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Category: Apple

NUC8i7BEH Hackintosh Catalina Overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE0TKa81qf0

A bit of fiddling and we finally get bluetooth working on the NUC8i7BEH which is running the latest and greatest from Apple at … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on May 10, 2020Categories Apple, IBM PC, Ramblings, YouTube

Dumping the Apple 341-0813 Mac Classic ROM

Ah yes, the old Apple 341-0813 ROM written onto a TC534200P-F749 maskrom. Looks to be a match with the 27C400 EPROM. On the GQ-4X programmer the D27C4000 (aka uPD27C4000) also seems to be compatible. Then I remembered that … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on January 5, 2020January 12, 2020Categories Apple

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) Repair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeRVAgpA5lg

My “w” and return key on my brand new (enough) MacBook Air are showing signs of the Keyboard Service Program for MacBook, MacBook … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on January 2, 2020Categories Apple, Repairs, YouTube

Home Automation 101: All Star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PQTTGOHswU

This video shouldn’t exist, yet here we are. All Star lyrics beaming over to the Chromecast through Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3. Is … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on December 8, 2019December 23, 2019Categories Apple, Ramblings, YouTube

Apple //c Monochrome Monitor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrJjQBkgE6k

The glorious Apple //c monochrome monitor. Compact. Solid. Heavy. Beefcake. These are the words used to describe this beast. We go ahead and adjust some settings … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on November 30, 2019Categories Apple, Repairs, YouTube

SCSI2SD on Dreamcast HKT-0120 Development Kit

I ended up mounting the SCSI2SD in my recently sold Sega Dreamcast Katana into a 3D printed sled. I’ve just noticed now that there are plenty of caddies that help them fit into the space of a 3.5″ hard … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on February 20, 2019August 10, 2019Categories Apple, Devkit, Hacks, Sega

Death to Smartphones!

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That’s it, I’m sick of mobile phones and always being switched on in the digital world. Modern phones are such a joke with their 60-minute-man-like batteries. All I use my phone for is SMS and that’s usually just 2FA rubbish. … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on August 19, 2016August 10, 2019Categories Apple

Ants Nesting in an Apple iMac G3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjGVLPFFTz8

This poor iMac was left in the garage. It had a bad analog board, but now it has another problem. Bugs… or … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on January 27, 2015February 9, 2018Categories Apple, Ramblings, YouTube

Block Copying Under Mac OS X

I’ve found that using dd is quite useful for older software. This has been especially important for copying Mac OS Standard disks since 10.6+ do not support read/write. One thing to note is that using “rdisk” instead of “disk” allows … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on July 8, 2013February 8, 2018Categories Apple, Guides, Raspberry Pi

Apple MacBook Pro Heat Gun Repair (Mid 2007 / Early 2008)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP4HwYD9LaQ

Here we have a video of me bringing a 17″ MacBook Pro back to life. While not a permanent … Continue reading

Author Shane McRetroPosted on June 6, 2013February 8, 2018Categories Apple, Guides, Hacks, Repairs, YouTube

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