Replace EVERY DEAD SSD for M1 Max, M1 Pro, M1 & T2 Mac, T1 Mac, BONUS:M1 Ultra (FOR DUDES IN DENIAL)

[@chilbiyito]

This video really good! I got here thanks to Louis Rossman

[@kenneth.topp.]

i got here from the algo but after watching louis rossman vids. really glad that there's a community digging into mac hardware.

[@SKongdachalert]

All this amazing explanation while adding explosions and colored stuff and memes. I'm lovin every single second of this.

[@MrTakohara]

IMHO one of the best and comprehensive KZbin videos I have seen so far in terms of NAND usage in Apple devices. It can be clearly seen that lots of efforts went into making this video to make it easy understanding the problems and possibilities of upgrading Apple devices. Good job.

[@iBoffRCC]

Thank you for your time!

[@slam4815]

Brilliant presentation, very well put together IMO. Thanks for sharing the knowledge and the tremendous effort you endured. Fabulous!

[@lindenaurepair]

You can use new KICM233 on M1 machines. No need to salvage from another machine!

[@DaveEtchells]

Jeez - I can totally believe this vid is the result of 6 months of work! - And not just any 6 months of work, but work by an electronic repair genius. I can’t imagine the amount of effort this took!

[@zizlog_sound]

I would appreciate Apple’s approach of soldering everything in if, the components lasted forever - but they don’t. Let alone the option of upgrading SSD or RAM if so desired.

[@KellogsFerns]

For SSD and RAM obviously we need to prepare for car money, because it seems those upgrades or repairs cost as much as a car.

[@Chopper153]

It would've been fine if Apple just soldered normal NVMe protocol SSDs and used a a seperate highly durable ROM for Intel UEFI/iBoot 2. But Apple intentionally uses NAND with proprietary firmware in RAID 0 to stop any possible repairs. They're openly anti-repair and hostile to consumers, so anyone who buys theit products deserve this treatment.

[@sobottrachhuth75]

Planned obsolescence, and also getting you to spend more money. if you want 32gb of ram instead of 16gb they want $400, if you want 1TB instead of 512gb SSD they want $400, and people will pay for it. So the best thing you can do really, is buy apple stocks and not their products :)

[@zizlog_sound]

@@Chopper153 , I wouldn't say everyone who buys their products deserves this treatment. Back in 2014 I bought an iPad and several months later a MBP, not knowing anything about the repairability or upgrade ability of these devices. I only learned about it over the years. Only recently, I needed to replace the MBP's battery with some effort, the SSD is proprietary but replacing 256GB with 512GB will do for a while, and luckily I decided for a 16GB RAM model at the time of purchase. Well, in regards to the iPad, it's a different story. I just learned, that it's impossible to upgrade the OS or install an app, whose minimum OS version is above the installed OS version. My conclusion: If Apple doesn’t change and they probably won't for profits sake, I won't buy any of their products. First of all, I keep using what I got as long as technically possible.

[@Cinconegativoprimeiro]

Louis Rossmann says the same....

[@slizgi86]

The amount of corporate abuse apple does to its own customers with proprietary ram, SSD and other solutions is just terrible. SSD are not the best on the market and yet are 5-6 times more expensive, ram probably is the same.

[@utubekullanicisi]

Soldering down the RAM, especially if it's LPDDR RAM like the ones Apple uses, has real end user-facing advantages. Soldering down the SSD is the real obvious problem.

[@leetkhan]

@@utubekullanicisiwhy not give user an option to choose ? Like they give for choosing ram and other things. I’d surely sacrifice whatever advantages are there with non removable parts for a mac which I can upgrade fix easily

[@ser_igel]

@@leetkhan choose what? to solder or not to solder? there are no advantages of soldering down SSD apart from you needing to pay for the whole motherboard when your SSD dies

[@neonlost]

ram really shouldn't fail but the SSD can and will fail at some point

[@56hibernian]

Amazing. Mind boggling how technically advanced you are. Agreed, Apple are gouging on SSD and lack of repair options. Great video.

[@7th_dwarf542]

this is actually amazing. Louis Rossmann would be proud of your approach of giving second life to highly integrated electronics and making it serviceable in the process. I can't believe you went for designing your own SSD adapter unless you are sitting in Shenzhen.

[@saif5475]

I have no business or necessity in repairing a MacBook but.. i watched the full video and learnt a lot, so easy to understand... loved it

[@Boredealis]

Very Concise and straightforward, easily understandable and very jam packed with information. I commend you all for the compilation of this video. I truly enjoyed this video, and I liked how it's an hour long, like a movie 😅 (i love it) Keep up the good work! ❤

[@thecon_quererarbitraryname6286]

This video is very well made and really a joy to watch and highly informative. Your style of presentation is really good, your didactics are better than the ones of most of my professors 😂

[@klauszinser]

Yes.

[@hateganvictor]

This is a video that everyone who is actually using a Mac should see!

[@shivas6532]

As an apple user, Have learnt more through this video than I have ever. Fantastic video. Thank you so much

[@selami32]

other channels look like noob to this one

[@nohavename6983]

@@selami32 Dosdude1?

[@dr.noir27]

you guys are saving lives total respect

[@dogfreak3000]

This is by far one of the best videos I've seen in a while! The amount of R&D that went into this is insane. Thank you iBoff!

[@Tekn1que]

Louis rossmann and Linus need to see this video

[@basblm6095]

I don't think Louis rossman don't know it's but in case of many people they just bought a new one if they gonna lose all data anyway But in the case of Linus his just a IT guy doesn't do a kind of repair job then why his want to work with kine of messy things

[@hawejago]

@@basblm6095 maybe its good for linus to know, so he can blast this video to 10m+ viewers, and destroy apple’s anti consumer tactics..

[@eyeSeeQu]

yeah, it shouldnt be ilegal wasting our internet traffic on this nonsense

[@watermelonsAI]

@@basblm6095 he's a consumer product guy, not an IT guy

[@igor4knezevic]

This is the reason why I’m not getting an M laptop any time soon. Until they give us replaceable SSDs, I am not buying any Mac from Apple. I understand RAM soldering (faster access, shorter traces, etc) but SSD soldering??? SSDs die like batteries die. They are consumable and they die over time. That’s why TBW is important when buying a used Mac. You can’t replace that crap.

[@iganas88]

Insane amount of work and brain went into making this video. My hat is off to you guys.

[@annix493]

It has been years since I have felt the rush of getting such forbidden secret knowledge. Thank you for your work!

[@Ragnemalm]

This is very interesting. I thought it was impossible to upgrade/replace the SSDs on newer Macs, but, somehow it seems you succeded. Of course you are selling a product, so I need to hear from independent sources how well it works, but this sounds like a game changer. I consider refurbished MacBooks with an adapter for SSD and a new SSD installed to be an interesting product in the future. I would rather buy that than a new one!

[@Chopper153]

The amount of engineering that goes into making Apple hardware as anti-repair and anti-consumer as possible is amazing. They could've easily used NVMe storage on their thicker MacBook pro and Mac Studio desktop but went with the proprietary options just make people pay thousands of $ for storage upgrade. iSheeps are ok with this robbery, so who am I to complain lol.

[@ExplorerOfTheGalaxy]

I'm on a Windows laptop right now but as of now in regards to music production a Macbook is a better option. I too consider them iSheeps but soon or later I will buy a Mac anyway. It's a good (and expensive) product.

[@SxEshawn]

I don't know I thought they were but on MacRumors forum they say they have to do all this cause of the like design, form function, and whatnot. I'm still skeptical but think they don't care regardless.

[@bsenka]

I don't know any Mac users that are OK with this. It's just one of the things we begrudgingly put up with in order to use MacOS. In portables, we're less worried about it because we already expect solid state in a tablet, so a laptop isn't that much different. But in the desktops? No. Nobody wants this at all. That the new Mac Pro is all solid state is a huge fail.

[@aguiremedia]

Just because people buy them doesn’t make them “sheep”. You got way to much hate for the people getting screwed. Point is other computers are trash and windows is trash. There’s isn’t many options

[@panzer3279]

@@aguiremedia "Windows is trash"-- this is a subjective opinion. For me, macOS is trash, that OS doesn't even have basic window management. "You got way to much hate for the people getting screwed"-- People willingly buying non-repairable e-waste = sheep. "Point is other computers are trash"-- Who tf are you to say that? My current desktop is much more powerful than Apple's latest e-waste desktop (Mac Pro) and and also costs less. I could care less what Apple does, it's you who will get screwed when that cheap NAND flash in your mac fails. If the SSD in my PC fails, I'll just replace it in 5 minutes.

[@s1dnetwork285]

5:09 brought tears of joy to my eyes. This is amazing!

[@Bestestboii]

you've basically made me an expert in nand repair and diagnostics and i dont even have a mac lol. great concept teaching video!

[@iBoffRCC]

Thank you for your time!

[@agiverreviga4592]

Is it possible to upgrade the SSD in the new M2 Pro/Max Macbooks, similar to fixing the dead ones?

[@WayneWatson1]

This is the very reason I swapped out our 2018 intel Mac mini for a self built PC for our church presentation computer. Luckily ProPresenter 7 now works just as good on the pc as it does the mac. I have 2x2tb Cardea nvme drives with one being cloned to the other every week. If one dies, we can immediately swap to booting off the other with little to no data loss and then spend $120 and replace the one that died if it's out of the 5yr warranty.

[@rockyyeung9893]

Even I am not so interested in these hardware, I am still willing to spend some time to finish digesting them because your presentation is so good and easy to follow. Great job I really appreciate you this.

[@shapelessed]

This was the single, most junky yet educative video I've ever seen. I own an M2 MacBook and even though I love how well it runs everything, I do also own a PC with literally one spare part for everything I've got inside it. That's why I don't understand people buying Mac mini's. If something is supposed to be your main computer, it should have short maintenance times. Something breaks? Your use a spare or order a new one and are back and running within a day, or 20 minutes...

[@hjen]

I legit just watch an hour of mac repair video. This dude is hilarious 😂

[@OmenGrand]

i rarely comment on videos, but this is an amazing investigation! Especially the bit with the prototype m1pro/max macbook pro. Push it to your favorite content creators to blow some smoke y'all

[@_modiX]

About the T2: If we have the firmware copied, I can imagine that it would be possible to design a board to convert an NVMe controller to 4 NANDs firmware to solve this problem for the best. So sad to discover the T2 is so hard to replace storage with. :/ Also: Can't you check the lifespan of a NAND with the reader before re-program it and overwriting its lifespan value?

[@riteshgarg]

this clearly explains how apple is trying to make it harder and harder to repair your mackbook. This was a brilliant explanation.

[@KenHiroshi627]

insane info, thanks iboff!! Coffee on me!! hae to wait on replacing these drilled out ssd's till i have a donor board then! :)

[@iBoffRCC]

Thank you!! we really appreciate it!

[@Egor9090]

Highest quality content, deserves way more views

[@aelaan12]

Brilliant guys, you are so smart! This means not all is lost if one of my MacBooks dies because of this stupid NAND issue. I just hope NAND producers will work with JCID and you guys to be able to upgrade and replace drives in the new M1/M2 machines. Anything exposed to electricity will fail eventually, not after 10 Yiiiiieears, but at anytime. Important to have AppleCare+ on your expensive unit to avoid this, but there is now an option. Thank you so much, folks, you have done the tech community a great favour by taking the time to document and share this.

[@dexta_dsm]

This video is very informative and yet entertaining 🙏🏽 kudos to iBoff RCC

[@kevinmckenna5682]

Amazing video series. You made it very easy for a non-techie like myself to follow. I’m currently getting my 2019 16” MBP repaired for exactly this issue. I wonder if they are using your research as a guide?

[@BillDemos]

Wow! You answered to all of the world so many questions! Thank you for the video!

[@nutechmedia]

Terimakasih atas segala modifikasi yg anda tunjukkan, sungguh luar biasa..saya sebenarnya sangat tertarik untuk custom MBP 13 2012 dg Nvme tp sayangnya terlalu berang di ongkir😅.. Tetap lanjutkan dan terus lakukan custom pd Mac..

[@Sebas-lk3jv]

brilliant explanation and high quality materials in the video.

[@iBoffRCC]

thank you for watching!

Incredible video. Really well explained. congrats.

[@jessewest1333]

Bro I watched this entire video and I am amazed at all the information you provided. Excellent video and keep up the good work.

[@JAHKAMREN]

Wow! Great info. I have a 2023 MacBook pro m2 max. I love the performance.. but fear repairs. This will prepare me.

[@eLab43]

It’s the best presentation that I ever seen

[@wiretamer5710]

Having watched your video, reminded me of video I watch years ago who buillt a massive electric motor OUT OF WOOD. Heroic effort guys. Respect. I'm wondering how much extra effort it would take to re-engineer the logic board, so it could use off the shelf generic parts.

[@winstonsmith935]

Time for the EU to make it illegal to sell non-repairable computers

[@paulnavas5696]

Thank you for making a complete video, excellent content, explained in detail, I have the JC programmer, but it still has very few memory combination options, very good video, I thank you personally for the dedication and time

[@vikashgauravvkg]

Insane explanation. Loved it. ❤❤❤😊

[@TylrVncnt]

Really fantastic video with very effective animations. I appreciate the effort you must have put in to make these! Extremely educational thank you

[@cocalarusnk]

Felicitari pt continut tinere, poti sa ma ajuti cu o informatie , sti cumva un loc safe in Europa unde as putea face upgrade de SSD la un Pro M1 ? Ms si spor la treaba

[@jjptech]

What a brilliant video from the visual to the technical perspective, this is one of those few times when the algorithm actually works

[@mecheritayeb9809]

Good explanation. And I’m very happy to see my name on your video in the software of the JC Repair as a part of the team Mecheri Tayeb

[@winmarkesconde5651]

this is gold. thank you for doing this kind of video

[@namejust6287]

this channel is pure gem. keep going!

[@iBoffRCC]

Thank you for your time!

[@iFix43]

the details put into this video is much appreciated…THANKS

[@nickk1658]

Awesome videos! Must take so much time & effort to create such fantastic informational content. You guys rock!

[@andre-le-bone-aparte]

As a former DUDES IN DENIAL... I've subscribed to your channel. Excellent Content. Well done sir!

[@tommorandarte1963]

4:49 where can we buy/order the specializer adapter for NVME for A1707 Macbook Pro 2017 15 inch touchbar?

[@a4e69636b]

Great video. Thank you for it. I wish Apple still made upgradable computers.

[@kkshinichi]

45:30 For Apple Silicon Macs, as replacement/upgrade SSDs are now released for Mac Pro (M2 Ultra), will the Direct Transplant Mac Pro SSD Kit work (when upgrading/replacing SSD sets from another Apple Silicon Mac, either by direct replacement (Mac Studio/Mac Pro), or microsoldering?

[@dimples282]

Great research. That was a truly entertaining watch and now that LTT/iFixit failure makes total sense. But I do have to say, it is needlessly a pain in the rear on the part of Apple's engineers to mandate that the firmware of the NAND chips (and in the case of Studio/Pro, the chips that live on the SSD kits), when there's two completely identical looks-like-M.2-but-isn't-actually-M.2 sockets, has to be programmed for one or the other socket when everything from their appearance right down to functionality is also completely identical. And it's outright stupid to slap iBoot on NAND right next to userland and trusting that nothing bad will ever happen to it there (be it by accident or a malicious actor), instead of say keeping it on-chip in the main SoC. Because as much as the SMCs and BIOS/UEFI chips of old sucked in their own ways, at least problems with both of those were far easier to deal with in comparison to this gongshow introduced with T2 and later. That, and it'd allow Apple to keep that inaccessible boot device/question mark folder functionality around so users know to run for their Time Machine backup.

[@PieStreams]

Thanks A Lot iBoff RCC Team. Fabulous Job Done. The Amount Of Time, Money & Energy Invested Is Incredible. Hats Off To You Guys. Keep The Good Work Up.

[@houwentien7529]

Been waiting for this video for a long time! Well done @iboff and thanks for the callout!

[@BrickWilbur2020]

My m1 pro macbook pro is getting ssd integrity warning messages from Drive Genius. So does 38:32 chart still work for the M1Pro chip mac?

[@stuaxo]

Great work all round, this is how the field moves forward and computers can be used for years to come that would have been ewaste. I wonder if you guys will do a one about upgrading the ram too ?

[@slalomie]

Thanks for explaining these complex things in simple terms. Are there any computers out there with socketed NAND? Maybe they laid out that option in case right to repair legislation forces their hand? I honestly can’t see them going back to replaceable storage unless that happens.

[@MrKillswitch88]

It is called NVME and SATA both of which are very cheap without needing extensive repair work to keep going. This is entirely on Apple for both being cheap and shitty to their customers.

[@hbp_]

​@@MrKillswitch88 m.2

[@hishnash]

The macPro and the Mac Studio both have socketed NAND

[@crusadebirb4084]

Hey, i got a mac mini m1, will you be making a video about upgrading the Memory? I sadly only got 8gb of memory n would want to upgrade to 16, but i can't find the 16gb chips anywhere. So if you do a vid please let us know where to get the chips. Thanks, your videos are great!

[@pIGIkesting]

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE NAND GETS ME EVERYTIME!!! HAHAHAHA HILARIOUS. thankyou for your tremendous effort making this video for us. fantastic presentation!

[@tonymo2359]

Fantastic a very thorough explanation

[@iBoffRCC]

Thank you for your time!

[@ThePatriotsOfPakistan]

hi got this procedure on my macbook pro 2019, but sometime it shuts down and then restart with some error report, also after this my mac fan runs with full rpm, but can be controlled via mac fan control sensor based settings. what could be the cause. laptop running fine

[@Silence3191]

Interesting. first long youtube weejio that I watch finish.

[@MrMagicMadMax]

Would it be possible to use the SSD Kits for the new M2 Ultra Mac Pro to upgrade any Mac Studio?

[@bryanlee1961]

Can you upgrade the ssd storage from 256 to 1tb ?

[@anthonybush3134]

I have a 2019 MacBook Pro a2141. I’ve had it for 2 years and it still works. How do i know if the ssd is going to fail later?

[@MrDazzathedude]

I huge amount of technical information which explains a lot, absolution fantastic video and well put together, please keep going and hope you get a whole load of new subscribers... MANY THANKS!!!

[@dkyadav1]

What an explanation!! Totally loved it. Thank you♥️

[@EventH]

Wow .. thanks for the comprehensive info. The EU should subject Apple to anti competitive/anti repair legislation investigation ... halt all sales until they resolve such practices..

[@millomaker]

Verry helpfull and clear video, nice too see great content like taht :) Keep going !

[@hardware8188]

Amazing mod! This is certainly a game changer and will revive tons of dead macbooks. Keep it up!

[@tobiasd5235]

Which Manufacturer does in your opinion produce the most reliable and endurancing Nand chips for MacBooks?

[@pro.serwis.gdansk]

Это было лучшее видео что я когда либо смотрел! Так много исчерпывающей информации я давно не видел, спасибо авторам видео! Вам отдельное место в раю нужно выделить)

[@eneselhan1]

Thank you for the brilliant extensive video you prepared. Much appriciated! But I want to make sure of something. You said that it is not possible to replace first generation m1 nands with models like m1 pro or m1 max, because one is from the blue region while the other from the green region in the table. I get that. But isn't there color regions for t2 macs as well? is it possible to replace any t2 mac nand in between them? So can I for example move nands from macbook air 13" 2018 to work in macbook pro 16" a2141 for example? In other words assuming the landing rules are satisfied, is it possible to swap nands from different boards having diferent board ids and have them work without programming them if they are all t2 chipped boards? Thank you in advance.

[@sorenr.9396]

I have replaced the NANDs of an A2141 MacBook Pro (512GB) from another A2141 logic board, because of a multi layer short. NANDs were destroyed because of 12 V. Now, if I try to reinstall in DFU Mode (Apple Configurator), I always get the error message "AMRestoreErrorDomain error 10" and then it stops. I have tried different USB-C Cables and MacBooks, but still the same. Any idea, what could be the reason for it?

[@JustGeekstuff]

This video is boom! Very well consolidated and presented, it is interactive with these very hard to swallow/complicated information. This video deserves an award. Well done!!! After some due diligent and watching this video, I believe Apple did not mass produce or sell the NANDs themselves yet is because they wanted to monopolise the market and make profit first while they still can. Although, they have already pocketed more than enough profits to date. They would still like to make their ROI looks promising and keeping up with the R&D for future upgrades. If the manufacturer started mass produce these, eventually we might have issue with fakes and defective NANDs flooding the market. Not only this will create a big mess for them to repair or sell, it will affect their market share big time. Just like how there are so many fake/defective Sdcards on the market right now. 10 times slower writing speed for 10 times cheaper the price.

[@ardwivedi16]

Completely worth my 57 minutes! Thanks for the video

[@choomanfoo]

You guys are true hard-working geniuses.

[@Goldstrides]

You are a wizard and the best at what you do, I enjoyed ur video and enlightenment from beginning to the end. I am subscribing right away. ❤

[@JuanjoNarive]

I refuse to use any computer with soldered and paired storage. iMac 2019 is the last model I would use from Apple until things change. I can not afford to lose access to all of the NANDs when only one is failing and lose all my work, and for me, online backups are not an option since I handle TB size projects.

[@anzer789]

Amazing video!! For the Nand reprogrammer, why can’t the programmer copy over the TBW from the existing good chips and rewrite that back when flashing?

this guy's a madlad.

[@wizzitech7504]

Thanks for all these informations will be very useful for my work 👍👍👍

[@parmarsamuel4805]

If you take 2 M1 logic boards and swap the NANDs, does the serial numbers swap? Does the machine boot and install Mac OSX?

[@emteiks]

You're crushing the topic! Well done. And we must admit that Apple is a mean company indeed to mess so much with these NANDS so much and do not allow for easy fix/upgrade. My next laptop will not be from Apple because of this.

[@EvanPang-w4i]

28:51 could you theoretically restore functionality?

[@Enchancher]

Maybe just to clarify. In case one of my NAND Chips in a M1 computer breaks and it is not possible to restore the firmware of this single NAND, the NAND Chips can replaced through a full set of NAND's from a different Logic Board without reprogramming with JC just through Apple Configurator? Or do the new set of NANDS has to completely be reprogrammed with the exact same Firmware as the ones before (including the broken ones) because if it works like this the MacBook would be never ever restorable in you can't reach the firmware of the one broken NAND Chip. Thanks in advance for an answer. And how is this whole thing behaving in M1 and M2 iPads containing just one NAND Chip. Are they only for disposable if the NAND breaks and you can not copy the NAND's firmware? And is it possible to replace a M1/M2 iPad Pro with a iPhone 13 NAND, technically it is both ARM?

[@somesituation]

1) Apple Configurator brings over your device specific firmware from the internet when the donor NAND group is installed, all data on the old failed NAND group is lost and unable to be retrieved. It's a proprietary RAID. 2) A 256GB M2 iPad would contain 1x 256GB NAND. The NAND could be used for a M2 MacBook Air with 256GB storage. The iPad NAND is ONLY usable on 1x 256GB NAND M2 MacBooks. 3) No reprogramming method exists for replacement M1 or M2 NAND chips, therefore donor NAND group remain the only option. 4) If iPad gets replacement NAND, DFU restore just like a T2 or M1 MacBook to return the firmware back to the NAND. 5) iPhone 13 NAND is the same as iPhone 8 NAND IIRC so same rules apply.

[@Enchancher]

@@somesituation Thank you! :)

[@Ifalvarado]

Can you do upgrades like upgrade storage from 256gig to 2tb? But also supply the chips?

[@ChapitZulkefli]

Finally, something I can hold for my i9. Glad u guys make it. Til we meet again for next mod, after the prev NVMe module mod.

[@by_francois]

Maybe people should get together and massively ask the European commission to force manufacturers to include replaceable SSD/RAM spaces in order to extend the life of the device and generate less electronic waste. This forced Apple to finally insert USB C into the iPhone, perhaps it was a good idea. After all, this is a reality, manufacturers are increasingly finding ways to make computers disposable to generate more sales. If anyone knows how to send a proposal to the European Commission that would be great! We could campaign online for everyone to send a single email asking for this. imagine the whole world sending just 1 email? It would be a genius war against Apple. 😈

[@leoceoliveira]

Great idea 💡

[@HarryFortyTwo]

sadly it seems that none lf the tech savy people do know how to get in contact with the eu commission or parliament, otherwise that would already have happened. while the eu focuses on usb-c for loading, they seem to have zero idea of the anount of waste being generated by soldered ssds.

[@ManuelPrado]

Thanks so much for this video, it is pure gold! According to your chart NAND from A2337 can be used on A2338 I installed 512Gb from A2337 on a A2338 but I get error 4014 when restoring, if I put original NAND back all works fine and restore gives no errors. Are you sure about this?

[@kyanhluong]

Glad the T1 macbook let you install custom ssd without firmware mod