#ifixit

@steinkardinal86.bsky.social

22 minutes ago

a cartoon mouse is laying in a bed with the words nighty-night below him ALT: a cartoon mouse is laying in a bed with the words nighty-night below him

Finally got my new fan from #iFixIt for my #XboxSeriesX
Installation took like 5 minutes. Runs like a dream again 😌 With that being said…

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iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 day ago

Close-up of the underside of an electronic device showing significant heat damage—melted plastic, soot, and a charred spot where an internal component appears to have burned through the casing.

Close-up of a plastic device casing being cleaned—an iFixit opening tool is scraping away softened adhesive residue and debris from the surface, likely following heat damage or a melted internal component.

Your gadgets aren’t melting. They’re just… aging weirdly. Plastic gets sticky, but you don’t have to be stuck with it. Learn how to clean up your devices and make them usable again at the link below.

www.ifixit.com/News/93833/a...
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

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Chris Hayes

@chris.nutmeg.social.ap.brid.gy

1 day ago

Cherry keyboard half disassembled. The stupid screws are in a pile. The blue iFixIt triangles are also visible for forcing the back off, which was snapped in on top of being screwed in. The metal backplate is visible which at this point I'd forcibly broken off all the plastic welds holding the plastic exterior to the metal backplate.

A photo of the re-assembled keyboard. The pile of screws is still visible because I'm not putting those stupid things back in. Instead, duck tape is visible along the edges of the keyboard. The duck tape is not absolutely required due to the plastic frame snapping into place.

I'm not a #keyboard-enthusiast, I run a $20 keyboard off Amazon.

But to nobody's surprise, disassembling a $20 keyboard for cleaning is a nightmare. Proprietary screws that match nothing I have. After forcing a Phillips screwdriver, I find the frame is plastic […]

[Original post on nutmeg.social]

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O'Grady's PowerPage⚡️

@powerpage.org

2 days ago

iFixit posts AirPods Max 2 teardown, cites H2 chips, similar repairability issues to first-gen model Once again, the super cool cats at iFixit have posted a full teardown of Apple’s newest device, this time issuing a report as to the newly-released AirPods Max 2, which are “basically the same” as the...

iFixit posts AirPods Max 2 teardown, cites H2 chips, similar repairability issues to first-gen model

www.powerpage.org/ifixit-posts...

#Apple #iFixit #teardown #H2 #AirPodsMax2 #wearables #headphones #Bluetooth #USBC #tools #earcups #moisture #humidity #repairability #firstgen

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Rymethyst

@rymethyst.bsky.social

3 days ago

Kimchi & Corn Grits

An accidental discovery in trying to fix this bland genre of food: Southern Food. It’s delicious

#corngrits #southernfood #ifixit #kimchi

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The Daily Tech Feed

@thedailytechfeed.com

4 days ago

iFixit's teardown of AirPods Max 2 reveals minimal design changes and ongoing repairability challenges. #AirPodsMax2 #iFixit #Teardown #Repairability Link: thedailytechfeed.com/ifixit-teard...

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The Daily Tech Feed

@thedailytechfeed.com

4 days ago

iFixit's teardown of Apple's AirPods Max 2 reveals minimal changes from the original model, with the main update being the H2 chip. Repairability issues and condensation concerns persist. #AirPodsMax2 #iFixit #Teardown Link: thedailytechfeed.com/ifixit-airpo...

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Melamorsicata.it

@melanews.bsky.social

4 days ago

Close-up view of the internal components of AirPods Max 2 during a teardown by iFixit.

iFixit ha smontato le nuove AirPods Max 2, rivelando una costruzione interna complessa e poco riparabile. Il team non ha riscontrato sorprese significative rispetto al modello precedente.

#airpodsmax #ifixit
youtu.be/WTeqEs28CgU

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iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 week ago

Disassembled Samsung smartphone laid out on a white background, showing the back cover, battery, cameras, motherboard, display, and internal components neatly arranged.

Close-up of a Samsung phone battery being removed using a pull-tab adhesive strip, with a hand peeling the tab to safely lift the battery from the device.

Impressive display. Awful repair. Same old Samsung. The Galaxy S26 Ultra teardown is a story of great ideas and rough execution.

Find out how we broke the display mid-teardown at the link below.

www.ifixit.com/News/116328/...
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

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Reverse-Engineering

@reverse-engineering.activitypub.awakari.com.ap.brid.gy

1 week ago

MacBook Neo is the most repairable MacBook in 14 years @ifixit iFixit does a teardown and review of the new MacBook Neo: For years, opening a MacBook has usually meant fighting your way through glu...

#Repair #reverse #engineering #iFixit #mac #MacBook #Neo #Repairability

Origin | Interest | Match

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at0mac

@at0mac.bsky.social

1 week ago

Spring cleaning a Mac mini with me
(I did this yesterday)

✨

#macmini #apple #mac #ifixit

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at0mac

@at0mac.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Well... What do you know, this Mac apparently had a secret forgotten SSD inside

Now 2x 240gb instead of the 1x240 I bought it as 🫶

The wonders of cleaning a dusty old mac mini

#ifixit #macmini #intelmac #intelinside

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at0mac

@at0mac.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Cleaning the internals of a Mac mini server from 2012 is pretty interesting - especially when you discover it has a second 240gb ssd thats just disconnected!

Curious me if it still works when I assemble it later 🤞

#macmini #ifixit

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at0mac

@at0mac.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Point of no return....

Diassembling Mac mini server 2012 to clean it and disinfect it. Bought on auction and it smells and is very dusty

Wish me luck 🤞

#macmini #ifixit

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Ultimo

@neoenigma.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

iFixit ha smontato l'#iPhone17e, il nuovo modello economico di #Apple, scoprendo una compatibilità inaspettata. Il pannello posteriore #MagSafe dell'iPhone 17e è intercambiabile con quello dell'#iPhone16e.

#ifixit #iPhone

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AppleX4

@applex4.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

El iPhone 17e puntúa 7/10 en reparabilidad según iFixit… y su panel trasero es compatible con el 16e. 👀

¿Apple apostando por la durabilidad o simplemente optimizando producción?

#iPhone17e #Apple #iFixit

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O'Grady's PowerPage⚡️

@powerpage.org

3 weeks ago

iFixit publishes iPhone 17e teardown, cites interchangeable components, possible MagSafe upgrade path for iPhone 16e owners The cool cats at iFixit have done it again, this time publishing a teardown of Apple’s newly released iPhone 17e, which launched last Wednesday. The new model is almost identical to the iPhone 16e in…

iFixit publishes iPhone 17e teardown, cites interchangeable components, possible MagSafe upgrade path for iPhone 16e owners

www.powerpage.org/ifixit-publi...

#Apple #iFixit #iPhone17e #iPhone16e #teardown #hardware #components #MagSafe #upgrade #parts #hardwareupgrade

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Melamorsicata.it

@melanews.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Close-up of an iPhone 17e's internal components, specifically highlighting the MagSafe charging coil.

iFixit ha smontato l'iPhone 17e, il nuovo modello economico di Apple, scoprendo una compatibilità inaspettata. Il pannello posteriore MagSafe dell'iPhone 17e è intercambiabile con quello dell'iPhone 16e.

#ifixit #iphone

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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

@b2o6n4.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Apple’s MacBook Neo: iFixit’s best MacBook score in 14 years, but the residual value ceiling is real Apple just shipped its most recyclable and most repairable laptop to date, and priced it at $599. For an industry

Apple’s MacBook Neo: iFixit’s best MacBook score in 14 years, but the residual value ceiling is real

resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/2026...

#News #USNews #Recycling #RecyclingNews #Tech #Technology #Electronics #EWaste #EScrap #Business #Apple #iFixit #MacBook #Waste #WasteNews

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Burak Gürsoy

@burak.gursoy.social.ap.brid.gy

3 weeks ago

MacBook Neo Is the Most Repairable MacBook in 14 Years Is Apple’s most affordable laptop ever also one of its most repairable? For years, opening a MacBook has usually meant fighting your way through glue and buried parts. But the Neo stands out, with increasingly good day-one manuals, less-painful keyboard repairs, and a screwed-in battery tray that sent cheers across the iFixit office. This laptop proves that things can be made more affordable _and_ more repairable at the same time. That said, there are some compromises here. Some reviewers say the speakers don’t meet the usual MacBook standard. The laptop is built on an A18 Pro, a mobile chip first seen in the iPhone 16 Pro, which limits the machine to 8 GB of RAM. Storage comes in 256 or 512 GB, and whichever one you buy is the one you keep. We didn’t need to open the machine to guess that RAM and storage would be soldered. But of course we opened it anyway. Let’s dig into the most repairable MacBook since Gangnam Style was topping the charts. ## A Flat Disassembly Tree: Our Favorite Kind There are still eight pentalobe screws on the underside, which is annoying. Maybe one day Macs will go full team Torx Plus. But, pentalobes out, and the lower case can be unclipped by hand. No heat, no opening pick, no suction handle, no careful prying around the perimeter. Inside, our new friend Neo makes a very strong first impression. When we score repairability, one of the main things we’re looking at is the disassembly tree, a simplified map of how a device comes apart: We want it flat, with as few components in the way of others as possible. Immediately upon removing the back case of the Neo, we were impressed. This tree is more acacia than monkeypod. In case you need a tree type refresher, acacia on the left, monkeypod on the right. The battery connector is front and center, and the layout is unusually sensible by MacBook standards. The battery, speakers, USB-C ports, and even the trackpad are all easy to get to, with the rest being only a few screws away. ## No Parts Pairing Issues with Original Parts Another huge win: We haven’t found any parts pairing issues. If you’ve been following iFixit, you know we’ve railed hard against the software barrier to repair known as parts pairing. For anyone new to the fight, the gist is that for many years, Apple and other manufacturers were locking parts, using tiny microcontrollers to link them to a specific device. Then, if a part was moved or replaced, the device would automatically limit certain features and send you discouraging warnings, sometimes under the guise of OEM-only calibration. After an iPhone battery replacement, for instance, you wouldn’t be able to see your battery health, and you’d get “unauthorized part” warnings that scared a lot of people away. But we fought hard, and a bill passed in Oregon in 2024 that finally banned these parts pairing repair restrictions. Afterward, Apple introduced a software tool called Repair Assistant that made it possible for consumers and independent shops to complete part calibration themselves. In September 2025, Apple brought Repair Assistant to MacBooks running macOS Tahoe. Awesome. We usually test for parts pairing by swapping a logic board from one device into another. This typically triggers “new part,” “used part,” or “unknown part” warnings for everything that’s paired, mimicking replacing a bunch of parts at once. In our testing, Repair Assistant accepted replacement parts without complaint, specifically screen and battery. We even threw some challenges its way: Would the software balk at new biometrics? Nope, we swapped Touch ID modules between two Neos, and calibration went just fine. It actually went better than ever before. When we swapped displays, the webcam activation green dot appeared even before starting Repair Assistant calibration. To be clear, we haven’t done any testing with third-party parts yet, not that they even exist. And Apple still hasn’t solved the problem of Activation Lock: Refurbishers often end up with piles of working MacBooks that the owners haven’t released from their iCloud accounts. It’s a shame that so much good hardware ends up dumped, and we keep calling on Apple to find a solution. Parts pairing problems with OEM parts, though, Apple seems to have solved. Good riddance! ## A Screwed-Down Battery in a MacBook? OMG YES FINALLY The battery is the big story here. Older MacBook batteries have usually been glued in place, which makes a normal wear repair harder, riskier, and more expensive than it needs to be. Even our most experienced teardowners rarely managed to get all 14 stretch-release adhesive strips out intact from under the old style of MacBook battery. And the older the strips are, the more fragile they become. When a strip snaps, you have to break out the adhesive remover, finagle it to spread under the battery, and then cross your fingers and pry. Gently, of course. Prying too hard at a charged battery could short it and start a fire. Even the last instance of a battery tray, the M1 MacBook Air that this Neo is semi-replacing, had stretch release strips in addition to its screws. We were so thrilled to see these in the MacBook Air in 2020, after eight years of even gluier glue. But we don’t miss this stretch-release experience in the Neo. The Neo’s battery, by contrast, sits on a tray and comes out with screws. Eighteen of them, to be exact. That’s a lot (and probably for good reason–more on that later), but screws still beat adhesive every time. You remove them, lift the battery out, and move on. A battery tray in a MacBook! The angels are singing! iPhone 15 Pro Max battery for comparison. That may sound like a small thing. It’s not. Battery replacement on the Neo feels ordinary in a way MacBook battery replacement has not for a very long time. The pack itself is made of two cells rated for a combined 36.48 Wh, and replacing it no longer feels like a delicate extraction job. It’s also hard not to see this as Apple preparing for the new EU Batteries Regulation. By mid-2027, portable products sold there will need user-replaceable batteries. The Neo seems to be where Apple is testing its answer: screws instead of glue. What about those 18 screws? The battery tray is probably doubling as extra chassis rigidity: it’s perfectly placed underneath the keyboard (a section of the top case that’s naturally less rigid due to less material) and the tray has a full length stamped rib to keep it stiff. This, paired with eighteen screws, and you have a helpful structural member. Maybe they could’ve used sixteen… no, that’s pushing it. We also noticed something else unusual while we were inside. Apple now lists all the screw types used in the device: Torx Plus (IP, or “internal plus”) 8, 5, 3, and 1. Is this John Ternus looking for brownie points? Consider them awarded: Nice move, Apple. This isn’t required by any EU regulation, as far as we know. But it’s a big deal for recycling. Recyclers have to start by manual disassembly, separating out plastic and metal components. They’ve usually got an assembly line of people with screwdrivers. One report of engine disassembly found that more than half the time (54%) was just loosening screws, and our repairability engineers can confirm it’s similar for electronics. If those screwdriver-wielding recyclers have to waste time also _hunting_ for screws, the cost of recycling can quickly outweigh the value of material recovered. For repair, it’s just nice. You can get out all the drivers and bits you need before you start. However, funnily enough, we noticed Torx Plus 6 is also used, albeit in a place not required for disassembly. The screws that hold the spring boards to the trackpad module are IP6. ## No Rivets, Just 41 Screws to Change a Keyboard Speaking of spending a lot of time loosening screws, we’re excited to see a keyboard that’s not riveted to the top case or attached to a battery. The keyboard still is not _easy_ to replace here. You still have to peel tape, clean adhesive, and remove 41 (yes, forty-one) screws. This method of attachment is common on modern Macs, but the job starts from a much better place because you’re not also dealing with a glued-in battery before you can even begin. It’s still tedious, but no longer absurd. And Apple has finally gotten officially on board with the idea of keyboard replacement without changing out the whole top case: They’ve got a repair manual that describes how to swap out a keyboard, and their separate keyboard shield guide makes it seem like they’re planning to sell both as independent products via their Self Service Repair store. Our fingers are once again crossed. To be clear, this keyboard is better than in MacBooks of yore, but we know it’s got quite a bit of room for improvement. For some quick perspective: Lenovo just released the ThinkPad T14 Gen 7, with nearly tool-free keyboard removal that helped earn it a 10/10 repairability score. We thought about that with every… single… one… of those 41 screws. And, while we’re making comparisons, replacing its battery is just as easy. Oh, and it has modular storage… and modular RAM! OK, nevermind. We digress. It’s possible in 2026 to make a keyboard that comes out without tools. Just sayin. ## Taking a Slice of the Chromebook Pie Apple is clearly trying to position this laptop squarely in the education market. As such, Neo keyboards can expect to see a fair bit of juice (or wine, depending on the age range of said education market). At $499 for schools and $599 for everyone else, the Neo is aimed at the same broad space currently dominated by Chromebooks, which are used in 93% of American K-12 schools. Students in the Oakland repair internship program fix thousands of Chromebooks per year, and their feedback about which devices have replaceable screens, batteries, and keyboards feed back into purchasing decisions. School IT departments are paying attention to what can be fixed. By making the Neo fixable, Apple stands to take a slice of the Chromebook education pie. And where it isn’t replacing a Chromebook, it’s now arguably king of the $500 laptop hill. ## Modular Ports and Parts The Neo has the same modular bits and bobs we’ve applauded in recent MacBook designs. The USB-C ports are modular, so a damaged charge port doesn’t turn into logic board work. Blue plastic on the inside of the port. Beautiful details. The newly-relocated headphone jack is modular too, which is how it should be. We breathed a sigh of relief to still see that 3.5mm port, by the way. CNN says wired headphones are making a comeback in 2026, but in our office, they never left. Plus, in classic Apple fashion, both the USB-C ports and headphone jack are color matched to each model. The display is also easier to remove than on recent MacBooks because the antenna assembly is finally straightforward. Once that and the four hinge screws are out, the screen comes away without the usual MacBook fiddliness. That’s a meaningful shift. ## Phone Silicon, Soldered Limits, and a Mechanical Trackpad Once the cowlings and flex cables are out of the way, the board lifts cleanly. But RAM and storage are soldered, with memory integrated into the A18 Pro package. Apple gets cost savings, scalability, a compact board, and the performance benefits that come with it. You get a machine that cannot grow with your needs and cannot easily give up its data if the board fails. That tradeoff is not new, and we have criticized it as recently as earlier this week. The Neo just brings the same compromise to a cheap MacBook. Whatever storage and memory you buy on day one is what you live with for the life of the machine. iPhone 16 Pro logic board on top, MacBook Neo on bottom. The grey rectangle in the middle is the APL1V07 chip. Identical? We can’t say for sure. But the footprint and designation are the same. The A18 Pro package appears to be the same as in the iPhone 16 Pro, but that doesn’t rule out minor architectural differences. We’d need to swap an actual iPhone chip in to try it out. Either way, the Neo is obviously more “iPhone silicon in a laptop” than a cut-down MacBook Air. Put the Neo board next to a MacBook Air M3 board and the difference is obvious. While we’re doing fun comparisons… here’s iPad on top, then MacBook Neo, then MacBook Air, and finally iPhone 16 Pro. Then there’s the trackpad. The Neo uses a mechanical trackpad, making it the first MacBook since 2015 to drop Force Touch. Apple spent the last decade treating haptic trackpads as the settled way to do things, so this is a surprising reversal. The mechanism is simple, but still magic. Two flexures let the trackpad move, and a central screw sets how much force it takes to actuate the membrane switch underneath. It’s easier to understand than Force Touch, easier to access, and almost certainly cheaper to produce. The speakers tell a similar story. They’re easy to remove, but by all reports are not as good as the speakers in pricier MacBooks. Their side-firing design likely saves Apple some machining and some money. If you were wondering where Apple saved a few dollars to hit Chromebook territory, this is one place to look. We cracked open one of the MacBook Neo’s speakers, but we didn’t find any little white balls. Sorry Zack. ## As Light as Air? We were all a bit curious as to why the cheaper and less feature rich Neo weighed the same as a MacBook Air M3, each 13” laptop weighing in at about 1.24kg. It’s especially puzzling when considering the Neo supposedly uses a lighter chassis, and is, uh, smaller. Here’s what we found: The Neo’s chassis is actually only barely lighter than the Air’s. Together, its chassis, keyboard, and bottom cover are just 8g lighter than the Air’s. But the Neo’s screen is 48g heavier, and the solid chunk of metal that supports its trackpad makes up 7% of the laptop’s overall weight! The Neo’s full trackpad assembly is almost exactly twice as heavy as the M3 MacBook Air’s, too. Maybe the Air really is Air after all. ## Not Perfect, But the First MacBook in Years to Respect Repair So where does that leave the Neo? It still has Apple’s usual long-term ownership problems. Soldered RAM and storage are bad for longevity, even with Apple’s great memory management. The keyboard repair still takes far too much work. Pentalobe screws on the bottom case are still unnecessary. But the parts that fail first are easier to reach than they have been on any MacBook in a long time. The battery is screwed down instead of glued in. The ports are modular. The display is easier to replace. The internal layout is unusually sensible. Apple’s manuals are available on day one. The software side did not sabotage the hardware side. It comes in cool colors. That’s enough for a 6 out of 10 on our repairability scale. By MacBook standards, this is a strong score. It also makes the Neo the most repairable MacBook we’ve seen in about fourteen years. For Apple laptop repair, that counts as a real comeback. ### Fixing your old MacBook instead of buying new? We’ve got parts. Shop Now

Too bad it is the sucky Mac, but a good step to increase their footprint in the market.

Even iFixit loved it.

#Apple #MacBookNeo #iFixit #Teardown

www.ifixit.com/News/116152/macbook-neo-...

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Peter Puhl

@noodels.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Apple Finally Made a Repairable MacBook? YouTube video by iFixit

Apple MacBook Neo #iFixit Teardown

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pady :coolified:

@hundertzwoelf.sueden.social.ap.brid.gy

3 weeks ago

Foto eines Laptopakkus, an dessen äußerer Beschichtung eine Ecke abgesplittert und umgeknickt ist.

Liebe Fedi-Schwarmintelligenz,

ich habe mir einen Ersatzakku für mein (noch in Betrieb befindliches) altes ThinkPad bestellt. Der gelieferte Akku weist an der Ecke diese kleine Beschädigung auf. Der Händler hat mir zugesichert, dass es sich dabei nur um das […]

[Original post on sueden.social]

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Code & Clarity

@advay254.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Big News: The New MacBook Neo is Actually FIXABLE! - SAT, 14 MAR 2026 Hot off the press: The new MacBook Neo isn't just Apple's cheapest la...

Big News: The New MacBook Neo is Actually FIXABLE! - SAT, 14 MAR 2026

Hot off the press: The new MacBook Neo isn't just Apple's cheapest la...

code-n-clarity.blogspot.com/2026/03/big-news-new-mac...

#MacBookNeo #Apple #Repairability #TechNews #iFixit

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Pure Tech

@puretech.news

3 weeks ago

The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit | TechCrunch Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook — it’s also the company's most repairable laptop in “about fourteen years."

The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit #Technology #Hardware #Reviews #MacBookNeo #RepairableTech #iFixit

techcrunch.com/2026/03/14/the-macbook-n...

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@kobonemi.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

MacBook Neo、過去14年間で最も修理しやすいMacBookに：iFixit - こぼねみ 修理専門サイトiFixitがMacBook Neoの分解レポートを公開しています。 MacBook Neoは非常に修理しやすく、「過去14年間で最も修理しやすいMacBook」と高評価をしています。 MacBook Neo: iFixit

MacBook Neo、過去14年間で最も修理しやすいMacBookに：iFixit - こぼねみ www.kobonemi.com/entry/2026/0... #MacBookNeo #分解レポート #iFixit

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Melamorsicata.it

@melanews.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Close-up of the internal components of a MacBook Neo, showing the battery and logic board.

iFixit ha smontato il MacBook Neo, trovando la batteria più accessibile da oltre un decennio. Non servono adesivi, ma 18 viti per rimuoverla.

#ifixit #macbookneo
kiro.it/HDSLD

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Burak Gürsoy

@burak.gursoy.social.ap.brid.gy

4 weeks ago

Apple AirPods and Malicious Compliance Apple’s AirPods are the perfect distillation of how Apple uses lock-in to simultaneously enable great products, and to prevent anybody else from doing the same. They also exemplify Apple’s antipathy towards the right to repair: AirPods are just plain disposable tech, a $250 gadget that lasts a few years before you have to toss them and replace them. ### **Apple Hates The DMA** The 2022 Digital Markets Act is a set of European laws designed to prevent Big Tech companies from abusing their dominance to stifle competition, and to stop them from locking users in, and competitors out, or their platforms. Apple hates the DMA so much that it put out a whining press release that attempts to show the consumer-friendly laws as unfair, and anti-innovation. Mostly the arguments come down to “You can only trust us.” ### **Lost in Translation** For example, Apple delayed the new AirPods Live Translation feature in the EU. This lets users chat with speakers of other languages, with the iPhone listening, translating, and speaking to both parties. It’s magic, sci-fi level tech, and Apple says that the whole conversation is processed on-device to ensure privacy (the alternative would be sending the recorded conversation to Apple’s or a third-party’s servers for translation). So why was this feature withheld from EU countries? According to Apple, it’s because the DMA says that it has to make features like this available to other developers, and Apple doesn’t trust any of them. “We designed Live Translation so that our users’ conversations stay private,” says Apple, “and our teams are doing additional engineering work to make sure they won’t be exposed to other companies or developers either.” Even if we agree that you can only trust Apple (in which case, why does Apple even let banking apps, medical apps, or location-based software like map apps into the App Store?), then this doesn’t explain why you can’t use Live Translation with any other headphones. It’s just audio going through headphones, and headphone mics, after all. Google just released an update to Google Translate which brings live speech translation to any headphones. Which brings us to another locked AirPods feature: reading out your messages. The Siri voice can read out messages and alerts from pretty much any app on your iPhone, but only if you’re using AirPods, or Apple-owned Beats headphones that contain Apple’s H-series chip. Why? Who knows? This time it’s a worldwide restriction, not only in the EU. Why can’t the audio be sent out to any connected headphones, either via wire or Bluetooth? ### **Repair** The AirPods repair story is less of a story and more of a long joke. They’re just not user-repairable—at all—and there’s no better evidence of this than Apple’s complete lack of repair materials and documentation. New York state senate bill S1320 “requires original equipment manufacturers to provide diagnostic and repair information” for their wares. Apple’s self-service repair website offers no AirPod parts, manuals, or schematics (the site does have manuals for “iPhone, iPad, Mac laptop, Mac desktop, Apple display or Beats”). Good luck repairing these. Likewise, the AirPods documentation pages contain no user manuals—just a quick start guide, regulatory compliance information, and info (AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3). But here’s the twist: Apparently the AirPods can be repaired, at least by Apple. Apple lists “battery service” on its service pages: “We can replace your AirPods battery for a service fee.” But wait, there’s a counter-twist worthy of M. Night Shyamalan. Apple probably isn’t even replacing the batteries itself. It’s probably just sending you a new unit, which means that the entirety of the electronics and housing are destined for the shredder. It doesn’t need to be this way. FairPhone’s FairBuds are just as tiny as the AirPods, but they manage to get a 10/10 repairability score from iFixit, in part thanks to their easily-replaceable batteries. Apple could manage this too, if it wanted to. AirPods are the products that rely most on Apple’s lock-in practices. They only work properly with Apple devices, and many iPhone features only work with AirPods. At the same time they make these devices impossible to repair, so you can’t even replace a battery yourself.

MOAR #Apple bashing from #iFixit, but there is a catch: the competition is doing the exact same thing.

OTOH: Their Pencil is their lamest product IMO.

www.ifixit.com/News/115572/apple-airpod...

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iFixit

@ifixit.com

4 weeks ago

Side-by-side comparison graphic of the iPhone 16e and iPhone 17e specifications. Both list a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display, 48 MP rear camera, 12 MP front camera, and up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 26 hours of video playback. The iPhone 16e uses an A18 chip and weighs 167 g, while the iPhone 17e uses an A19 chip, weighs 169 g, and adds MagSafe support.

The iPhone 17e drops tomorrow. Here’s a quick look at how it stacks up against the 16e on paper. Not a lot has changed, but we’ll know more once we open it up. What do you want to see most in our teardown?
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#iFixit #RightoRepair

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Steph

@tokidokiretro.bsky.social

1 month ago

Im holding a Tamagotchi named Chocolate and its color is dark brown with light pink stripes and red and pink hearts. Looks like a piece of chocolate. 😂

Holding the Tamagotchi Chocolate next to an IFIXIT toolkit.

Bought this Tamagotchi Chocolate recently and it needed a new battery. If you are a tinkerer of electronics definitely treat yourself to an IFIXIT tech toolkit. I’ve had it for over 5 years now and love it. So happy to have this tama in my collection. ❤️🍫🩷 #tamagotchi #ifixit #virtualpet #tinkerer

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LAOMUSIC ARTS

@laomusicarts.bsky.social

1 month ago

LAOMUSIC ARTS 2026
presents

Please, help others.

Check it out:

www.ifixit.com/Guide/laos+M...

#lao #music #arts #laomusic #laomusicarts #laomusicArts #ifixit

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