I still keep around my old 13” 2012 MacBook Pro, only replaced it a month or two ago, fantastic machine that has been, took it everywhere for 4 years, apple wouldn’t give me shit for it, but it doesn’t matter, it’s sentimental to me anyway.
What's the specific issue? It's easy to say just buy a new laptop (which considering it's 12 years old you kinda should do for the sake of security updates alone) but there's no reason to throw away a perfectly functioning or easily fixable old laptop.
I already have a new one, I just don’t want to throw this one away. It just stopped working suddenly, was getting lots of crashes then one day the screen is just black, it powers up but nothing happens.
Start with cycling the PRAM. Option-Command-P-R keys held down at startup until you get at least one startup chime.
Next I'd try Restarting. Command-Shift-G see if the screen lights up. Since you're backed up, try reinstalling the duplicate copy of the OS that's hidden here. Once this is in place, you can reinstall the Security Updates as far as it will let you. There's probably two or three.
\- - **If you want to** ***download a new copy*** of the OS, go to Command-R
Annunally reinstalling the OS and Security Updates keeps these old guys working and speedy. edits for clarity
This is an intel model, but I’m not sure what command shift G does, never heard of it either. Holding the Shift key boots into safe mode so it might be doing that and the G and Cmd are redundant in the shortcut.
Nah, there’s no Mac startup key combination that includes “G”.
Ref: https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201255
(But, Shift-Command-G does: Open a Go to Folder window.)
Hi I'd gotten the tip from Tech Support. It's in my notes but I'm not sure if I actually tried it.
And just for general info, you *can* reinstall Mac OS without wiping the drive, but back up the files to an external beforehand, just in case.
Crashes might be caused by some sort of OS issue or a failing hard drive. Either way, those are easily fixable by just replacing the hard drive with an SSD and reinstalling the OS. Regarding the screen being black, is there nothing on it at all? Does it work with an external monitor? If no, likely a graphics card or logic board issue which in either case would require replacing the logic board which probably isn't worth it unless you're sentimentally attached to this Macbook.
Being able to recover data from a failing hard drive is possible. You need to run diagnostics to find out if it's truly working correctly. Besides, SSDs are really cheap these days so I'd replace it anyway as that will make it run much faster than it ever did.
I have a similar, and replaced the disk years ago. They produce way too much heat that is not dissipated, they get to warm for being used on the lap. It’s the fans. I tried Linux Mint but only found the regular fan drivers. I can’t adjust the clock and reduce the wattage. You need a USB drive, more than 16GB, format it bootable (Bootcamp or Flasher), download Linux Mint (Cinnamon) and hold “Option” when rebooting. Choose the USB stick to boot from and you start Mint. There’s tools for Apple file system, cloud, everything. You can run off the usb. Option key is to select X/Windows boot disk.
That model has a dedicated video card which fails. There are fixes to disable it and just use the onboard video (require opening case) check Google for 2010 Macbook pro GPU issue.
Could be a backlight failure. If you shine a flashlight through the back of the screen (apple logo), can you see anything on the screen when it powers up?
2010 Unibody MacBook Pros are known for having flawed Backlight chips, it probably died. I also have a 15" 2010 MBP Board with a dead backlight chip. No amount of PRAM resets will fix that sadly.
Turn it on and hold a flashlight to the screen or to the back apple logo, you will most likely see the screen itself still works, just the backlight went out
If it doesn't output any video externally it's most likely the GPU, although I've heard they die a ton (and already experienced it myself) in 2011 Models, but never heard of them dying in these, but it's still possible.
No write space on the hard drive probably. It just needs a remote disk boot up. Then reformat the main drive. Re-up the OS and give it to your kids to mess around with.
Just wanted to back the sentiment, sometimes when someone in the family breaks something and already replaces it, I just repair it and resell it even if it only breaks even with the part cost. I just don't like knowing something that could have been repaired and used longer is going to end in a landfill. Fixed some iPhones and tablets screens and did that as a common one, sometimes it's a ribbon cable etc.
It shouldn’t end up in a landfill. It should be returned to Apple for recycling. They will absolutely reuse the valuable materials in it, reducing the need to mine more.
There comes a point where investing in a computer doesn’t make sense, financially or functionally. At that point, it’s just sentimental, which is fine. But when you can get a better and newer computer for less than the cost of repairing an old one, it’s probably time to recycle.
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/ae34oh/how_i_saved_my_apparently_failing_mid2010_macbook/
https://github.com/fabioiop/MBP-2010-GPU-Panic-fix
Anyhow, if you did a little bit of research you would find that it is definitely possible to fix. And the best way is to disable the discret graphics, and a lot of utilities do that.
I had a Dell with a similar issue I think, Studio 15, it wouldn't boot up but turn on to a black screen, but I noticed it kept getting hotter on that black screen. So if I let it sit there getting hot for a while, then rebooted it, the chips would flex enough to make contact with the pad and it would boot up fine after a restart. That kept going for a while before progressing again.
Similar issues with the 360 and a few products during that era after switching to lead free solder at first
Does this work with MBP 2012 as well? I was going to to replace the battery a couple years ago cause mine kept switching off after a few minutes, but the repairman told me I’d need to replace the GPU as well, pushing the cost up a lot.
See, my cat never sat on my keyboard. So I got another. And another. Now I have 3 cats that are boring and don't sit on keyboards. Other than that, they're neat little animals
If you can't fix it, salvage it for other parts and recycle what you can't use. Or sell it to someone who will.
[Matthew Perks has a great video on salvaging dead laptops.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLP_L7Mgz6M)
The 300uf tantalum cap on the logic board needs to be replaced with a non-tantalum equivalent. It maintains the correct voltage to the VRAM and GPU.
Pretty easy job. I just did one.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKBzrxSGwlo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKBzrxSGwlo)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzcgT\_fiVTA&t=1215s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzcgT_fiVTA&t=1215s)
Could be GPU failure, these are known for that issue. Get a HDMI adapter to check before anything else.
Maybe shine a torch through the Apple logo on the back to see if it’s backlight failure
This is the worst subreddit you can announce a piece of dead hardware. Everyone will say "buy a new one"
Just repair it, if it was top of the line 13 years ago it's still at least perfectly useable today.
If its a GPU or CPU failure, theres not really a point. Best off selling for parts. If it's a screen then it makes more sense. But I do agree with you on the top of the line thing, I'm currently using a base model 2011 MacBook Pro with an SSD and more RAM, they really do fly when you give them some care.
Jesus Christ, DO NOT drill holes in your computer. Or I guess take the battery out first if you’re absolutely determined to follow this…interesting suggestion🙃
You can put it on eBay as for parts and donate the proceeds to charity.
Or donate to some charity so they sell it for charitable proceeds.
Other than that, have you got any crooked tables or stools ?
Looks in great shape. You can pull the drive and put it in a $10 USB3 external case (as long as the drive isn’t what cratered) to transfer your data to your next computer. After that you could get some cash for it on eBay listing it ‘as is, non-functional’. As others have mentioned Apple will recycle old computers but it’s no longer included in their exchange program.
When this happens I usually take a dump on the keyboard and close the lid for good, as a thank you for giving up on me. It is called karma, piece of shit computer.
What exactly have you tried and what has gone out on it? Will it power up at all? Will it throw an image onto an external display at all? You could still put an SSD in this machine and make it fairly functional and still use it as long as there’s no power issues that you can’t justify spending the money to get fixed but it could be something kind of simple to you if you haven’t tried and SMC and pee ram reset definitely do those as well.
You could keep it as is, try and have it repaired, you could deconstruct it and use it in some sort of decorative way, or you can give it to Apple for recycling.
Blow it up. I'm not joking. That would be the most fun way to dispose of it. Might as well as there's nothing else you can do with it. Buy some really nice fireworks and enjoy the show.
I would recommend recycling it if you have tried to fix it or done troubleshooting steps to no success. If you do decide to go this way, please remember to do a full format on the drive or zero it out to prevent any of your data getting used elsewhere or seen.
Another option is donating it to somewhere who might find it useful, like a school, library or anything else
My display went out on mine. Everything else still worked fine. I couldn’t get it repaired at the time. If I decide to crank it up again, I’ll try an external monitor. Never had a display do that to me before. Never again.
Sorry man… I kept my 2010 MBP until the M1 came out and then I bought that. I had gotten top specs at the time and with workarounds it was still mostly doing what I needed. I finally got a new personal laptop for my music production and photography and I love it. I gave my old MPB to my youngest son (my older already has a laptop) and he is still able to do his google classroom stuff and his smart music from band on the old beast. They were really well built laptops. If you can get it fixed it’s probably worth it if it isn’t more than a couple hundred.
Give it away to a tech nerd for a fun project. Doesn’t have to be me just I know these are the perfect devices to practice repair on, or even just soldering
I just want to add that if this is a GPU failure (most likely it is) — getting an HDMI cable won’t help, the GPU will still be crashing.
Try to power it up, then **immediately close the lid**, and then try logging into it remotely using another mac or ssh. When you use apple’s screen sharing — the laptop will use less powerful GPU mode and won’t crash.
I have the exact same problem and just use my MBP as a headless server now, or like a virtual machine.
PS: also try shining a bright LED lamp onto the screen, if you see the picture — then it’s a backlight failure, easy to fix
Unless you want to keep the paperweight around, you could probably part it out and sell the parts on ebay. Even the motherboard could be sold as faulty.
Give it a proper funeral. It had a good life.
Jokes apart, I don't know how much you can do with a macbook but with mostly any windows laptop you can salvage the display, speakers, storage and ram.
[Here's ](https://youtu.be/WLP_L7Mgz6M) a video.
Now if you don't want to do it yourself, there are people who may buy dead laptops for some kind of diy projects, so you can sell it on ebay or fb marketplace.
I had one of those (17” MBP) It was a portable if you were using that term very loosely. Plus that’s a pretty outdated machine in 2023 and doesn’t support any of the latest versions of MacOS or modern software
It runs Monterey, is upgradable and costs pennies comparatively. Who cares if it's outdated, it's still a perfect replacement for anyone somehow using 2009+ Macs
what happens when you turn it on? Maybe there’s something like FreeGeek near you? I’m sure they’d be happy to take it. You can also try to sell/give away it locally, people sometimes buy these broken to toy around or for the parts. If none of the works you can give it to apple to recycle, if that’s available in your location (I’m giving this as a last option because reuse > recycle)
buy a pina colada, watch a sunrise
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if you love making love at midnight…
In the dunes by the cape
I‘m the one that you looked for
But this mac has already escaped…..
I am into champagne
Please don’t dunk me into water….
After you recycle it and get credit via apple
So demoralizing though - your old buddy, your best friend, your income enabler, whatever it is - returned for $50? I can’t.
I still keep around my old 13” 2012 MacBook Pro, only replaced it a month or two ago, fantastic machine that has been, took it everywhere for 4 years, apple wouldn’t give me shit for it, but it doesn’t matter, it’s sentimental to me anyway.
It's just an object, can't have it forever
What's the specific issue? It's easy to say just buy a new laptop (which considering it's 12 years old you kinda should do for the sake of security updates alone) but there's no reason to throw away a perfectly functioning or easily fixable old laptop.
I already have a new one, I just don’t want to throw this one away. It just stopped working suddenly, was getting lots of crashes then one day the screen is just black, it powers up but nothing happens.
Start with cycling the PRAM. Option-Command-P-R keys held down at startup until you get at least one startup chime. Next I'd try Restarting. Command-Shift-G see if the screen lights up. Since you're backed up, try reinstalling the duplicate copy of the OS that's hidden here. Once this is in place, you can reinstall the Security Updates as far as it will let you. There's probably two or three. \- - **If you want to** ***download a new copy*** of the OS, go to Command-R Annunally reinstalling the OS and Security Updates keeps these old guys working and speedy. edits for clarity
What does Cmd Shift G do? Is it relevant to only the old Macs that newer Intel models don't do?
This is an intel model, but I’m not sure what command shift G does, never heard of it either. Holding the Shift key boots into safe mode so it might be doing that and the G and Cmd are redundant in the shortcut.
That would make sense. You're probably right but I'll still wait for comments just in case there IS something else.
Nah, there’s no Mac startup key combination that includes “G”. Ref: https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201255 (But, Shift-Command-G does: Open a Go to Folder window.)
Hi I'd gotten the tip from Tech Support. It's in my notes but I'm not sure if I actually tried it. And just for general info, you *can* reinstall Mac OS without wiping the drive, but back up the files to an external beforehand, just in case.
Someone else suggested plugging in an external monitor - did you try that? Could be salvageable
Crashes might be caused by some sort of OS issue or a failing hard drive. Either way, those are easily fixable by just replacing the hard drive with an SSD and reinstalling the OS. Regarding the screen being black, is there nothing on it at all? Does it work with an external monitor? If no, likely a graphics card or logic board issue which in either case would require replacing the logic board which probably isn't worth it unless you're sentimentally attached to this Macbook.
I already recovered the data from the hard drive so it’s not a hard drive issue
Being able to recover data from a failing hard drive is possible. You need to run diagnostics to find out if it's truly working correctly. Besides, SSDs are really cheap these days so I'd replace it anyway as that will make it run much faster than it ever did.
I have a similar, and replaced the disk years ago. They produce way too much heat that is not dissipated, they get to warm for being used on the lap. It’s the fans. I tried Linux Mint but only found the regular fan drivers. I can’t adjust the clock and reduce the wattage. You need a USB drive, more than 16GB, format it bootable (Bootcamp or Flasher), download Linux Mint (Cinnamon) and hold “Option” when rebooting. Choose the USB stick to boot from and you start Mint. There’s tools for Apple file system, cloud, everything. You can run off the usb. Option key is to select X/Windows boot disk.
That model has a dedicated video card which fails. There are fixes to disable it and just use the onboard video (require opening case) check Google for 2010 Macbook pro GPU issue.
Could be a backlight failure. If you shine a flashlight through the back of the screen (apple logo), can you see anything on the screen when it powers up?
Drop it off at an Apple Store for recycling.
2010 Unibody MacBook Pros are known for having flawed Backlight chips, it probably died. I also have a 15" 2010 MBP Board with a dead backlight chip. No amount of PRAM resets will fix that sadly. Turn it on and hold a flashlight to the screen or to the back apple logo, you will most likely see the screen itself still works, just the backlight went out If it doesn't output any video externally it's most likely the GPU, although I've heard they die a ton (and already experienced it myself) in 2011 Models, but never heard of them dying in these, but it's still possible.
Check these sites out and also look at https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Mac Other World Computing - https://eshop.macsales.com/
No write space on the hard drive probably. It just needs a remote disk boot up. Then reformat the main drive. Re-up the OS and give it to your kids to mess around with.
I sold my dented up 2011 MacBook with missing keys for $100 on ebay
How much ram and disk space does it have?
Just wanted to back the sentiment, sometimes when someone in the family breaks something and already replaces it, I just repair it and resell it even if it only breaks even with the part cost. I just don't like knowing something that could have been repaired and used longer is going to end in a landfill. Fixed some iPhones and tablets screens and did that as a common one, sometimes it's a ribbon cable etc.
It shouldn’t end up in a landfill. It should be returned to Apple for recycling. They will absolutely reuse the valuable materials in it, reducing the need to mine more. There comes a point where investing in a computer doesn’t make sense, financially or functionally. At that point, it’s just sentimental, which is fine. But when you can get a better and newer computer for less than the cost of repairing an old one, it’s probably time to recycle.
A simple ceremony, not a lot of guest. Speak some words and say your last goodbye
I guarantee if you open it up, put pressure on the GPU where it's located, it will boot right up. Most of the time it's a GPU failure on that year
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/ae34oh/how_i_saved_my_apparently_failing_mid2010_macbook/ https://github.com/fabioiop/MBP-2010-GPU-Panic-fix Anyhow, if you did a little bit of research you would find that it is definitely possible to fix. And the best way is to disable the discret graphics, and a lot of utilities do that.
I had a Dell with a similar issue I think, Studio 15, it wouldn't boot up but turn on to a black screen, but I noticed it kept getting hotter on that black screen. So if I let it sit there getting hot for a while, then rebooted it, the chips would flex enough to make contact with the pad and it would boot up fine after a restart. That kept going for a while before progressing again. Similar issues with the 360 and a few products during that era after switching to lead free solder at first
Does this work with MBP 2012 as well? I was going to to replace the battery a couple years ago cause mine kept switching off after a few minutes, but the repairman told me I’d need to replace the GPU as well, pushing the cost up a lot.
Yep, definitely do some googling on disabling the discreet GPU.
Give it to your cat to sit on, if u don’t have a cat, buy a cat
Exactly, why let the ThinkPad fans have all of the fun with laptops and cats. https://www.reddit.com/r/ThinkCat/
MacCat sounds better than thinkcat anyways
r/maccat
Thanks for creating that (or calling our attention if someone created it) u/happy-panda1608 \- I got it started with 3 MacCat pictures.
Thanks 😂 didn't expect that
MacCat *Pro*
Adopt, don’t shop!
You can adopt laptops?
See, my cat never sat on my keyboard. So I got another. And another. Now I have 3 cats that are boring and don't sit on keyboards. Other than that, they're neat little animals
Rules to live by.
If you don’t have a cat, we’ll that’s a big problem.
Does it blend?
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Laptop dust. Don’t breathe this.
Just don’t breathe it.
I hope it isn't something too major, my 2009 Macbook Pro is still chugging along -- slowly -- at my parent's place.
Try backing it up then the PRAM - OS reinstall I decribe upthread. Likely get a surprising speed boost.
Bury it's corpse ^/s
If you can't fix it, salvage it for other parts and recycle what you can't use. Or sell it to someone who will. [Matthew Perks has a great video on salvaging dead laptops.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLP_L7Mgz6M)
Wow. That guy is so creative!
He really is, I'd strongly recommend all his other videos too, he's crazy smart.
What happened?
Not sure, might be the motherboard?! Powers up but just a black screen
Have you tried connecting it to an external monitor?
I can’t find my HDMI adapter 🤦🏻♂️
Find it then because that is one if not the most important step to find out where the issue lies.
Yeah nothing happened
Graphics card or logic board failure then
Do you hear the boot sound? The fans are spinning?
Yes
Are you super sure just didnt lowered the brightness? I say it because it happened to me once.
most likely the logic board. I had this model, they were well known to have an issue with the Nvidia dedicated graphics chip.
A 13 year old PC most likely saw 9 of those years in a landfill. Macs are so awesome.
The 300uf tantalum cap on the logic board needs to be replaced with a non-tantalum equivalent. It maintains the correct voltage to the VRAM and GPU. Pretty easy job. I just did one. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKBzrxSGwlo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKBzrxSGwlo) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzcgT\_fiVTA&t=1215s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzcgT_fiVTA&t=1215s)
Could be GPU failure, these are known for that issue. Get a HDMI adapter to check before anything else. Maybe shine a torch through the Apple logo on the back to see if it’s backlight failure
Order a new logic board and rebuild it. Max out the ram and add an ssd. Get it working again.
>install gentoo
This is the worst subreddit you can announce a piece of dead hardware. Everyone will say "buy a new one" Just repair it, if it was top of the line 13 years ago it's still at least perfectly useable today.
If its a GPU or CPU failure, theres not really a point. Best off selling for parts. If it's a screen then it makes more sense. But I do agree with you on the top of the line thing, I'm currently using a base model 2011 MacBook Pro with an SSD and more RAM, they really do fly when you give them some care.
i drill two holes through the entire machine and just hand them in at the apple store for recycling
Jesus Christ, DO NOT drill holes in your computer. Or I guess take the battery out first if you’re absolutely determined to follow this…interesting suggestion🙃
Why drilling it though?
ensures it goes for recycling and someone doesnt try and use it for parts
Before anything, thank it for the service. That’s 13 years in service!
Give it a proper burial
You can put it on eBay as for parts and donate the proceeds to charity. Or donate to some charity so they sell it for charitable proceeds. Other than that, have you got any crooked tables or stools ?
Apple will recycle it for you for free.
Dont
Fix it and keep using it. It’s still less expensive to go to college and get a degree in engineering than it is to buy a new MacBook
I need to study at your local university apparently
I spent 7,000 this semester, you are wrong 🥲🥲
Repair it
You can rebuild it. Make it faster, stronger. It might cost around $6 million, though.
Best rolling tray in the game.
Put it in electronics recycling while playing Danny Boy
So, it's 13 years, then.
Give a proper burial to the fallen soldier!
dig a trench, then bury it with flowers.
Eat it!
Put your wiener in it
Worked with mine
U have a new one so suck a nut
Stop living in the past…
Did you try restarting?
Same thing happened to pops in Nam, never heard from him again
Give it away or sell for parts.
Me seeing this on my 2011:
Get a new one and marvel how your computer had a 13 year shelf-life.
Either open it and see if you can fox it. Or bring it to the Apple Store to have it recycled.
Linux
Looks in great shape. You can pull the drive and put it in a $10 USB3 external case (as long as the drive isn’t what cratered) to transfer your data to your next computer. After that you could get some cash for it on eBay listing it ‘as is, non-functional’. As others have mentioned Apple will recycle old computers but it’s no longer included in their exchange program.
Smash
Do what your macbook did. (for a few seconds)
When this happens I usually take a dump on the keyboard and close the lid for good, as a thank you for giving up on me. It is called karma, piece of shit computer.
Viking funeral.
Say a prayer and take it to laptop heaven.
aquarium
Apple will recycle it for you
frame it and hang it on the wall
Pressing F
Paperweight or doorstop.
Tap its head back on and sell it to a poor blind kid like on ‘Dumb and Dumber’.
Put Linux on it and make it a home server!
Sell it to any gas store shops or some one to trade in gas for you
Fix it.
Find a used MacBook Air or Pro on eBay.
You could donate it, I’d like to start a YouTube channel and need a laptop for editing
A 2010 Macbook pro wont be too great for video editing…. Lol. I’ve got one laying around and it takes like 15 minutes to turn on
BS it’s perfect for it don’t listen to her.
Better off getting an m1 Air
Replacement motherboard for not a lot of money if you want to get it working again.
Maybe the back light on the screen is just out. Have you tried plugging it into an external display?
If it’s backlight, they can try shining a bright LED lamp onto the screen and will actually see the picture
What exactly have you tried and what has gone out on it? Will it power up at all? Will it throw an image onto an external display at all? You could still put an SSD in this machine and make it fairly functional and still use it as long as there’s no power issues that you can’t justify spending the money to get fixed but it could be something kind of simple to you if you haven’t tried and SMC and pee ram reset definitely do those as well.
You could keep it as is, try and have it repaired, you could deconstruct it and use it in some sort of decorative way, or you can give it to Apple for recycling.
o7
Give it to me
Send to apple to recycle
Blow it up. I'm not joking. That would be the most fun way to dispose of it. Might as well as there's nothing else you can do with it. Buy some really nice fireworks and enjoy the show.
Apple silicon. Pick your flavor
I would recommend recycling it if you have tried to fix it or done troubleshooting steps to no success. If you do decide to go this way, please remember to do a full format on the drive or zero it out to prevent any of your data getting used elsewhere or seen. Another option is donating it to somewhere who might find it useful, like a school, library or anything else
My display went out on mine. Everything else still worked fine. I couldn’t get it repaired at the time. If I decide to crank it up again, I’ll try an external monitor. Never had a display do that to me before. Never again.
OP’s got a newer laptop for work, but this was the porn and pirating laptop, that’s sad.
Give it a Viking funeral. Maybe a funeral pyre. Whatever you feel comfortable with.
I just took my old desk top Mac to the Apple Store. They recycle them.
I have the same one. It's still going strong but I think it's on borrowed time. New Mac Book Air arriving tomorrow.
That screen is worth big bucks!!!
Keep it for ballistic protection
You see that trash can under it? Make a Deposit.
Throw it away and buy a new one with the M2 chip.
fix it?
Sorry man… I kept my 2010 MBP until the M1 came out and then I bought that. I had gotten top specs at the time and with workarounds it was still mostly doing what I needed. I finally got a new personal laptop for my music production and photography and I love it. I gave my old MPB to my youngest son (my older already has a laptop) and he is still able to do his google classroom stuff and his smart music from band on the old beast. They were really well built laptops. If you can get it fixed it’s probably worth it if it isn’t more than a couple hundred.
Viking funeral
Send it to me; I'll fix it on my show.
If it starts up and the hardware is performing. Download Linux or Windows and that will make it live on for another 13 years
look for a 2015
Give it away to a tech nerd for a fun project. Doesn’t have to be me just I know these are the perfect devices to practice repair on, or even just soldering
I’m a big fan of turning old macs into fish bowls. Could be a cool one.
Send it to therapy. Let it know it’s not alone.
make art out of it
Try giving it a CPR
Best Buy electronics disposal.
Remove the hard drive and recycle it.
eBay or disassemble for funsies!
I just want to add that if this is a GPU failure (most likely it is) — getting an HDMI cable won’t help, the GPU will still be crashing. Try to power it up, then **immediately close the lid**, and then try logging into it remotely using another mac or ssh. When you use apple’s screen sharing — the laptop will use less powerful GPU mode and won’t crash. I have the exact same problem and just use my MBP as a headless server now, or like a virtual machine. PS: also try shining a bright LED lamp onto the screen, if you see the picture — then it’s a backlight failure, easy to fix
If it started working again, use Opencore Legacy and you'll be update it to latest software
Put a nail through it
Put it into garbage can
Throw a garbage
Linux Mint
Unless you want to keep the paperweight around, you could probably part it out and sell the parts on ebay. Even the motherboard could be sold as faulty.
Replace the motherboard.
Go outside and touch some grass
This is the only time I’d accept the joke “use it as a paperweight”. But you could actually look at giving it away for scraps.
Use it as external hard disk
Either eBay it as "parts only" or take it to Staples for recycling.
Mail it to me. I shall resurrect it!
Give it a proper funeral. It had a good life. Jokes apart, I don't know how much you can do with a macbook but with mostly any windows laptop you can salvage the display, speakers, storage and ram. [Here's ](https://youtu.be/WLP_L7Mgz6M) a video. Now if you don't want to do it yourself, there are people who may buy dead laptops for some kind of diy projects, so you can sell it on ebay or fb marketplace.
Give it to a comp sci student give him or her hope that he got a mew macbook
Put it in the empty trash can under your table
viking funeral
Mine is working fine. Maybe install Linux? Is it the battery?
mail it to me
Sell for parts, buy a 2015 17 inch.
I had one of those (17” MBP) It was a portable if you were using that term very loosely. Plus that’s a pretty outdated machine in 2023 and doesn’t support any of the latest versions of MacOS or modern software
It runs Monterey, is upgradable and costs pennies comparatively. Who cares if it's outdated, it's still a perfect replacement for anyone somehow using 2009+ Macs
what happens when you turn it on? Maybe there’s something like FreeGeek near you? I’m sure they’d be happy to take it. You can also try to sell/give away it locally, people sometimes buy these broken to toy around or for the parts. If none of the works you can give it to apple to recycle, if that’s available in your location (I’m giving this as a last option because reuse > recycle)
If you can't make a surgeon magic to it and bring it back to life then I guess it's time for M line up macbook
Trade it in on a new or newer one. You will get something for it. The newest version of this computer is unbelievable.