$29 Apple Macbook Restoration!

[@psivewri]

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[@JamesLustre]

Psivewri I follow you on Twitter as well! Can you try some old Nokia unboxings? Love your videos Nathan!

[@psivewri]

@@JamesLustre Maybe if I come across an interesting one

[@_.themariodude]

Hey, Psivewri! Love your channel! P.S. My daily driver is a MacBook air from 2012

[@maheshkrishnan9758]

Psivewri Back in Action. 🤩

[@loathfluctuation1191]

Yeh pls include euclptus oil and your trusty knife

[@caroncomp]

eucalyptus man back at it again.. this man will not stop

[@smartjunayd]

murphey63 😂

[@insanitylol]

Eucalyptus: *exists* KZbin Tech Repair Channels: gimme

[@kk_1789-g2g]

You got hearted

[@Tronicsfix]

Great video! You got pretty lucky on this buy! Nice work drilling out the fan screw.

[@psivewri]

Cheers! I've seen a few of your videos :) Glad you're getting lots of views!

[@reactornumberfour]

w a t

[@antonrickert9427]

@@reactornumberfour you are a little late to the Party but ok

[@markredf150]

Agreed😁 also I'm surprised there wasn't any mention of a crack in the plastic near the hinge, I heard it's a design flaw in these machines. I have one I bought on eBay and it has that crack. The one in this video looks very pristine and at a great price😁

[@Bwong55]

@@antonrickert9427 You too!

[@tamas.golubov]

The certificate of the install package has expired. Just set the date back to 2015-2016-ish and you're good to go.

[@Ansigo]

Please let this comment get more traction so people can learn about this

[@giovonni3225]

Tamás Nagy it doesn’t work for me

[@jbrooks4282]

Yeah turn off WiFi and change the date in terminal. Command should be DATE 010100002016

[@giovonni3225]

jbrooks4282 it didn’t work it says “you can’t change the startup disk to the selected disk”

[@jbrooks4282]

@@giovonni3225 all i have described is how to change the date to get past the error shown in the video. Sounds like you have another issue. Is it giving you that message in terminal?

[@SpikEh2918xa]

Almost every (broken) laptop on ebay: Nobody can repair me! Psivewri: Hold my thermal paste

[@smartjunayd]

marcolet05 .mp3 hold my eucalyptus oil

[@aanayjhawar8410]

Hold my methylated spirits

[@AbdulAziz4CaNaDa]

😂😂

[@Youngnathaniel449]

Lol

[@SpikEh2918xa]

@Kenny Vaughn I know. I tried spelling it but It was to hard

[@Garrettdx1988]

You definitely had some of Luke’s “Miani Magic” when buying this thing!

[@GeebyTeenyBooper]

signalex1182 same lol

[@Carlos-qm8gq]

signalex1182 Go eat your cereal

[@this.is.shashwat]

Me too

[@memento316]

If I buy something "not tested" when I open a box generally find a brick

[@HaninBaaziz]

Oh yes 😂😂😂

[@hanakomisa]

It's a good day when Psivewri uploads.

[@leavemealone469]

Funny, I did the same thing with my GF's 2010 White Unibody. New RAM, SSD, Battery, DVD drive... works like a charm.

[@annjrue]

I use this EXACT config (even the SSD!) every day for school with macOS Catalina and it runs like a champ! Great video!

[@allieevans5698]

Are you running Catalina on a 2009 Macbook??

[@annjrue]

@@allieevans5698 Yep! Well, I was. I actually just replaced it the other day with my new ThinkPad T440 Hackintosh. Works great!

[@vern5648]

do you still have it? i'm thinking of getting it haha

[@annjrue]

@@vern5648 lol unfortunately not. But it was great while I had it and if I still did, I’d still use it. (Spilled water on it D: )

[@mxmobile5619]

@@annjrue what did you use to hackintosh the t440? I have one but all of my kexts are out of date.

[@OuijaBoard5423]

Psivewri: this macbook needs a good clean Germs: *why do I hear boss music?*

[@thecaptainnoodles]

Ouija Board GeRMs DoN’t HaVE EaRs

[@thecaptainnoodles]

​@One Punch Man no I think u need a wooooosh, I was joking Randoms caps means impersonating a dumb person

[@SandsOfArrakis]

"Germs of Rage"

[@spazzinfytb]

masterkoocoo you are dumb

[@komi7030]

Eucalyptus Oil: go brrrtt

[@OskarBlomkvist]

That error message you got when trying to install a newer OS is due to the fact that Apple no longer releases a needed certificate for older OS. You can fix it by changing the date in terminal to a date about 2 years ago and then try to install the OS, it should now work. Open terminal and write: date MMDDHHMM18 Month/Day/Hour/Minute/18 (year)

[@carlstanford7607]

There is also an error in the download file

[@phunggiatheanh237]

I had that problem too

[@imkyolet]

Had the same thing while trying to install Hackintosh Mojave, a simple google search fixed it

[@lorencebenjamin]

Psivewri bought an $29 Macbook on Ebay. Psivewri: *I can restore this!*

[@ian22222]

I got one of these (a Mid-2010) last week and so far it has been great. I upgraded the RAM to 8GB and the HDD to a 240GB SSD. Running Catalina 10.15.3 thanks to dosdude1’s Catalina Patcher, it still has a few hiccups, but those are due to the decade-old CPU 😅. I really do love the keyboard and the touchpad is best-in-class, even 10 years later. The only downsides are no Metal support and its size & weight, although the latter doesn’t bother me *too* much. Definitely want to see about reapplying the thermal paste, although mine doesn’t have the thermal issue yours experienced. The fans ramp up like they should, and I haven’t seen mine get above 80-something Celsius. Honestly for a $150 investment, this is such an excellent machine! I would highly recommend it if anyone wants to use it as a “casual” laptop or for school.

[@skip741x3]

Hi Ian, i have a few of these and have high sierra on one and tried catalina as well... I got rid of catalina and stuck with high sierra becuz catalina has Much high cpu demands and was far less responsive and made the thing run hotter...this is with ssds and 8gb ram...PS: so many people use Too much thermal paste which leads to overheating... remember these cpus have a tiny surface and an amount the size of a grain of rice would be sufficent...with thermal paste ,less is Better...it becomes a Barrier that heat has to pass through and if its too thick, LESS het gets to the heatsink, not more... good luck!

[@Russell970]

Psivewri: "$29 Apple Macbook Restoration!" Me: "You guys are getting Macbooks for under $30?"

[@psivewri]

@Seán's Mobile True, this is probably the equivalent of $20 USD 😅

[@Russell970]

@@psivewri Love my comment plz

[@dragos2010full1]

i got a macbook pro 13 mid 2012 i5 for 50$ the 480gb ssd that was inside it was worth over 100$ alone and it was almost brand new

[@iceyboi]

@@psivewri now it's 40 from the SSD

[@lmaojkk]

@@doro3353 for me it 01:06😭

[@GetVladimir]

Awesome video! I have this exact model and it was a very pleasant surprise seeing it here. The battery on mine is almost dead and the rubber back cover completely peeled off (I missed the replacement program), but the MacBook itself is still working great. Also, respect for having a vision board 👊🏻

[@Nenemon]

Ive been using this exact MacBook up until today running both Mac OS X Mavericks (for that aqua nostalgia) and Mac OS Monterey. I originally got it for £28 out of an ebay auction. Threw in a 4GB RAM stick that i had lying around to bump it up to 6GB and installed a 500GB SSD to replace the 11 year old 250GB HDD. Still runs amazingly and i am even using the original battery. Now that it is 12 years old im very impressed how well the MacBook is holding up. Can’t wait to install the full 16GB of DDR3L 1066, all that headroom will be great for the amount of RAM intensive multitasking i do. Highly recommend this model to any students that need a reliable laptop that is comfortable to type on (the keyboard feels great) so long as they are comfortable with installing a couple easy upgrades if it doesn’t come with them already as well as an unsupported OS if they want better app compatibility as time goes on. The dosdude1 line od patchers and the OpenCore legacy patcher are definitely the best for a fully stable and easy to follow installation experience.

[@danielmorris6523]

I bought one of these way back in 2010 and loved it. I used it for Logic Studio to make music and iMovie to make videos. I still have it and recently upgraded to an SSD and went to 4GB of RAM from the 2GB it had. I still use it for web browsing and email but these days I use my newer Retina MacBook for making music. These machines were built to last and Apple was really at their peak when they designed this laptop. I also had a Mac Mini but sold it to a friend in 2015. She is still using it as her main computer right now!

[@gamergrill9629]

Good job on getting a sponsor! Keep it up!

[@MostBever]

Here is a tip: Paper towels have a rather course surface and can cause scraping like sandpaper. I recommend only using microfiber towels, as you can use them on anything. Plus you just throw them in the washer and clean them, so they can also be an investment if you view a simple towel the tool it is.

[@christopherwilliams9418]

Probably my second favorite Apple portable design after the iBook Clamshell. I love the rounded edges on these.

[@lolcatpl]

Me: *playing on 15 years old laptop* Psiewri: Oh do you want *EuCaLiPtUs OiL*

[@skinnie88]

Had one back in the day. With 8Gb and 256Gb SSD running 10.6.8 it was very quick! What a machine.

[@vancepaul]

What a good deal Nathan! I enjoyed watching your videos!

[@TragicAyk]

I, too have this laptop. It's been running Manjaro for the past few weeks but I wanted an OS X machine again, so I loaded Snow Leopard via USB, then upgraded piece by piece to Catalina thanks to dosdude1's Catalina patcher. After that I replaced the thermal paste, unfortunately I had to drill out the bigger screw for the fan and the one that is located on top of the logic board. My logic board looked far worse than the one in the video but some brushing and some patience made it look as good as new. I also used Arctic MX4 thermal paste, when putting the logic board in I had problems with 2 of the thin cables which wouldn't stay put in their cable channels. After putting everything back together I realised I had forgotten the RAM sticks.... so the cover came back off and the RAM in. Finally I was able to press that little power on button and much to my surprise it started right up! Albeit a bit slow in the beginning, my 6,1 Macbook late 2009 with upgraded SSD and 8GB RAM looked better than ever, and Catalina dark theme really makes the macbook look so much more modern! Bought this thing for €100 a few years back and it's grown so much on me that I don't want to miss it ever!

[@dariodambrosio2679]

It’s a really tough moment here in italy, thanks for your videos. Greetings from south of italy. All the best!

[@bearpowers]

i love to watch you cleaning and restoring those old macs!👍🏻

[@raikiri23]

I got a 2010 model off eBay for about $65 USD. Came upgraded with 8GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD (though it was DRAM less sadly, but hey can't complain at this price). It really is a nice laptop for basic tasks. While it can do 1080p youtube with only a few frame drops, it realllly struggles to do 60fps video even at 720p.

[@ThinkCleverAndSmart]

Got one of these by my school in 7th grade. Kept it in just as good condition as the one you got. I had to give it back when graduating 9th grade. I’m so sad I didn’t buy it from them, would have been a great piece to hold on to, especially in such good condition

[@somesituation]

Another note, with installing 10.12 and 10.13 at this point, in the setup turn off wifi and open terminal and change date to 1010102019 and it'll work!

[@theshadowman1398]

I used to have this unibody plastic model. Loved it. And it’s still the machine on which I had the best windows 7 experience

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

In some places if you mark the Thing as Parts only it's less tax as you're not selling a working thing even if it might be fully functioning.

[@shanelson1]

Nice! I'm watching this video on my late 2009 macbook unibody. I bought it new and have had it for over 10 years. I only recently bought a new 16" macbook pro to replace it. It's currently running linux mint 19.3 and I have retropie X86 installed so I can use it as a retro gaming machine. About the only thing I haven't done to mine is replace the thermal paste. Good video!

[@bastdan]

Great machine!!! I have one with 8 GB RAM and SSD, using Lubuntu as a Media Center. Works perfectly.

[@randoms5363]

5:11 selling strange man lmfao

[@thomasschembri813]

That's a Mid-2010 MacBook 7,1. It would of came with Mac OS X 10.6.3, but its update-able to macOS 10.13.6, It has a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB Graphics . The Display is a 13-inch (1280x800). The Stock HDD is a 250GB TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF SATA Disk, It has a SuperDrive with the Speed of up to x24 and supports -R, -RW for CD's, and -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW for DVD's. On the left side its got a Mag-Safe Power Adapter, Ethernet, a Mini DisplayPort, 2 USB 2.0 Ports, 1 Headphone Jack and a Kingston Lock (K-Lock). On the right side its got a CD/DVD Drive. Great Video Psivewri!

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

I have the 2.66GHz MacBook Pro 7,1, basically the same as yours but faster CPU, slightly nicer display, and backlight keyboard

[@applenotbanana749]

For the Sierra boot, your usb is fine you just have to be on Mavericks+ to boot into El Cap+

[@nicegy0197]

I absolutely love the white plastic shell on those macbooks. Don't get me wrong the all metal build on modern macbooks still looks beautiful, but I still have a fondness for these old macbooks.

[@theconjuror112]

I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed watching this refurbishing. Excellent video! The quality of this production was outstanding! Thank you!

[@hellbenthorse]

Great vid and find. I picked one of these up awhile ago, put in 8gb ram, ssd and a new battery. It currently runs Catalina :)

[@allieevans5698]

Are you able to run Catalina on a 2009 Macbook? Or a 2010 model?

[@reallyfamousyoutuber]

Hellllll yeah!!!!!! I can’t believe it worked! That’s such a steal dude!

[@LaurenMrG]

High Tech With Grumpo yeah but he had to repair it 🤨

[@reallyfamousyoutuber]

Elle C. Ok but it basically worked! It was holding a charge, it turned on.... now I wanna get one 🤣

[@LaurenMrG]

High Tech With Grumpo but could you repair it?

[@reallyfamousyoutuber]

Elle C. ... I could try.... anybody got a hammer?

[@marklee3703]

Most undervalued channel on KZbin

[@TheSpotify95]

Laptops that get hot before ramping up the fan speed... still a thing today, my HP OMEN 15 gets rather warm before the fans get to any decent speed under "default" mode. Under "comfort" mode, the fans increase in speed noticeably quicker... but it still gets hot under load.

[@maddmaxx636]

If you didn't know, The "damaged" install is just telling you the date is wrong. Since Apple doesn't want you to be able to install specific operating systems after the end of life date..... I had to deal with that with a hackintosh once. I just changed the date around the time the OS was released and it worked. I don't know how to do that on a real mac though.

[@SpeedyNoriega]

Use this laptop all time. With 8 gigs of ram installed runs Garage Band like a champ.

[@d33ma33]

Apple should make some cheap MacBook models with plastic cases because this MacBook looks very nice

[@NezomiFloof]

Love these restoration videos!! Keep up the great work!!!!

[@oscarp4328]

That’s a kick ass find. Lucky you. I love those white clam shell models.

[@VikingDudee]

Dremel and flat cutting wheel, can make a slot to use a flathead screw driver, I've had to do this a few times with screwed they use locktight on and stripped out.

[@culturedivined2949]

been watching your videos for a while now always satisfying to watch, was there any chance you can list everything you use for cleaning and restoring? such as cleaning products you prefer and what tools is needed, its something i would like to get into myself, thanks! 👍

[@benjihutch24]

i've heard the stubbern screws on the mac heatsinks are cause by adheasive used in the threads. Aparently the best thing to do is heat the screw a little with a soldering iron

[@GatOber]

Got a couple of months ago this same laptop at a flea market, thanks for the video mate, im going to use it as a guide for maintenance.

[@aonnoysengupta]

this was oddly satisfying to watch!

[@TEchWIse2203]

The audio in this video is really good 😀

[@moonlightw6]

this man is too underrated.

[@АлексейГриднев-и7р]

My dad still owns one, and it is still perfectly functional!

[@SStarlight9614]

i'm using one right now to type this out i had catalina running on it but i went back to windows for a while and started over with one of my favorite versions of macos on which is el capitan😂

[@retropcdurham]

Dude that ad segue was glorious

[@Ryan_Revier]

I got my MacBook Mid 2010 from last year and still uses it on macOS High Sierra since it was the last to support it..the MacBook late 2009 you owned is still runs for the latest macOS High Sierra even it has better than the macOS Sierra and could be run on 8GB of ram..with 512GB of SSD like I use currently. And now, I had upgraded to Catalina Patcher which is recommended by Luke Miani and running until today in 2023.

[@soundgarden86]

Always enjoy your videos's! It's always good to see old machines getting a good clean up :-)

[@E11ww]

I feel soothing when you clean those computer and replace the thermo paste

[@UFOhunter4711]

They still look so good in design

[@jamesrwarzyniak3190]

Fun Fact the 2010 White Unibody Mac-books Can have 16gbs of ram put in, as well as an SSD & at least go up to MAC OS Mojave. Im not sure what drivers the community has been making to be keep it updated but this macbook lasted me a decade. The only thing I ever had to do was get a new battery for it! Plus if there is an ssd in it, it does not get hot like usually does.

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

I have tinkered with a few of these unibody white MacBooks. Sadly many of them had too many problems that I didn’t know how to fix at the time. I’ve mostly been tinkering with the older classic non unibody white MacBooks form 2008, but I hope to get ahold of one of those white unibody models again someday.

[@nkag545]

1 min silence for the guy who sold this Mac without realising that it was working

[@bastrdILY]

You are my favorite tech youtuber. I like how you explain everything in your videos

[@Max-lj2zs]

I’m gonna buy one tomorrow because of this video. Thank You 👍

[@TEchWIse2203]

Yaas I love your content Psivewri

[@ZzSlumberzZ]

I love watching people repair stuff.

[@nicholashoi3155]

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[@JamesLustre]

Psivewri uploads a new video. Me: *I JUST WOKE UP!*

[@tvrrp]

Me: it's 0:10 am

[@joshuamarston6350]

seriously this guy is one of the luckiest people that I have ever seen!!! how do you get this great look MacBook for so little?

[@FaddyAlbert]

Psiverwri, use fraps so the fps is in the top left corner of your screen. Just a little tip

[@dreamingflurry2729]

Laptops truly are hotheads! I've done my fair share of thermal-paste replacing on desktop rigs (mainly my own of course!) and frankly those pastes never looked this bad, hell some of them (the liquid-metal pastes) don't seem to go bad at all, that's why I love using them...still, normal pastes do dry up, but them turning into flaking powdery goodness? Not after a few years, hell, I've see better looking paste in 10 year old machines!

[@ps3customgamer]

If you own a core 2 duo macbook you should be aware applying liquid metal to the cpu makes a massive difference as the cpu die is very small, My 13" MBP dropped by 2000rpm from newly applied mx-2

[@YannMetalhead]

There's something relaxing about restoration videos.

[@FlintG]

Looks so clean! I wanted one of them back then as well but was too expensive.

[@elijah.g]

I got one of these broken for $21 and it didn't turn on because of a poopoo power button but now it works.

[@rorythomas3084]

These are actually still really good machines

[@morphshag]

I have one of these machines with an SSD and 8GB RAM. I have also purchased a caddy to replace the optical drive with a mechanical HDD for extra storage. When I go away its my Go-To machine, with the SSD and RAM upgrade it sill feels snappy and for most tasks it has enough grunt. I can still even edit RAW files taken with my DSLR though the export speed of multiple files is held back by the aging CPU. All in all this is still a great machine, its just a shame it wont run current OSX, Also, you can reset the battery health if its reporting incorrectly which I have to do every now and then on a few older macbooks I own that dont see much usage.

[@gordonstockdale9939]

Man..... I sure would love to replace the Thermal Paste in my Acer Aspire 7750 i7. It gets really really hot. I already replaced the SSD drive in it a few years ago because it decided it wanted to break. I’m afraid of breaking something like the keyboard when I take it apart.

[@edalder2000]

I am a bit different. If I repaired that machine, I know that a lightweight Linux distro of your choice would run well on that. Lubuntu, Peppermint, Linux Mint XFCE would all fly on 4 gigs of Ram and an SSD.

[@corvusmonedulas4895]

that smooth ad transition

[@sytrus89]

Stumbled upon your channel a few days ago! Love your videos man!

[@AndreNicholas]

Psivewri:Upload New Videos Me:Wake Up at 5:00 AM

[@miniroll32]

Funny - the thing I remember most about this product (apart from the rubber base that used to peel away) is the keyboard. They were probably the best in the industry back then.

[@RafiqueNiihara]

I really like this guy. Addicted actually ❤️

[@purujeet1674]

I love it when he cleans the laptops

[@maheshkrishnan9758]

Back again ? 😍😍😍😍

[@jadenbronk1397]

I love how Psivewri unboxes. You deserve more subs and views 👍

[@TheCRTProductions]

I had a similar eBay RAM experience, guy said no RAM was included at all, but it had the original 4GB RAM installed and worked fine. I'm guessing it's a generic description they put on all listings to cover the ones that don't include it, and they figure people won't complain if they get the RAM anyway.

[@saunapasi3444]

More restoration videos!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@BobDoodlesmoth]

You should do a chrome book video where you install Linux on an old ,school chromebook

[@АлексейГриднев-и7р]

Technically, ChromeOS is Linux, just a very crappy one 😀 also - aren't Chromebooks locked down?

[@WantBadtime]

Some older chromebooks, like chromebook 11s, are possible to have Linux installed. You have to open up the chromebook and look for bios security write screw and remove it; this will allow the owner to wipe and replace Chrome OS with Linux.

[@magnusharrison2715]

im still using a 2010 white macbook with mojave patcher and Mavericks, both OS run great with the SSD

[@BudNo]

Upgrade to macOS Catalina using Dosdude1 patch! :) Works great! If this is 2010 version you can upgrade to 16Gb RAM.

[@محمدآزم-ق3ط]

Mine is mid 2010 can I upgrade to 16GB ram

[@BudNo]

@@محمدآزم-ق3ط Yes it can!

[@smartjunayd]

What an amazing machine for $29, totally worth it

[@alirwec]

Great Content! I wonder why you don't have MILLIONS of subscribers. Respect!

[@matangames3568]

This is the best MacBook for basic tasks ez video editing and photoshop

[@monkeyman8265]

Man there's something about that white that looks so cool.

[@trilolized]

3 years later and this video is still entertaining

[@zingythelemon7949]

Ah thank you, I've been waiting for almost a week for a new video. Your the best at restoration!

[@lukefosterphoto]

Just bought myself one of these for £7.50 with no charger but the macbook looks to have never been opened, no dust at all inside and battery only has 27 cycles! What a steal. Its a slow thing by todays standards but a cheap SSD and 8gb RAM should sort it!