Old mac, erase and swap

Kindly asking for help, since Apple stop support there old gear, it appear we could do whatever we want with it!

I have a fantastic mini, that I can’t connect anymore to iTunes or music! it is not allowed! it play music well and have Spdif/optical out, that is superbe sounding!

anyone knows where or how to swap it, and make a google computer with it! or Linux friend?

Friend of mine came back from poor country after a mission and there they took old computer they received and rebuild the software to make them work in google or linux!

apparently, our computer are very good, and it is software that made them a mess!

Anyone did that?

thanks for helping, just want good sound! only a music software on it with Spdif function! I have try to upgrade browser but no success! :frowning:

and yes i know to much spare time!

computer dust!

Hi vieuxradio,

I had an old MacBook Pro from the 2015 era. A high spec model at the time (intel i7). As with all things, redundancy sets in. I had been using this for my roon server duties until I could no longer update to current versions of Mac OS and Roon.

Searching through youtube, I discovered many videos of workarounds on getting the latest MacOS on it. A couple of links here - but see what you prefer.

The one I used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8djeFJ1czU&pp=ygUoZ2V0dGluZyBhbiBvbGQgbWFjIHRvIHJ1biBjdXJyZW50IE1hYyBPUw%3D%3D

The search term in YouTube: “getting an old mac to run current Mac OS”.

It is a workaround and can cause some issues at times so just beware of that.

I like tinkering around - so I enjoyed the challenge .. (hardly a challenge when there’s some guy on youtube walking you through the steps!) :wink:

After a couple of years, I ended up going for a Roon Nucleus One instead and selling the MacBook Pro.

Good luck.

as long as I could use iTunes with his random album I’m happy with it

also music on Apple has better option than music on Windows!

Just for fun I install iTunes on my old air and it sound even better than on my old windows!

So Apple play better

but thanks I am not really a YouTube or social media user I’m sort of the old type I search and read what I need to do! I found that watching video exhausting!

my computer don’t have a safari working for those website, so Linux than!

with price of computer skyrocking, maybe fun to experiment cheaper way!

I was not able to move the OS to a newer version for now

The browser is too old to perform a correct update or use modern Streaming application…

I decide I’m gonna use it as a replacement for my old NAS with his 2T

And since it has Infrared apple remote and optical output to play music in spdif, it’s gonna be my jukebox for now! Love the fact that it plays random album! Not random song

on my DAC, it play very well the music I store his hard drive.

a fun thing I am able to fully display art cover on the monitor!

the End

optical More quiet than USB!

Since yesterday I am listening to it

First impression, Apple lost something somewhere regarding the music!

It sound more accurate than my recent Mac

And I don’t know why it’s even good as my streamer!

It’s not very functional for Web using

But for home and nas use, Just perfect!

And it’s also fun for watching DVD that I found in yard sale and thrift store!

Happy with that!

Kick out! Beam me up Scotty