dosdude1
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Apple Enthusiast, iOS and macOS Software Developer, enjoy collecting, repairing, and upgrading Macs and other Apple products.
Joined July 2017
As you can see, the result of almost 10 years of use is simply some very minor wear (and in addition, the anti-reflective coating on the display is still in 100% perfect condition as well, which is also affected greatly by skin oils on these).
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This is the keyboard on my Late-2013 15” rMBP, which I bought broken off eBay in 2016 for $150. I have used this as my main laptop since then, and still use it today. I wrote the majority of my macOS software on this. Simply keeping your hands oil-free is all that’s needed.
Just wash your hands maybe
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This is pretty incredible. I can't imagine it is very usable (even with the upgraded RAM), but pretty insane it's even possible to run Windows 10 on a first gen Apple TV.
The Apple TV has been pushed to its absolute limits. Here it is, running Windows 10.
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Unfortunately, both of these units are prod fused (CPFM 03) and are running release iBoot, meaning I can’t really do much with regard to getting a shell on these cards. But, after further analysis, I may be able to figure out some way to interact with them.
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Got another set of similar cards, but these have an M1 SoC on them instead of a T2! Other changes include the addition of two BCM57762 gigabit Ethernet controllers, one of which is exposed to the host machine along with the ConnectX-4 controller.
The last odd thing I picked up recently is this Connect-X 5 based 25 Gbit fiber networking card, with an Apple T2 SOC on it! This particular unit is marked EVT, and has a CPFM 01 SOC, a 128GB NAND chip, and is running “DarwinOS”. My best guess is this is a SmartNIC of some kind.
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Just got a laptop I have been looking for for a very long time... The development hardware for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X-Elite laptops, the CRD8380, and an EVT prototype at that! Can’t wait to get this thing up and running!
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And, based on what I’ve seen and experienced with apps myself, it seems SwiftUI doesn’t do much more than create a performance and OS compatibility nightmare.
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This may sound dumb, but what is the point of using SwiftUI? I’ve written tons of iOS and macOS apps, and I’ve always used Objective-C with AppKit or UIKit, and never had any qualms. It just seems to me that SwiftUI is... Pointless? Personally have yet to see a reason to use it.
I want to comment on this, but that's nothing you didn't hear from me for years already, right?
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Just did this upgrade yet again, but with an M1 Pro 16” MacBook Pro this time. Luckily I actually have schematics for this model, so it wasn’t quite as hard as doing it on the M3 Max model, but still is a pretty involved upgrade. Went from 4-NAND 512GB to 8-NAND 8TB!
Just finished my most difficult Apple Silicon storage upgrade yet... 512GB to 8TB on an M3 Max MacBook Pro! This was especially difficult, as it required installing around 100 extra tiny components to use the second set of 4 NANDs...
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Unreleased prototype M1 Pro Mac Mini logic boards (PROTO 0 stage). Both boards are either drilled or significantly damaged, and are missing their NANDs. Unfortunately too far gone to have any chance of getting them back up and running, but still very cool nonetheless.
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The last odd thing I picked up recently is this Connect-X 5 based 25 Gbit fiber networking card, with an Apple T2 SOC on it! This particular unit is marked EVT, and has a CPFM 01 SOC, a 128GB NAND chip, and is running “DarwinOS”. My best guess is this is a SmartNIC of some kind.
In addition to these, I also got what appear to be dev boards for Apple Silicon Mac and iPhone WiFi and Baseband ICs... I originally thought they may just plug into a normal PCIe slot, but despite having an identical edge connector, are not compatible.
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In addition to these, I also got what appear to be dev boards for Apple Silicon Mac and iPhone WiFi and Baseband ICs... I originally thought they may just plug into a normal PCIe slot, but despite having an identical edge connector, are not compatible.
Just recently picked up a few of these really cool clear prototype AirPods cases! They unfortunately appear to be non-functional currently, but hopefully with a bit of effort I can get them working again, and ideally be able to use them as normal AirPods.
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Just recently picked up a few of these really cool clear prototype AirPods cases! They unfortunately appear to be non-functional currently, but hopefully with a bit of effort I can get them working again, and ideally be able to use them as normal AirPods.
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I made a video about this entire repair, which can be found here:
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Just finished repairing this M1 MacBook Air I got off eBay for around $60! This machine showed up in bad shape, with a drilled logic board and NANDs. I ended up having to swap the M1 SoC along with all paired components onto another board, but in the end I got a working machine!
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I had the privilege of performing a RAM upgrade on this legend's Apple TV while at VCF East this weekend (to a whopping 512MB). Definitely give his video a watch!
After a month of work, my video on how I got Windows XP running on the Apple TV is finally done! It's premiering at 12:15 PM EST and is over 30 minutes long!
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Using my home-built GSM cellular base station while at VCF East, we were able to successfully get GPRS and WAP working on multiple cell phones!
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At @vcfederation VCF East this year, I will be exhibiting my collection of old and prototype cell phones, all working and connected to a custom home-built 2G/“EDGE” GSM base station! Those who visit the exhibit with a compatible GSM cell phone can connect as well!
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iBoff RCC just finished the design of a brand new custom NAND module for the M4 Mac mini, and sent me a couple to try out. Very excited to give them a try! Definitely take a look at Mat’s great video, going into all the details about the design process: https://t.co/NvbyyefSxS
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