# upekkha/AppleHardwareTest

Apple Hardware Test Download Links

Repository: https://github.com/upekkha/AppleHardwareTest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/applehardwaretest
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-10-02T05:38:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4946, "days_push": 700, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1188, forks 133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:55.350411+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of download links to Apple Hardware Test disk images for older Intel-based Macs, gathered from forums and by scraping Apple's download server. It helps users restore the diagnostic tools that are missing after a clean reinstall of an older Mac.

## Use cases
- restore Apple Hardware Test on an older Mac after reinstalling macOS
- download AHT disk image for my Mac model
- run hardware diagnostics from a bootable USB stick on a Mac
- find the AHT dmg for my board-id
- debug hardware problems on an Intel Mac

## When to choose
- you have a pre-2013 Intel Mac missing its built-in diagnostics and no original install disks
- you need to boot AHT from a USB stick on OS X 10.11 or later where SIP blocks system folder writes

## When to avoid
- you have a Mac introduced after June 2013, which uses internet-based Apple Diagnostics instead
- you need guaranteed complete or correct images - the list is community-gathered and may be incomplete

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: apple-ecosystem, hardware
- platform: -
- tags: apple-hardware-test, disk-images, mac-diagnostic-tools, download-links, hardware-troubleshooting, diagnostics, macos

## Member repositories
- upekkha/AppleHardwareTest (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.350411+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:23:37.406669+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/upekkha/AppleHardwareTest (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.350411+00:00, sha ef37952c7a4c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.