Tech Support MacGyver

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/DaddyBeanDaddyBean • Dec 14 '16

Windows Update wouldn't finish because the computer kept going to sleep... but I couldn't change sleep mode because Windows Update was running. Stupid Windows Update.

17.0k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/SPRX97 • May 04 '17

Touch screen broken? No problem!

15.6k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/5ilver • Aug 22 '17

Wife wanted a fitbit. Do you think she'll like it?

12.8k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/DestinationVoid • Jun 10 '17

My remote control ain't need no keys

11.4k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Fatboy125 • Mar 29 '19

Saved a Students Thesis

10.5k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/IegaI • Feb 07 '25

need 3 PCs to stay online

10.0k Upvotes

DC motor + half a folder + printer paper + tape = multi mouse jiggler

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/ItsJustTheSmells • Jan 05 '18

My building’s PA microphone was broken. These were the only supplies I could scavenge at the front desk.

10.0k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/TrsTrh • Oct 04 '18

Thanks Dad

9.3k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Sebi1324 • Dec 15 '19

I built myself secret Bluetooth headphones in my earmuffs so I can listen to podcasts at work.

8.5k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Yooserneam • Jul 09 '20

Couldn't find a big enough flash drive so I'm installing Windows from my drone.

7.4k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/shiftpgup • Apr 10 '17

What it's like to patch in production

7.4k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Pirate_Redbeard • Mar 24 '18

R gear not working? No problem

7.3k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/cZyOlk2Hs09 • Aug 13 '20

My 6 year old has a bright future ahead of him.

7.1k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/pierros • Mar 18 '20

No adapter, no problem... vol2

6.6k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '18

Wife broke an important work thumb drive, nothing was backed up...fixed it.

6.6k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Bastl34 • Apr 14 '18

What do you mean be "hard coded" in the program - Me:

6.6k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/AwakeOrStillDreaming • Apr 12 '20

Ghetto RGB: Changed the colour of my Macbook Pro keyboard backlight to replicate the colours from the old Apple Logo using coloured cellophane.

6.3k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/second_to_fun • Nov 16 '18

I slept through all of my phone alarms today so I rigged a TENS unit to an alarm clock. It hurts a lot.

6.3k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Turttel_ • Jul 03 '18

When you need to charge your phone during a hurricane

6.0k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '18

Fixed the thumbstick drift on my controller with rubber bands

5.7k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/skymcgowin • Aug 02 '19

I believe this fits here.

5.6k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/MrBeeeeee • Jul 12 '18

A fellow technician loved his old Dell mouse, but couldn't bear to part with it after the rollerball mechanism broke.

5.6k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Skadoodle69 • Jan 03 '20

Watch out for the earthquake

5.5k Upvotes

r/techsupportmacgyver • u/rocher-tmtc • Jan 13 '19

My pc was running hot so i replaced the side panel with this

5.3k Upvotes