How Apple Used to Design Its Laptops for Repairability

Apple’s MacBooks haven’t always been monolithic, barely repairable slabs of aluminum, glass, and glue. They used to be almost delightful in their repairable features, from their batteries to their Wi-Fi…

3D Printing Spare Parts Is Cool But Not A Silver Bullet

Last year my Baratza coffee grinder broke, and I was left to slum it with my ceramic-burr hand grinder with a bearing-mounted crank. It took a few days until a…

Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability

There are “repairable” laptops, and then there are ThinkPad T-series laptops: the ones corporate IT buys by the pallet, images by the thousands, and expects to survive years of all-day…

Buyer Beware Sony’s XM6 Might Be Your Next $330 Paperweight

The Amazing Utility of MagSafe Magnets

Apple’s MagSafe tech might not be particularly efficient at charging your iPhone, but those batteries are A+ hacking project gold. Thanks to Apple, there’s a standard for circular magnets and…

If You Can’t Find the Fix, You Can’t Fix the Thing

At the Repair Café where I volunteer, I welcome people and their devices while they wait for a technician. Sometimes, I’ll quickly look something up on iFixit and show them…

Prusa vs. Competitors: Repairability and Upgrade Paths

Apple AirPods and Malicious Compliance

Apple’s AirPods are the perfect distillation of how Apple uses lock-in to simultaneously enable great products, and to prevent anybody else from doing the same. They also exemplify Apple’s antipathy…

Apple Tried To Tamper Proof AirTag 2 Speakers – I Broke It

Educational Repair Kits for Kids! Team Repair Is Partnering with iFixit

Note 1/29/2026: These sold out almost immediately when they first launched in October, but they’re back in stock today! Grab one before they sell out again, or if you miss…

Tools Are Infrastructure

Have I now found the only corporate booth at the entire congress? The question came from a visitor as she drifted over to our table—curious, not accusatory. It’s a reasonable…

“Worst in Show” Returns at CES 2026, Calling Out Gadgets That Make Things Worse

Repair.org, the repair industry trade association, announced the 2026 Worst in Show awards today, annual anti-awards that spotlight the most harmful, invasive, wasteful, and unfixable tech on display at CES. …

Become a Master of Microsoldering and Board Repair with iFixit and The Repair Academy in Chattanooga!

UPDATE (originally published April 29, 2025): Our April and July 2025 sessions both sold out! Join us for the next session March 2-14, 2026. Are you ready to elevate your…

Galaxy XR Teardown: Is This the $1800 Vision Pro Killer?

Apple’s Vision Pro is the kind of gadget you demo at a party, then put back in its case like it belongs in a climate-controlled museum. Samsung’s Galaxy XR is…

RedMagic 11 Pro: A Heat-Dumping Franken-Phone Teardown

The iFixit App Is Here

We’ve got big news: Today, you can download the iFixit app from the App Store and Google Play Store. All the repair guides you know and love, streamlined for mobile.…

Introducing FixBot: We Built an AI That Actually Knows How to Fix Things

Moving my family across the country towing our trusty ‘92 ski boat, I hit a patch of ice in Kansas and slid our trailer into a snowbank. A wonderful local…

If You Must Buy Gifts, Give the Gift of Repair: Black Friday 2026

Environmentally speaking, the best gift to give this holiday season is no gift. But lest you end up branded as a cheapskate grinch, the next best gift is the gift…

Okay, So Apple’s Using 3D Printing in the iPhone Air. But How?

We take another look at the iPhone Air and try to figure out how Apple 3D printed the USB-C port.

Pixel Buds 2a Teardown: Great Case. Now Do the Buds

If you bought a pair of earbuds in the last year, congratulations. You own one of the billion or so pairs that flew off the shelves worldwide, all of which…

We Tore Down the iPad Pro M5… and Found a Repair Paradox