Hackaday [Unofficial]6d ago

Unlocking the True Power of a MacBook Neo By Cooling It

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/20/unlocking-the-true-power-of-a-macbook-neo-by-cooling-it/

Unlocking The True Power Of A MacBook Neo By Cooling It

Mobile devices generally have one Achilles’ heel when it comes to computing power: thermal throttling. Outside of bulky desktop and server systems, chips have to run at a fraction of their tr…

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136d ago
Unlocking the True Power of a MacBook Neo By Cooling It https://hackaday.com/2026/05/20/unlocking-the-true-power-of-a-macbook-neo-by-cooling-it/
#MacHacks #Cpucooler #MacBookNeo #Overclocking
Unlocking The True Power Of A MacBook Neo By Cooling It

Mobile devices generally have one Achilles’ heel when it comes to computing power: thermal throttling. Outside of bulky desktop and server systems, chips have to run at a fraction of their tr…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]Apr 13

Trying to Install Haiku on a 2009 Mac Mini

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/12/trying-to-install-haiku-on-a-2009-mac-mini/

Trying To Install Haiku On A 2009 Mac Mini

Although the number of uses for a 2009-era Mac Mini aren’t very long, using them to run new-and-upcoming operating systems like Haiku on would seem to be an interesting use case. This is what…

Hackaday
13Apr 13
Trying to Install Haiku on a 2009 Mac Mini https://hackaday.com/2026/04/12/trying-to-install-haiku-on-a-2009-mac-mini/
#MacHacks #Haiku #Macmini
Trying To Install Haiku On A 2009 Mac Mini

Although the number of uses for a 2009-era Mac Mini aren’t very long, using them to run new-and-upcoming operating systems like Haiku on would seem to be an interesting use case. This is what…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]Apr 9

Upgrading a MacBook Neo Using a 1 TB iPhone NAND Flash

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/09/upgrading-a-macbook-neo-using-a-1-tb-iphone-nand-flash/

Hackaday [Unofficial]Apr 9

You’ve All Seen A Hackintosh, But Have You Seen One On A Wii?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/youve-all-seen-a-hackintosh-but-have-you-seen-one-on-a-wii/

You’ve All Seen A Hackintosh, But Have You Seen One On A Wii?

The Intel era of Apple Macs led to so-called “Hackintoshes”, more normal PCs running x86 MacOS X. Now Bryan Keller proves that a Hackintosh isn’t restricted to the x86 era, not by…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]Mar 28

Apple’s Most Repairable Laptop is Thanks to Right-to-Repair

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/apples-most-repairable-laptop-is-thanks-to-right-to-repair/

Apple’s Most Repairable Laptop Is Thanks To Right-to-Repair

The common narrative around device design is that you can have repairability or a low price, but that they are inversely proportional to each other. Apple’s new budget MacBook Neo seems to at…

Hackaday
13Mar 28
Apple’s Most Repairable Laptop is Thanks to Right-to-Repair https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/apples-most-repairable-laptop-is-thanks-to-right-to-repair/
#MacHacks #Apple #Macbook #MacBookNeo #Righttorepair
Apple’s Most Repairable Laptop Is Thanks To Right-to-Repair

The common narrative around device design is that you can have repairability or a low price, but that they are inversely proportional to each other. Apple’s new budget MacBook Neo seems to at…

Hackaday
13Mar 12
Controlling Vintage Mac OS With AI https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/controlling-vintage-mac-os-with-ai/
#ArtificialIntelligence #MacHacks #SoftwareHacks #AppleMacintosh #Claude #LLM #MacOS
Controlling Vintage Mac OS With AI

Classic Mac OS was prized for its clean, accessible GUI when it first hit the scene in the 1980s. Back then, developers hadn’t even conceived of all the weird gewgaws that would eventually be…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]Mar 12

Controlling Vintage Mac OS With AI

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/controlling-vintage-mac-os-with-ai/