Apple Hamstrings Audio Software for Everything But AirPods

When it comes to repair, we hate AirPods. They’ve scored 0 out of 10 every time we’ve taken them apart. To get inside, you have to cut open the plastic…

Apple Wants You to Follow a Crazy Procedure for Battery Replacement on the M5 MacBook Pro

Apple’s new M5-equipped MacBook Pro looks, feels, and performs almost exactly like last year’s model. Blink and you might miss the upgrade. Blink and you might also miss the very…

Together for a Repairable Autumn

This autumn, we packed up our toolkits and hit the road — from the UK to Italy, from Germany to the Netherlands — meeting repair enthusiasts, tinkerers, and everyday fixers…

Windows 10 Is Dead. Your PC Doesn’t Have To Be

As autumn sweeps in, we’re excited to see International Repair Day just around the corner. It’s a good time to review this year’s repair harvest. The EU’s new rules on…

How We Built a 100-Watt Soldering Iron During Supply Chain Hell

Last year, we released our first-ever electronic tool, the FixHub Portable Soldering Iron, and we’ve been honored to see that the tech community has shared our excitement about it.  If…

The Pixel Watch 4 Is the Most Repairable Smartwatch on the Market

Hot news from the teardown table: The most repairable smartwatch on the market isn’t from Fairphone or Framework. It’s from Google. The Pixel Watch 4 looks nearly identical to last…

There’s Groundbreaking Waveguide Tech Inside Meta’s $800 AR Glasses But Don’t Count on Fixing Them

If wearables are going to replace our phones, they need to age as gracefully as our favorite pair of glasses. Replaceable batteries when they fade, swappable nose pads when they…

Switch 2 Pro Controller: Built to Break? Full Teardown

AirPods Pro 3 Teardown: Still a Tragedy

AirPods were a major star of Apple’s product rollout this year, with fun new live translation features and heart rate monitoring. So we had to dig into the AirPods Pro…

The Science Behind Scratchgate and What It Means for Repairing the iPhone 17 Pro

The anodized aluminum finish on the brand new iPhone 17 Pro is gorgeous, right up until it meets your keys or a stray coin bouncing around in your pocket. And…

Apple’s Thinnest iPhone Still Stands Up to Repairs

To be honest, we were holding our breath for the iPhone Air. Thinner usually means flimsier, harder to fix, and more glued-down parts. But the iPhone Air proves otherwise. Apple…

Two Years After the FineWoven Fiasco, Is TechWoven Better?

When I smushed a greasy thumb into Apple’s FineWoven case two years ago, I thought that was the last time I’d need to deal with a tech-textile case. I was…

About That iPhone Air Battery…

Apple’s new iPhone Air is full of compromises, but surprisingly for such a thin device, the battery isn’t quite as bad as we’d feared. This could be down to a…

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

UPDATE (originally published April 29, 2025): The July 2025 session sold out and was a success! You can join us for the second session on October 13-25, 2025. Are you…

Oakley x Meta HSTN Smartglasses Teardown: Cool Shades, Tough Fix

What do you get when Oakley teams up with Meta? A $500 pair of smartglasses that can record 3K video, call on AI, and look right at home on a…

The Words That Fix the World: Meet Our 2025 Translation Challenge Winners

From June 9 to July 31, 82 incredible community members joined forces to make repair more accessible around the world. Across seven languages—French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Italian, English, and Dutch—these…

Repair Nightmare or Transparent Triumph? Nothing Phone 3 Teardown

How to Check Your Laptop’s Battery Health

Originally published July 17, 2019, updated for August 2025. Thank you to the community members providing suggestions and comments! No battery lasts forever. If you’ve had your laptop for a…

Ask iFixit: What Should I Upgrade First on My Old MacBook Pro?

Buying a used computer and upgrading it can get you most of the power you need at a fraction of the price (and environmental cost) of a new machine. But…

Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks

Remember back in 2023 when hackers exposed (and fixed) malicious anti-repair software in Polish trains? Well, it turns out that the manufacturer, Newag, is at it again.  Just last month,…

Are These Multi-Billion Dollar Companies Ripping Off iFixit?

Companies copying other companies is nothing new. Sometimes it’s trivial, like when Dell copied Apple’s terrible naming scheme. Sometimes it’s annoying, like when Huawei decided it was a great idea…