Hrutkay Mods

Greg Hrutkay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afKTKfxWLkU, also known by his online YouTube alias as Hrutkay Mods, is an American YouTuber who uploads a wide variety of tech videos on his YouTube channel. He has no upload schedule.
==Content==
He is known for making videos that are mainly centered around Apple Macintosh Computers.
==History==
Greg launched his YouTube channel on October 4, 2010 for his electronics repair & customization business he had at the time. He uploaded his first video, titled "Custom Xbox 360 HM", on September 4, 2011 to demonstrate his Xbox 360 customization abilities. He took a hiatus from uploading from December 29, 2011 to April 16, 2016. During this time his second uploaded video, "Original Xbox 360 500GB HDD upgrade tutorial (any slim HDD to original)", gained almost 80,000 viewshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX4tieE6la4 and became his channel's most viewed video until around 2020. He uploaded his first video in almost 4.5 years titled "I'm Back!" on April 16, 2016 marking his come back. Shortly there after, Greg began uploading his Mac Pro Series and changed the channel from a business focused channel to a tutorial and review channel mainly focusing on vintage Apple devices.
==Collaborations==
Greg is also known for his collaborations with multiple channels on YouTube including but not limited to, Collin Mistr aka dosdude1, Ken Doe aka Computer Clan, Sean Malseed aka Action Retro, Steven Matarazzo aka Mac84, his podcast group Mac Yak, and many other channels.
==Series== 
(This is a selected collection of Greg's more popular filmed series whether current or not.) 
===Mac Pro Series===
Introduced in 2016, this series was what grew the channel's popularity early in the comeback run. Focusing on cMPs (Classic Mac Pros aka cheese graters), Greg created tutorials on how to upgrade and modernize these systems for everyday use. It lasted 3 seasons covering the 1,1-5,1 Mac Pros and ended December 31st, 2018. Greg has stated in previous live streams that he disliked filming the series and not to expect it to comeback in the future. 
Update: On Feb. 13th, 2024 Greg released the first episode of season 4. It is based around the 6,1 2013 Mac Pro and originally was intended to be the final season of the series. Greg now owns a 7,1 2019 Pro and states that there is probably going to be a season 5 also.
===32bit CPU Mac Series===
Introduced in September 2016 and ending in January 2017. This 11 episode mini series was focused on 32 bit CPU powered Intel Macs and was centered around his first generation Intel Mac Mini. In this series he showed how to modernize and upgrade his Mini.
===PowerPC Series ===
Introduced in 2017, this series has been a fan favorite since its inception and has inspired many, including Sean from Action Retro,https://twitter.com/Hrutkay_Mods/status/1733892236822085825/photo/1 to begin their own channel. Currently on its 5th season, Greg focuses on pre-2006 PowerPC based Macs. He reviews, plays with, and makes tutorials with these systems. He tries to make them work in the modern world and quite often the system he is filming tends to break or injure him. Each season lasts on average 20 episodes and has been stated in previous live streams as Greg's favorite series.
===Mac Oddware Series===
Introduced in late 2019, this series is mostly a spin off from the PowerPC Series where 2 of the first 3 videos were found and have retroactively been called Season 0 in his playlists. The inspiration of the series was taken from LGR and his oddware videos but instead of focusing on odd PC stuff it focuses on odd Mac stuff.
===iPod Series===
Introduced in late 2019, this series focuses on iPods and accessories. Greg reviews, plays with, upgrades and modifies his iPods and also reviews interesting accessories. As stated in previous live streams and episodes he has been collecting iPods since he got his first 40GB HP iPod in 2004 and he wanted to start the series earlier than he did. DankPods was not an inspiration for the series but he was a motivator to finally start it. 
==="The World's Fastest Macs"===
While not officially a series, Greg has been known to work with Collin Mistr (aka dosdude1) to create literally the fastest of a particular model of a Mac by upgrading components that Apple didn't install in that particular model. These components usually include BGA CPU upgrades and the systems literally are the fastest in the world at the time of recording until someone else builds another. He has a dedicated playlist on his channel with these systems in it. 
==References==
Category:Tech YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2010