my picrel macbook from 2017 died last week. at first i went on reddit for troubleshooting, did an SMC reset, and it worked for a couple of days, then completely dead.apple wouldnt repair it as its old,I took it to random repair shop where they told that there was a power surge which caused a short in the logic board's power circuit.they said its gonna cost me:> 300 euros to repair it > 200 for data recoveryare these prices fair? also is it worth it? should i do nothing and get a new one instead?keep in mind im a poor uni student and dont have money to waste
My stinkpads is still werking fine.
I would probably try to find an older m series macbook instead of trying to fix one of the intel models if I was pressed for cash.
>>108199048u should definitely just get a new one since it doesn't have M chip
>>108199266>>108199346are intel macs that different than m macs? was checking the prices, and they are way more expensive?
>>108199048you can probably find a used m1 macbook for around that much money. restore from your backups to recover your data.
>>108199701my last backup on an external ssd i have is from back in november unfortunatelyits not the end of the world but kinda sucks
>>108199727I'm sorry, but I think putting the money towards a new laptop is going to have more benefit than paying for data recovery. You should set up time machine or vorta on your new computer with an old cheap computer running samba or just ssh.
>>108199405yes unironically apple silicon macbooks are enormously more efficient and powerful than 2017 intel nigger lake processors night and day
>>108199048The possibility is that 12v got sent to the flash nand in which case say bye to your data or any possibility of recovery
>>108199809then why the hell did the repair shop tell me that they could do it?
>>108199048>> 200 for data recoverywut - just take the drive out and mount it on any other comput.. >macbookoh. You fucked up good here.
>>1081999712017 intel macbooks had removable ssds doofus
>>108199913they can't know until they actually do the work, if it fails they just charge you for the time spent trying to recover the data. that'll be close to 200.
>>1081999882017 must have been among the last to have removable drives. Regardless OP is demonstrating why you don't buy trash with soldered drives.
>>108199988>>108199990wait so does this mean i can just physically remove the data myself if its removable?
>>108200071Yes, but FYI, if you just get a used M1 mac and take it to the apple store alongside the old one, they will recover the data from the broken one for free usually
>>108199405Intel Macs are significantly worse than M series chips. M1 (2021) is still good to this day. ARM architecture is the future of macOS as well.
>>108200079>Yes, but FYI, if you just get a used M1 mac and take it to the apple store alongside the old one, they will recover the data from the broken one for free usuallyno fucking way, i had genuinely decided to bite the bullet and pay the 200 euros for the data recoveryif apple cant do it as they told me its "vintage", is it easy to do this on my own?
>>108199405>and they are way more expensive?M4 MacBook Air was like $750 for a few months during the holiday season.
>>108200148ngl i actually tried the m4 macbook air and it looked dope, the keyboard felt way nicer to my mbp 2017, was WAY WAY faster and smoothbut 1k is almost is my rent for 4 months, will def have to go for something used again
>>108200120Should be, just remove the m.2 drive and either slot it into a desktop or one of those external m.2 enclosures.Just make sure the m.2 enclosure supports PCIe SSDs.You'll probably need either Linux or another Mac to read the APFS or HFS+ partition(s).
>>108200181but spending 1 month worth of rent to fix an old slow computer is a wise decision?
>>108200182eh, you need to research the specific model. i think even the old ssd's they used were proprietary.
>>108200182I don't think those are standard M2 drives, would be helpful if OP posted the fucking model number. If its an A1708, the 13" still have a 'removable' drive but this is afaik some proprietary Apple pish. But that at least still offers you the chance of getting another lo-spec A1708 body (maybe $100), mount old drive in that, then back your shit up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw9g_dBxSUkwhile also then having a working mac again.as you note tho, if its a normal m2 drive, you grand, just get an external enclosure, mount it in that, copy it whatever data wherever. But it must be a removable drive of some sort, otherwise $200 quote for data recovery seems a bit lo-ball, just I doubt its a standard one, because Apple. tldr, don't buy fucking Appletrash.
>>108200265>wah ablooblooblooliteral 4 year olds in zhangzhou can solder nands with a stencil and some paste but somehow its too hard for you huh faggot
>>108200278does OP fucking *sound like* he has access to a solder station and elctrogoblin-like skills then? You fucking tard.
>>108200265>>108200260its the A1708 13" no touchbardude so i have to buy again the same for computer dor the data transfer to work?
>>108200260>>108200265>>108200307Ah yeah forgot about that. I think there are external enclosures made by OWC that take the weird proprietary SSD format.
>>108200307yeah, see linked vid in previous post.tldr, its a proprietary POS Apple excuse of an SSD, but it is at least nominally - unlike the larger macbooks of same vintage - still removable. And if it that works, you have a Macbook again + spare drive. You can then sell that shit and buy something useful while its still worth even $100, because the soldered ssd models are worth jackshit.
>>108199048nigga, they are $300 for a refurb
>>108200360>niggathe point of this thread is intel macs are dogshit and aren't worth repairing
>>108200346thank you so much dude, i will be honest i am a little bit anxious about this since ive not done anything similar before + i hope i dont fuck up when buying the other computeri hope this works
>>108200346dude i could cry, i am gonna save so much moneydo you think this is good? text translated from germ is "The item is used and shows signs of wear. SCREEN DEFECTIVE. GRADE C"
>>108200452>i hope this workswell, theres really no other way of doing it, put it that way. As >>108200336, OWC made enclosures for some of Apples other propietray garbage, but apparently not this. Worst case, the SSD itself is damaged, but theres no real way of finding that out easily otherwise. Just go slowly and follow the vid as best as. You also need Apple-specific screwdrivers - yes, really - maybe another few bucks. tldr, you lucky you caught the last removable SSD of any kind, don't buy Appletrash.
>>108200534If it worked with an external monitor and you have one, its fine, or you think you can just swap mainboards around. In practice tho, you are getting ambitious here, and dont know *why* the video is fucked - if that is a mainboard problem, you back to square one. Just look for an otherwise working one, maybe some wear and tear, otherwise your potential problems are mounting.
>>108200301any corner store pakistani phone repair shop has a soldering station and a nand reprogrammer if youre too much of a queer to do it yourself
>>108200534check the prices of sold macbooks of this exact model. once you have an idea of the actual price you can sell it for, find one to buy. put your ssd in, get your data off, and then put the mac back on ebay. then buy an m series macbook.
>>108200669yes.meanwhile OP is trying to recover data from a removable SSD. Do keep up.
>>108200559I see, i guess i was both lucky and unlucky> Apple-specific screwdriversclassic apple, i am kinda happy our eu guys have declared war on these practices>>108200599thats interesting, i guess its a gamble, maybe i could ask the seller directly why the screen died or just do this >>108200675 even if it is a bit more hard and dont really have any experience with selling stuff on ebaythank you so much guys
>>108199048iTODDLERS BTFO
>>108199048>keep in mind im a poor uni student and dont have money to wasteand yet you wasted $1000 on currynigger shit that has the highest failure rates in the history of computing
>>108203207still way better than the other shit i see people using at the uni
>>108199048I had one of these pieces of shit beforeProbably the worst piece of technology I ever wasted my money on>>108199405Yes the M series is infinitely better
>>10820320770% keyboard failrate is fucking grim, Here I thought the fading of of my S key paint was bad ,glad I'm not an Itoddler
>>108204090>this is what iNigger subhumans actually delude themselves into believingliteraly chromebooks from walmart are higher quality than your currynigger heap of shit
