Wallpapers iPad Mini 5 Teardown Wallpapers The iPad Mini 5 teardown is in the books, which means teardown wallpapers are here! While the outside remains pretty much unchanged, Apple finally updated the internals of its smaller… April 2, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Teardowns iPad Mini 5 Teardown: Size Is Not the Problem After three and a half years without a refresh, the iPad Mini has awoken from its slumber with some updated internals. Despite appearances, our teardown confirmed that this is not… April 2, 2019 by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit
Fixers Autism Awareness Day: Repair Is an Inclusive Field Today is World Autism Day, and for the entire month of April (and all year long) we’re supporting autism awareness! Last year, the CDC announced that approximately 1 out of 59… April 2, 2019 by Kelsea Weber - iFixit
Product Design What Finally Killed AirPower In a surprising turn of events, Apple has cancelled its long-awaited AirPower wireless charging mat. The company says the product didn’t meet its “high standards,” but wasn’t specific as to… March 29, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Teardowns AirPods 2nd Generation Teardown: New Features, Still Disposable We were on cloud nine after tearing down Samsung’s Galaxy Buds, which proved that wireless earbuds can, in fact, be repairable. But dissecting the new AirPods felt like teardown déjà… March 29, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Tech News Apple’s Leaked “Genuine Parts Repair” Program Doesn’t Go Far Enough For years, independent repair shops have asked Apple for genuine replacement parts so they could repair their customers’ laptops and phones. Apple has refused. But new documents leaked by Motherboard… March 28, 2019 by Whitson Gordon
Scandal Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard Continues to Plague MacBook Owners We’re no stranger to MacBook keyboard issues. Since 2015, Apple’s new super thin MacBook keyboards can be rendered catatonic with just a fleck of dust. And as Joanna Stern cleverly… March 27, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Scandal ASUS Malware Fiasco Proves Arguments Against Right to Repair Are Bogus Last year, ASUS’s software update tool—which is installed on millions of the company’s Windows laptops—was compromised by hackers. In a rather incredible piece of reporting, Kaspersky Labs and Kim Zetter at Motherboard… March 27, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Tools Two Million Spudgers Sold and Counting We recently surpassed the two million mark in spudgers sold worldwide, and that’s not surprising—we live and die by spudgers when we’re tearing down devices and replacing screens. I’d go… March 25, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How Tech Works Smartphone Data Has a Larger Carbon Footprint Than You Might Think This blog post was originally published in March 2019 and updated in May 2024. As the experts on the insides of devices, we talk a lot about how repair and… March 22, 2019 by Dorothea Kessler - iFixit
