How to Install Linux Mint on an Old MacBook (Step-by-Step Guide)
Is your old MacBook painfully slow and unusable?
In this video, I revive a 2010 MacBook Air by installing Linux Mint XFCE — a fast, lightweight Linux distro that runs perfectly on old hardware.
This MacBook Air has:
• Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
• 4GB RAM
• 128GB SSD
macOS High Sierra is no longer usable:
❌ Browsers broken
❌ Modern websites don’t load
❌ Apps won’t install
❌ Very slow performance
In this step-by-step guide, I show you:
✔ How to create a bootable Linux Mint USB
✔ How to install Linux Mint XFCE on a Mac
✔ Which options to select during installation
✔ First boot & desktop overview
✔ Performance on old hardware
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro – condition of the mac
00:57 - What you’ll need
01:10 - Enabling external boot on Mac
01:30 - Creating the bootable USB (Balena Etcher)
02:48 - Booting Linux Mint from USB
03:04 - Linux Mint XFCE installation (step-by-step)
04:25 - Restart & first boot
04:42 - Welcome to Linux Mint & desktop tour
05:21 - outro
Linux Mint XFCE is perfect for old Macs and makes them usable again in 2025.
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