Repairability How to Give Repairable Gifts Originally published November 22, 2023, updated for November 2024. As the end-of-year holidays approach, it’s a good time to reflect on the things that really matter: Enjoying lots of quality… December 1, 2024 by Matt Zieminski - iFixit
Skills Microsoldering School, Day Four: Splitting Logic Boards and Fixing Traces This post is the fourth of a five part series on microsoldering. If you haven’t yet, you probably want to check out part 1, part 2, and part 3 first.… November 23, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Video M4 MacBook Pro Teardown: What’s Inside and What’s Fixable? Despite the modular ports and day-one availability of repair guides, Apple Silicon MacBook Pros suffer from a huge repairability fail and it’s probably unintentional. November 22, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Teardowns MacBook Pro M4 Pro Teardown: New Model, Same Repair Situation Despite the modular ports and day-one availability of repair guides, Apple Silicon MacBook Pros suffer from a huge repairability fail, and it's probably unintentional. November 22, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Tech News The Indie Smartwatch That’s Doing Everything Right Update: We recently tried to reach out to Pocuter to see what progress they’ve made in bringing Spectra to market. We did not receive a response. As of June 2025,… November 22, 2024 by Carsten Frauenheim - iFixit
Opinion Our Desire for New Is Killing the Planet—and Us Ever found yourself scrolling through the latest deals, convincing yourself that you need the upgrade? “It’s faster, shinier, better,” the ad promises. Even though your current gadget works just fine,… November 19, 2024 by Manuel Haeussermann - iFixit
Teardowns Could You Hack a New Mac mini SSD? Calling all modders, hackers, and makers! The new Mac mini is teasing us with upgradeable storage—a tantalizing possibility that feels just out of reach. It’s not like our PCMR friends… November 19, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Legislation Why Your Laptop Batteries Are Still So Tiny No matter how fast powerful laptops get, and no matter how ridiculously big and beefy a portable gaming rig might be, their batteries will never be any bigger than they… November 18, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
How Tech Works How To Stop Your Devices From Being So Annoying Home appliances and portable devices all contribute to a kind of notification pollution. Our gadgets are too annoying, and it's time to make them stop. November 16, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Teardowns PS5 Pro Teardown: Is a Battery Hatch This Year’s Hottest Repair Trend? Sony’s PS5 Pro is widely being billed as a generational upgrade to the pandemic era PS5 and its progenitor, the PS5 Slim. According to tech reviewers, the new custom made… November 15, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
