Product Design Apple Abandoned MagSafe—Abandon Hope, Ye Clumsy Apple is quietly killing off MagSafe in the name of a single standardized connector. #Donglelife jokes aside, you can now charge your new MacBooks from any one of the USB-C… November 4, 2016 by Sam Goldheart - iFixit
Teardowns Meizu’s MX6: China’s $300 Smartphone Meizu drew a lot of design inspiration from Apple for the outside of the MX6 (right down to the two Pentalobe screws at the bottom), but is it the same… November 3, 2016 by Taylor Whitney
Teardowns Teardown: What Apple Didn’t Tell You About the New MacBook Pro Fans have waited forever for a MacBook Pro update. And Apple finally released two new MacBook Pros—one with the touted Touch Bar and one with traditional function keys. We got… November 1, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Teardowns Late 2016 Pumpkin Teardown Pumpkin is this season’s most popular device. That shockingly orange outer shell is pretty iconic. But, as always, we’re more concerned with what’s on the inside of Pumpkin than what’s… October 31, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Legislation Good News! Copyright Law Says Fixing Your Car Isn’t Illegal Anymore! Hoist your wrenches into the air, folks. As of today, October 28, you can now hack, repair, and conduct security research on your own car—or tractor!—without risking jail time for… October 28, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Hacks Don’t Let Pet Hair Destroy Your Vacuum Our dogs have inadvertently demolished multiple vacuums. Not even the top-of-the-line vacuum stood up to these (adorable) beasts and their constant, insidious shedding. Here are a few things I’ve learned… October 26, 2016 by Kelsea Weber - iFixit
How To Apple Is About to Ghost the iPhone 4 — Here’s How to Keep Yours Alive Apple is about to ghost the iPhone 4. According to a report from Japanese site Mac Otakara—on October 31, Apple will likely place all models of the iPhone 4 on… October 24, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Teardowns Today’s Teardown Is a Little … Pixel-ated (XL) Google is steadily continuing down its path of world domination. And now they’re taking on the smartphone market—all by themselves this time! The Pixel and Pixel XL are the first… October 21, 2016 by Julia Bluff
iFixit Embed an iFixit Guide or Teardown on Your Site Hark! The holiday season approaches. For us, that means it’s teardown season. We're warming up our spudgers to tear down all the gadgets and gizmos on your Christmas wish lists.… October 18, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Sony Just Won the Virtual Reality War The 2016 VR battle rages on. Sony just threw their name into the VR gauntlet, debuting their years-in-the-making PlayStation VR. After dominating the hardware landscape for for-ev-er, we’re betting Sony… October 13, 2016 by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit