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Apple’s Activation Lock Will Make It Very Difficult to Refurbish Macs

Every month, thousands of perfectly good iPhones are shredded instead of being put into the hands of people who could really use them. Why? Two words: Activation Lock. And Macs…

December 2, 2019

by Craig Lloyd - iFixit

iFixit

The Gifts Our Fixers Want for the Holidays

The perfect gift is the thing you can’t justify buying for yourself, but which someone gives you because they know you’re worth it. At iFixit, we have a lot of…

November 29, 2019

by Kevin Purdy

E-Waste

Lithium-Ion Batteries Are a Literal Trash Fire, and Getting Worse

Startup scooters are catching fire in garbage trucks in Indiana. Batteries lit up an Arizona recycling plant. A transfer center in Maine spontaneously burned from a squeezed battery. One improperly…

November 27, 2019

by Kevin Purdy

Teardowns

This X-Ray Teardown Really Smarts: iPhone 11 Smart Battery Cases

Apple’s own Smart Battery cases for the iPhone 11 family have a dedicated camera button. That sounds neat, but, wait– there’s no camera button on the iPhone itself. We wanted…

November 26, 2019

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

iFixit’s Blue and Black Friday Sale is Back!—Get Our Tools for the Lowest Prices of the Year!

November 26, 2019

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Assemble with Care Will Make You Want to Fix the World

Have you ever played a game that’s so good, you actually wanted to stop playing it? Assemble with Care fundamentally changed the way I think about everyday objects and the…

November 25, 2019

by Craig Lloyd - iFixit

Tech News

Apple Told Congress How Repair Should Work. They Were Intentionally Misleading.

The House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Apple’s policies back in September with an eye toward anticompetitive practices, including repairs and warranties. An Apple VP has responded (PDF) and…

November 22, 2019

by Kevin Purdy

Video

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 & Surface Pro X Design Review: Upgrades & Repairs Now Possible!

November 21, 2019

by Kevin Purdy

Product Design

Phones with Frickin’ Radar Beams: Inside the Pixel 4’s Soli Sensor

If you want to feel like Tom Cruise in Minority Report, Google squeezed a feature into the Pixel 4 that’s just for you. The Pixel 4’s Motion Sense, and the…

November 21, 2019

by Craig Lloyd - iFixit

Teardowns

Apple Put a Hinge Sensor in the 16″ MacBook Pro. What Could It Be For?

Since their inception, MacBooks have used standard on/off magnetic sensors to go to sleep when you close the lid. But then we heard from MacRumors that there might be something…

November 20, 2019

by Kevin Purdy

iFixit News