Microsoft Is Embracing Right to Repair

Microsoft had a chance to be different. When the software giant launched its own Surface computing devices in 2012, it wasn’t weighed down by other brands’ legacies. The biggest name in PC software might have signaled the future of PC hardware—and i…

Nintendo Switch OLED Teardown: More Than Screen Deep

Don’t let the name fool you—the Nintendo Switch OLED is more than a new display. There’s a new kickstand, sure, but also a new cooling design and redesigned boards—these changes are more than screen-deep. If you’re having trouble getting your hands …

iPhone 13 and iPhone mini Teardown Wallpapers

 Are you crushed that we didn’t tear down the iPhone 13 vanilla or mini? Or just wanna deck your new phone out with the objectively coolest wallpapers around? Read on! Turns out these phones aren’t too different from the Pro, so read (or watch) our …

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Why Playing Cards Are Such a Weirdly Useful Repair Tool

Playing cards are inherently versatile. With 52 cards, in four suits and two colors, you can play an almost infinite number of games. You can toss them into a hat, or, with practice, a watermelon. They can serve as a highly metaphorical dwelling, a …

Five Things You Need to Know About the iPhone 13 Pro

New Guide: Samsung Galaxy Buds Live Battery Replacement

iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max Teardown Wallpapers

This year’s iPhone internals look so good they are begging to be wallpapers. While the outsides of the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max may not look much different than their predecessors we had plenty to say about the internals. The greatest hits include:…

iPhone 13 Pro Teardown: Part One

Galaxy Buds2 Teardown: Great Buds with One Big Flaw

This text is based on a script for our Galaxy Buds2 teardown video. It may not perfectly reflect the dialogue in the finished video. In this video we tear down Samsung’s latest wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds2. Samsung has a pretty good track reco…

New Guides: iPad Air 3

At Australian Repair Summit, iFixit Advocates for Universal Right to Repair

Right to Repair is taking off in Australia. In June, the nation passed a national motor vehicle Right to Repair law that will require car manufacturers to share repair information with independent repair shops. In July, it hosted the first-ever Aust…

What It’s Like to Fix: Linotype, Intertype, and Other Old Presses

This is What It’s Like to Fix, an occasional series detailing the different kinds of work, and people, needed to fix the world. When I started work as a newspaper reporter in 2002, my editor told me about a near-mythical crew who worked in the build…

The Oil Test That Tells You If Your Car Is Slowly Killing Itself

Like the blood circulating in your veins, the motor oil in your car can tell you a lot about your engine’s condition. Which is why I took a moment during my latest oil change to grab a blood sample from my 2007 Pontiac Vibe. Inside that sample are t…

Galaxy Z Flip & Fold 3: Small Changes Make a Big Difference

This text is based on a shooting script for our video teardown of Samsung’s Z-Flip and Z-Fold 3. It may not precisely match the dialogue in the full video. This is Samsung’s third year making smartphones that fold, and like always, they’re making so…

WSJ Illustrates Need for Right to Repair with Two Busted MacBooks

Joanna Stern at the Wall Street Journal used to have two water-damaged MacBooks, a Pro and an Air. After checking with a few repair shops, she now has a working Pro, a busted Air, and two great illustrations of what the Right to Repair fight is all …

The Playdate Teardown: A Look Inside This Retro Gaming Handheld

This text is based on a shooting script for our Playdate teardown. It may not precisely match the dialogue in the full video. Check out our full web teardown for more details on what’s inside the Playdate. This is the Playdate. It doesn’t 5G. It doe…

How to Get Updates on Your End-of-Life Chromebook

Note (Aug. 2021): Since this post was first published (July 2019), we’ve learned that CloudReady (now owned by Google) can be difficult to get working on newer (2018 and later) Chrome devices. CloudReady may not support the devices’ audio, Bluetooth…

5 Things You Should Know About Fixing: Samsung Phones

Note: The transcript below comes from a shooting script; it may not perfectly represent the dialog in the finished video. If you’re thinking about repairing your own Samsung phone, we want to do anything we can to help you. But before you begin, you…

Don’t Upgrade Your Phone (Yet!)

This transcript comes from a pre-written script; it may not perfectly represent the finished video. In the next few months pretty much every company is going to be releasing new phones; and they’ll be bragging about all the amazing new features thes…

The Coming Battle Over Hacking Your Own Car

I’m ambivalent about my car, a 2013 Ford C-Max. Ford feels the same, discontinuing the model five years after launch. But when my wife and I bought it, the hybrid crossover seemed modern, even cutting-edge. It had Bluetooth phone pairing, a touchscr…