What should I do with my old MacBook Pro?

i have an old MacBook Pro 2011 with high Sierra, what should I do with it?


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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jun 7, 2025 12:10 AM

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Posted on Jun 8, 2025 6:24 AM

You could use it for

  • running old 32-bit games that won't run on Catalina and later
  • importing digital video, over Firewire, from old MiniDV and Digital8 camcorders
  • running an Intel-based distribution of Linux
  • a spare computer for a school-aged child to run a word processor on (I believe you can still get old, unsupported versions of LibreOffice that run on High Sierra)

or give it t someone who you know has such a use for it.


Otherwise, the day may have come to retire it or recycle it.

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Jun 8, 2025 6:24 AM in response to fret375

You could use it for

  • running old 32-bit games that won't run on Catalina and later
  • importing digital video, over Firewire, from old MiniDV and Digital8 camcorders
  • running an Intel-based distribution of Linux
  • a spare computer for a school-aged child to run a word processor on (I believe you can still get old, unsupported versions of LibreOffice that run on High Sierra)

or give it t someone who you know has such a use for it.


Otherwise, the day may have come to retire it or recycle it.

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