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Home » Editorial » It’s not stupid if it works: best tech support MacGyver moves

It’s not stupid if it works: best tech support MacGyver moves

by Vilius Petkauskas
19 February 2021
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It’s not stupid if it works: best tech support MacGyver moves

Life-saving duct tape used during Apollo 13 mission. NASA

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It’s easy to do a proper job with the right equipment and plenty of time. Real life, however, is not always like that. That’s why people are forced to think out of the box to allow our daily routines to continue with only the tools that are immediately available. Take a look at the most impressive ‘MacGyver’ fixes we’ve come across.

The term ‘to MacGyver something’ originates from the 80’s TV show named after its lead character. In the show, Angus MacGyver uses his genius-level intellect to solve complex problems or get himself out of tight situations. Like defusing a bomb with a paperclip.

MacGyver solved most of his problems using low-end tools, like duct tape or a Swiss Army knife. The character’s name became a verb in popular culture, and it is associated with complex problem solving using immediately available materials.

One of the most prominent illustrations of tech MacGyveriansim even got its own Hollywood movies with Tom Hanks, Kavin Bacon, and Bill Paxton in lead roles. The story of Apollo 13, NASA’s unsuccessful moon mission.

On their way to the Moon, astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise noticed a critical failure of an oxygen tank. Without a way to quickly turn back, the spacemen used duct tape, covers ripped from procedure manuals, and plastic tubes to engineer an air filter thousands of miles away from Earth.

Earth-bound MacGyver solutions might not be as spectacular, but they employ the same idea. Since people are not shy of sharing their best attempts at outperforming Mr MacGyver, Reddit houses a community dedicated to such attempts called r/techsupportmacgyver.

Below you’ll find some of the best instances of Macgyver solutions we’ve encountered.

“Windows Update wouldn’t finish because the computer kept going to sleep”

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. from techsupportmacgyver

“When you need to charge your phone during a hurricane”

When you need to charge your phone during a hurricane from techsupportmacgyver

“How to keep WiFi when a random snowstorm knocks your power out”

How to keep WiFi when a random snowstorm knocks your power out. from techsupportmacgyver

“Ticking time bomb”

Ticking time bomb from techsupportmacgyver

“They said they needed 10 computers in the middle of nowhere”

They said they needed 10 computers in the middle of nowhere and they wanted an attractive drop on no budget. Yes, that is a shower rod. from techsupportmacgyver

“We needed to set up a camera to see who was coming to the IT door”

We needed to set up a camera to see who was coming to the IT door. I think this worked out pretty well! from techsupportmacgyver

“Clever workaround to the buzzer”

Clever workaround to the buzzer from techsupportmacgyver

“PC was running hot, so I replaced the side panel with this”

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

“My pocket WiFi had a low battery life”

My pocket wifi has a low battery life, so I stuck its motherboard inside a powerbank with its default battery and soldered a usb connector onto its pins and rerouted it outside and plugged it to the powerbank to charge it forever. from techsupportmacgyver

“Couldn’t find a big enough flash drive, so I’m installing Windows from my drone”

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

“Chipset running hot?”

Chipset running hot? Nothing an internal usb port, broken usb cable and set top box fan can’t fix. from techsupportmacgyver

“Saved a Students Thesis”

Saved a Students Thesis from techsupportmacgyver

“My 6-year-old has a bright future ahead of him”

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

“CD held down at an angle reflects the keyboard area up into the webcam”

Macgyver’d document camera for Macbook. CD held down at an angle reflects the keyboard area up into the webcam. Credit: HugotMaestra on FB. from techsupportmacgyver
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