

I love your videos please upload more frequently

[@fewocious6774]

thse are my new favorite videos ive been watching

[@Pablus96]

I just love these videos mainly because I love to see people avoiding tech devices from going to trash 😄

[@zerious1016]

More please!! love your vid!

[@TL98]

Hello Hugh, i'm about to dive into the laptops and Macbooks upgrading (base level). Do you have any tips that i might find useful?

[@basharhijjawy7871]

Your videos are great, thank you. Can you please post at the end of each video the total cost of refurbushing the laptop/phone and the expecred selling value after refurbushing?

[@DigitalBhangari]

"the old MacBooks are in demand" looks like Apple's plan backfired

[@vitalis]

I have a mid 2015 MBP that runs crazy hot especially plugging it to an external monitor and throttles. I have repasted it but still had the problem. Now running it without the bottom lid and in winter is fine but do you have any experience what can it be done about it?

[@kexy2012]

i wish i could have a macbook pro love you videos keep up the good work

[@krablord961]

Thank you for this video - Not often you see anyone work on one of those. I have exactly same laptop from 2013 early, and I can't make myself try to swap battery, as it's glued there so damn hard. Also those used screens are extremely expensive, though Apple sell em to authorized services, 500 usd a piece new. I wanted to swap mine due to grey uniformity defect - still a bit too much.