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purplecthulhu) wrote2023-12-29 08:37 pm
purplecthulhu) wrote2023-12-29 08:37 pm
Coring Apples
A lot of today has been spent delving into the innards of dead and very old MacBook Pros. The aim is to retrieve what I can from the hard drives of these machines before they go to be recycled.
I've not done much delving inside such machines before, beyond adding RAM and changing batteries which was all done through the easily accessible hatches. To get at the hard drive in one, and the RAM in both of the machines I was working on, meant I had to consult IFixIt for instructions.
It actually all went very well, and I have to commend IFixIt on the quality of their instructions. The fiddlyness of the machines innards benefitted from a magnifying glass at times, especially given my crap eyes.
One of the drives, sadly, seems dead - it takes power but won't spin - but I think all I was after was on the other drive, copied across from the other, even older, machine.
RAM boards also recovered for the spares box, if they're ever needed.
These machines can now be safely sent for recycling.
I've not done much delving inside such machines before, beyond adding RAM and changing batteries which was all done through the easily accessible hatches. To get at the hard drive in one, and the RAM in both of the machines I was working on, meant I had to consult IFixIt for instructions.
It actually all went very well, and I have to commend IFixIt on the quality of their instructions. The fiddlyness of the machines innards benefitted from a magnifying glass at times, especially given my crap eyes.
One of the drives, sadly, seems dead - it takes power but won't spin - but I think all I was after was on the other drive, copied across from the other, even older, machine.
RAM boards also recovered for the spares box, if they're ever needed.
These machines can now be safely sent for recycling.