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I'm still in complete awe that this even ended up being possible. Needless to say, I will treasure these restored DTKs for a good long while. If it weren't for those initial 50 drilled DTKs, even though they weren't usable, I probably would have never looked into this any further. Very happy with the end results though, that's for sure!
I can't believe that sanding down an open cut logic board worked, you really do have a way with these devices! I had so much fun being a part of this process!
@@PaperReaper I mean if you could get one set up, they could be... Though not being able to get any sort of video output makes that nearly impossible. Not to mention that out of those ~50 drilled boards, only two worked well enough to get to DFU mode and connect to a computer.
they also do that for repairs and parts as well. Products like the Apple Watch, iPad, Apple TV, HomePods, get repaired/refurbished overseas, hence when you go to "repair" them at your local Apple Store, you get replacements (that were refurbished in that exact way before with someone else's device). Same goes for some refurb parts like screens and logic boards. This might seem inefficient at first glance, but they save a lot that way, not having to pay high wages for skilled technicians in 1st world countries.
I think the biggest point we are missing here is that the bios in it allows macOS to run on A series chips. If we get into more deeper dive combine with those checkmate compatible iPhones, we may get the first iPhone to run macOS that is totally forbidden by Apple?
What surprises me is Apple hasn't blacklisted the DTK serial numbers at the signing step. You can still load big sur onto one if you can get it working. Guess they didn't expect some tech tubers to fix the shorts and solder on nand chips!
Luke. I love when you do stuff like this, its the same as when they tell you to take an expensive car exclusively to a dealer.... ITS A CAR, just that at the end ITS JUST A COMPUTER, there just a bunch of parts that are supposed to do a thing,if you know how the thing works and can get the parts youll have a working thing, congratulations, great video
It’s cool to see a Mac with an A12Z. Now with Framework laptops we can all feel like Dosdude upgrading and replacing stuff on our laptops. I wish Apple would take after Framework but I can’t see that happening.
Given the fact that even the ssd is soldered in a mac there's no way the will go to the extreme length of being modular like a framework and even their clientele is not the same as framework's.
"There's no way I'm putting my Apple ID on here" - but you'll make a RU-vid video and show it to thousands of people. 🤣 Nice video dude. Just yanking your chain.
It runs perfectly fine, a little janky just because it wasnt really built to be a Mac (but thats not a commentary on the chip, just the weird DTK). Still faster than most Intel MacBooks!
The story behind those goes that Apple was moving the A12Z from the iPad, which has a built in battery to keep the BIOS powered, and realized it drew too much power for a Mac mini. So they slapped 3 batteries on it, which would last 6 months. The exact amount of time these machines were deployed.
Its really not surprising that the board is built like a production ready board. It took only 6 months to push the m1 out. But this being rebuilt is super awesome. Congrats🎉
This is great, Luke. It's so much in the spirit of fighting e-waste. I think the next step would be to explore running it with Linux. Forget the Apple ID-- it's a great Asahi Linux box.
Dosdude is the ultimate geek. I'm in love. He is an incredible and intelligent man who inspires through his thorough preparation and logic. I did manage to see his video on this board prior to seeing this and I am so impressed. Thanks, Luke, for this video. You have a great channel and are the best fruit fly that the Fruit company company has on youtube. You do so much more than breathlessly opine about what is coming and whining when that never shows up.
Love these! Colin saved a couple of my 2011 Macs and did the GPU bypass on my 17" MBP. Now that OCLP is better, I need to see if it runs any better on the newer os.
I love the Developer Transition Kit content! I hope someday I will be able to get my hands on it. By the way, is it possible to run a Asahii Linux on it?
I don’t think there are any technical reasons why an iPad won’t run MacOS except for Apple blocking it through firmware. I don’t think the low level firmware of an iPad will ever allow booting MacOS. I suppose these DTKs are configured differently to allow it to work.
With that many boards, you have enough to reverse engineer them. You'd need to document all parts before removing them, then add epoxy to thicken one side and sand through the board layers to document the traces in each layer. After doing this you could use wire to recreate the circuits destroyed by drilling.
So cool! About 15 years ago, I built a Hackintosh [which still limps along] from a tiny Dell Inspiron laptop. Your forbidden Mac is so much cooler! Congrats!!!
@@QWERTYQwertz852but none of the other companies invite ""Mother Nature"" to their HQ to brag about their environmental friendliness to all their loyal customers
It's such a shame that apple (and I imagine other companies too), just trash so much otherwise usable pieces of technology. I kind of get it with maybe initial internal development kits, but for all intents and purposes, it seems like they're otherwise fully functional macs
I used to work for a group that (among other things) was responsible for prototype destruction and tracking leaked prototypes. The process is hilariously full of fraud. We would send stuff to companies IN THE US that we personally audit, with security professionals, on a regularly basis. Physically go there and evaluate their controls. Implement policies like cutting the board or blowing fuses, photographic evidence of destruction, and other controls. There is such a high demand from Chinese companies for prototype tech that no matter what: Something would leak.
So many M1 minis and likely studios coming on market with the new M3s would be awesome to add the board to the 5.1 pro to get best of new OS & connections but with capabilities of 5.1 pcie racks and power..
Nice one. Do I understand correctly this DTK is an API between Intel and Apple Silicon? If so, does that mean that much cleverer people than I will be able to engineer an Apple Silicon Hackintosh, using the translation layers in the software provided to these developers?
Surely the ultimate challenge for @dosdude1 has to be making the 12" MacBook with Apple Silicon a reality? Remember when we all thought that would be the form factor right at the start with A14X?
Sad to see for a Company like Apple that cares a lot about the environment that they detroyed all of them instead of Donating or using them for another purpose. But i must say great Video and Repair.
Recycling is using something for another purpose. Utilizing the raw materials. It just that the company decided to make a quick buck instead. Donating devices that were never meant to be user facing products is a terrible idea. The hardware and software weren’t made to be release products
Apple cares a lot for the environment? I don't think so - otherwise they would not be actively preventing people from repairing their OWN devices. The "self repair program" that they do have is nothing more than malicious compliance.
And as mentioned in the video there is no software support. So of what use are those? Furthermore the numbers will be very small compared to what they regularly sell. So providing software support for years doesn’t make any sense at all and isn’t sustainable either (considering labor required to provide it). It’s basically the same as any other development and prototyping devices/vehicles. They serve a limited purpose for a short period of time to reach mass production of the future product(s) and after that they will be destroyed. And as they are running an old iPad chip it isn’t that the hardware itself is powerful and could be put to good use (server or something).
