How To Everything You Need to Know About DFU Mode for iOS Devices This post was originally published May 2020; it was updated in June 2025. The DFU Mode in iPhones and iPads is an emergency tool that’s not designed for most people to… May 18, 2020 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Video Surface Go 2 Teardown – A New Hope for Repairable Surface Tablets? May 14, 2020 by Jairo Valencia - iFixit
How To Ask iFixit: I Spilled Liquid on My Laptop—Now What? This post was originally published May 2020; it was updated in August 2024. Coffee, shakes, water, beer—none of them are good for your laptop. But there is something worse: the way… May 14, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
Tech News It’s Not Their Fault, Just Their Turn: Apple Adds Five 2013 & 2014 MacBooks to Vintage List It may not feel like time is passing, or that anything is on schedule. But Apple is ready to move forward. As it does every year, the hardware maker just… May 12, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
Fixers The Importance of Repair and Maintenance for Mental Wellbeing Repair and maintenance aren’t just a great way to save money and lessen your environmental impact. Just the act of fixing things up, however big or small a project, may… May 12, 2020 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Tech News Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Apple for MacBook Pro Flexgate Issue A class action lawsuit filed in Northern California federal court alleges that Apple knowingly sold MacBook Pros that contained display cables destined to fail, in what we and others termed… May 8, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
Fixers Fixing a Switch Headphone Jack to Keep His Son Connected – A Repair Story Carlos’ 10-year-old son Charlie tripped on his headphone cable back in early March, when “things were just starting to unravel,” Carlos said. The sudden force damaged the headphone jack on… May 8, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
Teardowns Dang, The iPad Pro Magic Keyboard Looks Cool in X-Rays We enjoy the luxury of being friends with, and being near, the X-ray geniuses at Creative Electron. Like us, there are very few things they don’t want to X-ray. These… May 7, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
Teardowns Samsung Galaxy A51 Teardown: Strong Value, Strong Glue May 6, 2020 by Dorothea Kessler - iFixit