Restoring A Cheap Macbook Pro From Facebook Marketplace! 

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Who else actually *prefers* Jony Ive’s old designs with the illuminated Apple logo’

My 2015 MBP (w/ upgraded SSD & replaced battery) is still my daily driver -- emails, browsing, some webadmin work, etc. I've got it nicely set up with a triple-boot for macOS, Win11, and Linux. For anything more computationally or graphically intensive, I've got my desktop PC. Though I have been looking at new laptops because it'll be time to upgrade within the next couple years.

my first MacBook and still one of my all-time favourites! I actually had the display replaced by Apple in 2018 as the anti-reflective coating came off, it's been fine since. I feel the 2015 Pro was only succeeded by the M1 Air when that came out. I still use mine, I have Windows installed on it on the off-chance I need to use software that won't run on macOS

2:38 he's promoting this but it seems like he himself didn't like it by the expression 😂

FYI the northbridge chip is supposed to be left unpasted (6:21 note how the heat spreader doesn't actually cover the smaller die) . Applying paste to it will make the machine run hotter since it's soaking up heat from the CPU.

This exact Macbook has been my daily driver since 2018. The display coating went bad over time (as expected), and I remedied that with babywipes! (of all things). Looks the business now 👍

I have the same MacTop and had a bad case of the screen delamination. I used the Target "up & up" brand "fragrance-free cloth-like baby wipes" in the light blue package. I watched that guy's Listerine video- and I was prepared for hours of scrubbing. I was done in well under 15 minutes. No scratching and it looks great.

It's so cool that you're now doing benchmark tests!

I recently bought a fully maxed out 15'' 2015 MB Pro for only $300. The main downside of it was that one of the previous owners literally used sandpaper to get rid of the anti glare coating. Because of it he completely obliterated the screen layer beneath it. Fortunately that screen layer was made from some type of plastic so I spent 40h on dissolving it with acetone and polishing the remains of the glue. It came out really good and I even bought and applied a new anti glare coating onto its screen. The computer is in overall perfect shape and its original battery even had only 300 cycles on it. All in all if think I got myself a great deal, tho German keyboard layout is starting to annoy me, but I may get used to it. Thank you for such interesting and engaging videos.

I love your Laptop Cleaning Fixing Video 🤩😊❤

I bought the exact same MacBook for $200 off of eBay. To get the anti-reflective coating cleaned off I used metho mixed with water and baby wipes. The MacBook works good especially with opencore Legacy Patcher I'm now running Ventura with an adaptor so now I've got 2 terabyte SSD in the MacBook.

Hi, just subscribed. Very useful and straight to the point. Great stuff! Thank you!

the screen cleaning hack actually works. I had the same issue on my screen and now its squeaky clean!

We have 2 of these, and I thought the one was bad for a long time. I thought the screen was scratched or some glue residue, so one day, ready to bin the machine, I took oven cleaner to see if I can get rid of the gunk. What a pleasant surprise when it came perfectly clean! I now need to replace the trackpad as it will not click anymore.

For future reference, they sell adhesive-lined heatshrink for the size issue you had with the charger.

I always use sugru moldable glue to fix worn apple cables, works great and gives some extra strain relief on the cable.

I really like this guy for take care of tech

Amazing upload, as usual!

still using mbp 2013 as my daily driver and as soon as i code in vim or browse educational things it works pretty good

Btw your content is the best mate, keep it up!

you can use a MrClean Magic Eraser to clean take out the antireflecting coating

Eucalyptus oil/spray is still king. i am a fan of that spray for many years now of watching your videos.🥰

Love it when this guy uploads❤

I used baby wipes on mine (2014, 15”, dual GPU and 16gb/512) - took a bit of elbow grease but the screen looks amazing now.

My 2015 MacBook Pro has been a good friend to me for a few years now. I use patched MacOS Ventura on it and it works well. Surprisingly fast for such an old thing. I love the thing to pieces and I really am not looking forward to replacing it.

I recently got a MacBook pro 2012 model and I love it yh isn't the newest but it does what I need

We all love the time he uploads!

Have one the same model and same screen problem. Will get some wipes tomorrow. Thanks for that. Bit nippy in Tassie at the moment.

I worked at Lenovo as an OEM test engineer for 8 years and I can say that we did extensive testing with different types of thermal grease and paste and we conducted many test in a lab setting. One interesting thing we tested was thermal paste longevity and we always had test subjects in the lab running with different types of paste in different climate controlled areas. To conclude, we found out that thermal paste that contains silver will usually last for around 20 years on a CPU application. The drying and cracking of thermal paste is quite common but is still making a seal to the heat sink. During testing, we also noticed that hot spots develop over prolonged periods of use making the CPU a little bit hotter over time. OEM thermal paste always looks bad and seems to dry and crack but let me reassure you that the thermal paste being used is very high quality and is designed to last a very very long time. When engineers are designing laptops, they never expect the end user to replace the thermal paste in the lifetime and afterlife of the device.

Great video, I have a Mack book pro from 2011 and it's Super slow so yeah!

The man is back!

My man can clean anything with eucalyptus oil😂

yeeeahh, a restore video again. :) btw, why did you put the strange sticker back over the apple logo, I thought it looked quite art decor with that smashed piece :D

Lovely video

Someone needs to make stickers that style in the right size to fit the backlit apple. That looked neat with the light coming through

Wow, my daily driver laptop is on a vintage laptop recovery channel 😄 i bought this new for my first job when it came out 😄

5:15 ssd's are reliable yes, but they still have a finite number of read write cycles. Being able to replace a wear part that will go bad eventually, is a big deal and very much a plus over later models.

Bought 2015 15” a few years back. Had the anti-glare issue so I got a good deal. I had originally planned on fixing it, but once the monitor is turned on you don’t even notice it.

ive got that from dump with the same screen issue and i used the listerine and im watching this vid on it

I'm watching this video on my 13 inch 2015 MCP haha. IMO its been an absolute gem to own. i really do love the keyboard. Alas I really need to upgrade it lol

Great video!

the logo stickering - I had a good laugh :)

As always excellent restoration! really enjoyed it. I too recently sold my XPS 9350 and got a late 2013 15 inch MBP for really cheap. Only issue is it too has the antireflective coating a bit peeled off in three places. Not as extensive as yours, but I believe eventually it would get worse. Unfortunately I could not find the Selleys Household wipes here, but only Selleys BBQ Tough Grill Wipes & Selleys Sugar Soap Wipes. Nathan will any of these two work for the task? Thanks!

Watching it on my 2015 MBP retina. :) still my daily driver :)

those are some reliable machines

You can stretch heat sharing with needle pliers

I'd actually disagree since moving to quad cores was such a nice change even for just normal web browsing with as heavy as pages have gotten nowadays, especially if you're a heavy multitabber like me. I just won a bid for the 15" with the M370X used, excited to get it! Until the 13" models moved to quad core, they all felt pokey to me even just on web browsing and basic use.

LOL the timing of this video is uncanny. I purchased a 2014 MacBook Air for $1 from my work as it had cosmetic issues, someone dropped it and the corners were bent. It was marked as non-working for some reason, came from another building. A rag and a pliers fixed them back to almost normal. The battery was toast and would not hold a charge but had a pile of old batteries that were slated for recycling and found one with a lower amount of cycles. So it holds a charge now. Loaded MacOS Ventura via OpenCore Legacy Patcher, works great! Also picked out a decent charger from the pile that was left over after the auction. So being an IT admin has it perks and I had a great MacBook Air for my recent vacation trip. Gave me hours of movie watching as I loaded the drive up with TV shows and movies I had ripped. Cheers!

Very good . 😎

To repair the cables, I used Sugru. Makes the cables more flexible without it falling apart. Hugh Jeffery made a great video about them.

man wish i could find old stuff like him and fix it

The cleanest guy I know

You can also put super glue under the heat shrink tube, then shrink it.

Im not sure if this product is still made but i remember hearing sugru was a good product for helping with the cables from chargers.

I still use my 2015 MacBook Pro it works very well especially the usb ports is very important for me I would like to upgrade but the absence of usb ports is terrible.

There needs to be a light abrasive that won't scratch the screen, toothpaste or Brasso works well with a microfiber cloth, using Brasso, I've done the coating in as little as 10 minutes. You end up with a very shiny screen and yes, there will be glare, but there are ways to deal with that as well

0:20 "This mac is around 80 years old" -Subtitles

Can you please do a speaker comparison video of this model....A1502

Watching this on my 13inch MacBook Pro 2015.

i restored pc found from abanoded house, it worked (i dont have vid of that) ,model is hp brio 400

I still use it until now.. upgraded to NVMe ssd, upgraded the ram to 16gb and battery replaced..

I’ve got the same problem with the screen my late 2013 15’’ MBP. I wonder if anyone makes a replacement anti reflective coating specifically for these laptops

My first and last Macbook. Still rocked with me till this date. Wife got a M1 Air and I'm just waiting for the new Air M2 15" to go a bit lower so I can grab one.

all the laptops that work have removable batteries i am very happy about that

I found my Macbook 13 2015 early is better running on Mojave too

I sold my 2012 mbp last year. 16 gig ram with 3 tb for the new owners enjoyment. All for 250 bucks.

Nice Steeldive

These Australian tech RU-vidrs happen to be the best

Sugru is pretty good for cable repairs

Easy off barbecue cleaner worked for me

What is the exact use of the anti glare? Screen looks great even without 😮

Any advice on a well priced battery replacement? Same laptop isn’t holding charge.

I still use my 2009 MacBook Pro 15" now and then. Especially when I need old disks burned.

when you find these computers to repair, where do you find them? ( i know this one was found on market place, but in general i ask ) im working on getting my comptia a+ and i'd like to work on stuff to get familiar with different pieces. i've only gone as far as installing ram and cleaning the fans on 2 laptops.

Any idea on how to fix the trackpad and keyboard not working on a MacBook Pro 13” 2015. I’ve checked the cable and looks ok.

hey that's the laptop I just upgraded from (well, a year newer)!

I need to find this Aresol Eucalyptus Spray you are always using lol For S & G's, Would you use a drop of Eucalyptus Oil to "Grease" the Fan Bearings? Anyone>?

Please restore the Red VAIO laptop. I had the same one, i don't have idea to upgrade it, so please make a video of it.

I've had stain gate on my MacBook Pro 2015 and was replaced for free last 2021.

7:59 Fyi. Slit the shrink tube and then wrap it around desired repair point.

Awesome

Dang, super sucky that you had to shut down the server, but also props for being concerned about your online security!

Ther is one thing that you have to take into consideration, SSD's are solderded onto the motherboard of the Mac Apple Silicone, except the Mac Studio and the Mac Pro and once the SSD dies, you will have to replace the motherboard.

Try self amalgamating rubber tape on the cable

how are the CPU temps & fan speed after changing the thermal paste? In idle and eventually when playing a 1080p video on RU-vid. Easy to check without any additional apps with terminal: sudo powermetrics --samplers smc |grep -E "CPU die|Fan"

Which application is best file manager for mac and application for viewing battery condition of mac

I still use a 2015 13” MBP and it struggles alot 😭

That sticker placement just killed me.

Where I can get a screen for a macbook pro from 2013, and other parts of course like battery as well

I bought a used Macbook Pro 13'' with that kind of screen damage (coating) off eBay and got the screen replaced by Apple free of charge just a few weeks before the program ended. It's Late 2013, bought it in 2016, and I am writing this comment using it 😎 All I had to do was replace the battery (did it myself) - $100, works great New charger brick (wires got loose inside that MagSafe connector - probably because of the way I was disconnecting it by pulling) - $50 One of the speakers stopped working properly a few months ago, so I have to fix that Made a mistake to upgrade to Big Sur a few days ago, and now my iMovie won't work anymore... And cant even can't install an older compatible version via the App Store.... Other than that, I'm quite happy with it

my favourite design is the original macbook pro big chunky boi mines still going strong with its original gpu

If it's Selley's, it works.

i found a base model 13" 2015 mbp for 300 cad (330aud) and its miles better condition so idk if the deals are just worse in australia or some shit but yea

Probably one of the best 13-inch Intel MacBook Pros ever made

Another good thing about Intel macs is the possibility to play older 32 bit games an M1/2 Mac just can’t do without Windows emulation.

AND these run windows 10 very well with bootcamp

10:14 “The aging hardware does allow you to play some basic games” Me who plays Genshin Impact on my 2012 15” Unibody MacBook Pro:

I use IPA cleaning tissues that i have as part of my work

Apple still replalce the display assembly on 2017 models (that are bought in the past four years) for free regarding the antireflective coating issue =)