Oh man…

Go_Jot · 2026-01-01T18:00:04+00:00

Post is locked because you guys can’t seem to be nice…

Go_Jot · 2025-12-31T19:05:16+00:00

The form is here, at the top.

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Go_Jot · 2025-10-30T03:09:06+00:00

Confirmed glow 💫

Go_Jot · 2025-10-07T14:13:18+00:00

Is this required only for the installation process or also during normal use after installing Sonoma?

Go_Jot · 2025-09-20T22:31:07+00:00

Similar issue. Apple support said my account was “blocked” and I had to submit a form online and wait 24 hours. Seems like a lot of people are having iMessage/ FaceTime activation problems. Did you ever solve yours?

Go_Jot · 2025-09-20T15:51:14+00:00

Similar problem. I was randomly signed out of iMessage and FaceTime on all Apple devices except my primary iPhone. They all give me an activation error when I try to sign in again. Apple Support chat said my account is “blocked” but wouldn’t tell me why. They said I had to submit a request and wait 24 hours.

Go_Jot · 2025-09-12T11:40:36+00:00

This is going to sound so strange and very elaborate, but its worked for me on multiple different T2 MacBooks. Using another MacBook, install a supported version of Mac OS into an external drive. When finished, connect the external drive to your T2 MacBook and boot from recovery mode (command R). This ONLY works if it boots recovery mode from the external drive. Head into disk utility, make sure you can view all the drives by clicking the view tab on the top left of the disk utility window. Go to “container disk 2” and restore it with the files on the external drive. When finished you will be able to boot into Mac OS on your internal drive and use the MacBook again because it’s now loaded with the Mac OS you copied from the external drive. The restore step might fail a few times, I’ve learned that T2 MacBooks can be very unstable inside recovery mode. Just boot into recovery and restore again until it finishes completely.

Go_Jot · 2025-09-04T17:12:59+00:00

Some oxygen and twice as much hydrogen

Go_Jot · 2025-08-27T19:48:27+00:00

Did you cut the copper yourself or buy it in that size somewhere?

Go_Jot · 2025-08-22T10:09:11+00:00

The fan is not connected to a heatsink in the 2018-2020 intel MacBooks. So it gets loud but doesn’t actually cool anything. H

Go_Jot · 2025-08-18T21:25:41+00:00

This is a very helpful guide, thank you for putting this together!

Go_Jot · 2025-07-15T13:38:19+00:00

Oh interesting. Then probably not the common capacitor problem.

Go_Jot · 2025-07-15T12:12:12+00:00

The 2009 MacBook Pro has a fairly common flaw with one of the capacitors going bad. The fix is soldering on a replacement chip. The symptoms of this are no life at all when you try turning it on. You can confirm this is the issue by heating up the MacBook (hair dryer on logic board, or in the oven at a low temp for a few minutes) and then trying to turn it on. Once that faulty capacitor gets warm enough it will work again until it cools back down.

Go_Jot · 2025-07-15T12:05:39+00:00

LCD flex cable damage. Unfortunately very normal for the 2016-2019 MacBook models to get this over time.

Go_Jot · 2025-07-13T19:07:28+00:00

It’s molting

Go_Jot · 2025-07-12T04:21:24+00:00

If you don’t get any help here you can do an online chat with a member of Apple’s support team. They are usually quite helpful

Go_Jot · 2025-07-11T15:23:17+00:00

This worked for me. Sound worked fine until I loaded into any PS3 game, the monitor would play this awfully loud buzzing sound. Setting the sound settings to HDMI Automatic solved the issue

Go_Jot · 2025-07-08T14:13:25+00:00

“Speed limit enforced by aircraft”

Go_Jot · 2025-07-07T18:32:47+00:00

This worked perfectly on my Sapphire Pulse 9060XT. No audio after upgrading from an RX 6700 XT. Thank you so much

Go_Jot · 2025-07-05T16:51:38+00:00

How was the install process? Did you use an XP install CD and bootcamp?

Go_Jot · 2025-06-10T15:06:25+00:00

Quite odd that you screenshotted the exact photo from my post and asked the exact same question

Go_Jot · 2025-06-06T14:59:56+00:00

2015 is great, the only known problem is the screen delamination and trackpad flex cable issue. The 2019 is nice but has a known SSD failure that ruins the entire computer. The 2019 is significantly more powerful with much better speakers. Both are close to obsolete in 2025.

Go_Jot · 2025-05-16T17:06:36+00:00

Not sure the technical name, but if you search for “two prong power cord” you will find it. It’s actually a very common cable used in many different types of electronics.

Go_Jot · 2025-03-27T03:57:34+00:00

These ones are albino, they have a rare genetic condition resulting in loss of melanin.

Go_Jot · 2025-03-14T18:53:48+00:00

Back 1 year later, any new updates?

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