Apple told my wife this iMac was "Unfixable"...did they LIE???

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Publicado 2024-07-24

2011 iMac with an AMD Radeon GPU, Intel i7 Quad Core. It overheats and shuts itself down after being on for a minute. Then it goes into a never-ending boot loop. Furthermore, Apple stopped supporting this model and you can no longer update the iOS. Let's see if there's anything we can do to make it a working machine...

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Todos los comentarios (21)

@MashaT22 hace 4 días

Brad hacked his hair!!! Say it ain’t so!!! 😭😭😭
@FlyingFrenchman57 hace 4 días

Linux will extend the life of most computers by a good 10 years.
@R3TR0R4V3 hace 4 días

Eff Apple. 🚫
@comput3rman77 hace 4 días

Apple doesn’t even let you upgrade the systems anymore. The RAM and storage are all soldered to the board. If you want the max ram and storage, you have to pay up front when you choose the system. I will say having used a MacBook Air before, the battery life is impressive.
@gsbguitarsgsb679 hace 4 días

They know the design flaws of their systems. They want owners to buy new next generation devices so they build them to fail. Money,money,money…
@BockwinkleB hace 4 días

MASK, Voltron GI Joe, Star Blazers, Transformers, DnD, all that stuff.
@davidflamee hace 4 días

Built in obsolescence can be fixed by the enquiring mind. Proof right here. Good share man.
@tricogustrico hace 4 días

you young guys and your cartoons, give me Huckleberry Hound
hace 4 días

I love Apple machines, but hate Apple stores.
@Twobarpsi hace 4 días

When you buy an Apple, beware of the worm!
@TheWorstManOnEarth hace 3 días

The tiniest amount of "Loctite thread locker" for the small screws that will loosen up ... like what can be picked by the tip of a needle. If you have an extra free 5V connector somewhere inside, just screw an external fan to extract hot air from the computer.
@nellayema2455 hace 4 días

Good save! You probably want to put a screen on that CPU hole so that spiders don't move in.
@dannbrauckmann1545 hace 3 días

Dude, I used to have tons of MASK toys, and I still have a set of MASK bed sheets!
@BoomerElite4u hace 4 días

I stopped buying apple products years ago for moral reasons. People need to stop buying their products until we see change.
@BlitzkriegGT ayer

the imac doesnt have ventilation.... hold my bear jaajajajajaj a dremel will be enought
@tankthelord1178 hace 4 días

Nice one Brad: Louis Rossman highlights all the issues with Apple, they've tried to sue him numerous times.
@technoman9000 hace 4 días

Linux to the rescue yet again. I've never met a computer that is unfixable, unless it's been submerged in water..
@701Builder hace 3 días

Some loctite on those screws
@wayshot hace 13 horas

One of my regular customers purchased a new iMac a few months ago, replacing an older 2010 model. I helped him set it up and transfer documents, apps and stuff from the old one to the new one. All fine so far. He also wanted me to wipe and reinstall the old iMac before donating it to his grandchildren. That's where the challenge began. Downloading an older Mac OS (Catalina or older) for that machine was impossible. Running Internet Recovery failed. Managed to make a Mac OS High Sierra USB installer stick from an Internet Archive download, but it just threw an error when starting the installer process. Until I found out that the date had to be set to 2018 to circumvent some expired certificate. Did that and managed to complete the installation. PS: Linux Mint Cinnamon is the primary OS on my laptop. I've got Windows 10 too, mostly for recording and stuff that requires Windows.
@mistermac56 hace 3 días

Cheap suction cups work great to remove the protective screen.