Jeff Suovanen

Usually with a part like this, the replacement comes with adhesive pre-applied—just peel off the liner and stick it in place. If you’re re-using the old microphone, you might be able to get away with heating it up a little using a heat gun or hair dryer to soften the old adhesive, and then stick it down. Failing that, I’d add a little B7000 adhesive.

Unfortunately, no—Apple has made that impossible.

I’d love for this to be true, but I’ve searched very thoroughly and I don’t see it. Checked the Surface Pro 4 and SP6 as well. AFAIK there’s no way to disconnect the battery. Just wasn’t designed to be serviced at all.

Either a problem with the installation, or a faulty battery. This has been discussed in our forum—Replaced battery now I cannot log in—and Google will certainly turn up more. If you need a replacement battery, the customer service team will fix you up as soon as they can. Good luck!

Replacement buttons won’t work, sorry. Keep the original button and carefully transfer it to your new screen, as explained in the guide.

Safer to stick with alcohol as recommended in the guide—a lot of adhesive removers can leave oils behind, which prevents the new adhesive from bonding properly. Weeks or months later, the whole screen falls out. If the adhesive is really stubborn and you must use something like Goo Gone, wipe it down thoroughly with alcohol afterward.

There’s an extensive step-by-step guide for the gasket linked in step 23. Replacing the gasket is optional and a lot of people skip it on purpose.

Glad yours was easy! The strength of the adhesive can vary a lot depending on age, heat cycles, how much was applied at the factory, etc. I’ve seen a few that were easy and quite a few that were absolute monsters to remove. Most fall somewhere in between. This guide should have you covered in all cases, but it probably doesn’t hurt to poke and pry a little before you start, in case you lucked out and got an easy one. Just be very careful not to puncture the battery. Thanks for your comment!

Line up the screw holes and press on the bracket from the back to help the screws grab. If your fingers are too big, press with the flat side of your spudger. As long as there’s no gap between the bracket and the iMac’s frame, the screws should grab easily.

As with most guides on iFixit, reassembly tips are included on the applicable step where appropriate.