UK Mac buyback - by post, nationwide
Sell Your Mac Studio M2 Max
The quick answer
We buy the 2023 Mac Studio M2 Max in every memory build - 32GB, 64GB and 96GB - working or broken. Fixed quote by email within 2 working hours, free fully-insured courier collection from your door, and payment by bank transfer within 24 hours of passing inspection.
The M2 Max is the Studio most people actually own: Max-tier desktop power at a used price that undercuts a new mini Pro. Around £1,000 in good condition with us in 2026, with 64GB and 96GB builds quoting above that. Quotes are locked for 14 days.
- Free insured shipping
- Paid within 24h of inspection
- Data wiped to NIST standards
- Free returns if you decline
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See an indicative price before you give us any contact details. Apple Silicon only (M1 and newer). Your fixed quote is emailed within 2 working hours and locked for 14 days.
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We buy Apple Silicon Macs only - M1-generation and newer (2020 onward), working or broken. We do not buy Intel Macs.
Today's money
Mac Studio prices by configuration
Indicative - your emailed quote is the price we pay. Quotes are locked for 14 days.
Prices reviewed
| Model | Good condition | Faulty / broken |
|---|---|---|
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra (512GB) | up to £5,000 | up to £2,250 |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra (256GB) | up to £4,200 | up to £1,900 |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra (96GB) | up to £2,800 | up to £1,260 |
| Mac Studio M5 Max | up to £1,800 | up to £810 |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra (512GB) | up to £4,500 | up to £2,050 |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra (256GB) | up to £3,800 | up to £1,700 |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra (96GB) | up to £2,500 | up to £1,150 |
| Mac Studio M4 Max | up to £1,500 | up to £680 |
| Mac Studio M2 Max | up to £1,000 | up to £450 |
| Mac Studio M1 Max | up to £700 | up to £320 |
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How it works
Three steps from quote to cash: free insured post, no fees at any point.
Get your quote
Tell us your Mac's model, spec and condition in the two-minute form. We email a fixed quote within 2 working hours, 7 days a week, locked for 14 days.
Post it free
We email a prepaid, fully insured shipping label. Box your Mac, drop it at any Post Office, and we carry the transit risk, not you. Desktops are collected by courier.
Paid within 24 hours
We inspect your Mac on the day it arrives and pay by bank transfer within 24 hours of it passing inspection. Decline a revised quote? We return your Mac free.
The Max that undercuts a new mini
The 2023 M2 Max Studio occupies an odd and useful spot in the used market. A new Mac mini Pro costs more than a used M2 Max Studio, and the Studio brings more memory ceiling, more ports and a chassis built to run flat out all day. So the buyers for this machine are not bargain hunters - they are editors, developers and audio people who priced a new mini, did the sums, and went looking for exactly this.
That is why the M2 Max holds up two generations on. It is not competing with older Studios for scraps; it is competing with new mid-range desktops on price-per-capability, and winning. The result is a steady bid under the machine that the age alone would not predict.
If you are moving up to an M4 Max or an Ultra, the honest advice is to sell before the next Studio refresh rather than after. Each launch releases a wave of upgraders' machines at once, and a Max in this band loses a clear step in the glut that follows.
32, 64 or 96 - the memory ladder is the price
The M2 Max shipped in three unified-memory tiers, and they map almost directly onto three price bands. 32GB is the base and the most common. 64GB is where video and large-project buyers start. 96GB is the tier local-AI buyers hunt when they want big memory without paying Ultra money, and it quotes furthest above the headline figure.
Memory cannot be added after purchase, which is the whole reason the ladder matters: a 96GB machine is irreplaceable to the buyer who needs 96GB. GPU core count (30 or 38 cores) and SSD size come next, in that order. Read the exact build from About This Mac and put it in the quote form so nothing is guessed down to the base spec.
Condition is a minor factor on a Studio. No screen, no battery, no hinge. A scuffed lid or a dead port barely dents the figure when the board and memory are sound, and a machine that will not power on still carries real parts value - describe the fault and the quote is instant.
Collection, inspection, payment
At a shade under three kilograms the Studio is compact but dense, so we arrange free insured courier collection rather than asking you to carry it to a Post Office. Box it in a strong double-walled carton with generous padding - our desktop packing guide covers it - and pick a collection day. Transit risk sits with us up to the full quoted value.
Before it goes, sign out of iCloud and turn off Find My. Activation Lock is the one thing that can hold up payment and the one thing we cannot clear from our end. Every machine we buy is erased to NIST 800-88 standards after inspection regardless.
Bank transfer follows within 24 hours of the Studio passing inspection. If we find something undeclared and revise the offer, declining costs you nothing - the machine comes back free and insured. Keyboard, mouse and display stay with you; we buy the computer alone.
Good to know
Mac Studio M2 Max - FAQs
Everything sellers ask us before posting their Mac - answered straight.
How much is a Mac Studio M2 Max worth in 2026?
Indicatively around £1,000 in good working condition for a 32GB build, with 64GB and 96GB machines quoting above that. Faulty units typically retain roughly 45% of working value. Your emailed quote is exact and locked for 14 days.
Is a two-generation-old Studio still worth selling?
Yes. The M2 Max competes with new mid-range desktops on price-per-capability rather than with older Studios, which keeps a steady bid under it. It is worth more now than it will be after the next Studio refresh.
Does the 96GB build really quote higher?
Noticeably. Unified memory is fixed at purchase, and 96GB is the tier local-AI and heavy-video buyers want without paying Ultra prices. Tell us your exact memory and we quote the machine you have.
Do you collect the Mac Studio?
Yes. Free, fully-insured courier collection from your door on a day you choose. You box it; we carry the transit risk up to the quoted value.
About the buyer
What is SellMacBooks?
SellMacBooks is a UK buy-back service for Apple computers only. We have no shops and no drop-in counter: every sale runs by post, anywhere in the country. You describe your Mac, we email a fixed quote within 2 working hours, you post it free on a fully insured label, and payment leaves by bank transfer within 24 hours of the machine passing inspection.
We buy Apple Silicon Macs only - M1-generation and newer (2020 onward), working or broken. We do not buy Intel Macs. Macs are the only thing we handle, so the person pricing yours knows what the model is worth this month rather than reading it off a generic gadget table. See how it works or read about us.
The inspection
Everything we check before quoting a Mac Studio M2 Max
Your quote is built from what you tell us, and the bench check on arrival exists to confirm that description rather than renegotiate it. Here is exactly what we look at:
- Power-on and a clean boot to the desktop
- Screen: cracks, dead pixels, backlight and marks
- Chassis and cosmetics: dents, deep scratches, worn palm rests
- Battery health percentage and cycle count
- Keyboard, trackpad, speakers and every port
- Storage size, memory and chip against the spec you quoted
- Find My / Activation Lock signed out (we cannot buy a locked Mac)
- Accessories included, such as the original charger
The quoted price is fixed and locked for 14 days. If the machine differs from your description, you get photos and a plain explanation with a revised offer - accept it, or decline and we return the Mac free and insured. Full detail on the three grades is on our grading page.
Versus the alternatives
How we compare
Selling a Mac in the UK usually comes down to a big trade-in site, a marketplace listing, or a specialist buyer like us. The differences that cost sellers money are these:
- Big trade-in sites can keep you waiting days after delivery. We pay within 24 hours of your Mac passing inspection.
- eBay takes roughly 14% in fees, plus postage, plus return and scam risk. Our quote is the amount that lands in your bank.
- Some buyers put the courier damage risk on you in their small print. Our label is insured at our expense, both ways.
- Return fees for declining a revised offer are common in this market. Ours are always free, both ways, whatever inspection finds.
- Most quotes quietly expire or float with the market. Yours is locked for 14 days.
The longer version, option by option, is in our guide to the best place to sell a MacBook in the UK and our MacBook trade-in comparison.
Different chip or model?
Back to the main Mac Studio page, or jump straight to: Mac Studio M1 Max | Mac Studio M5 Max | Mac Studio M3 Ultra.
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