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When do you think you’ll have 2018/19 Mac Book Pro Touch Bar batteries? 13” - Apple P/N 020-02497 (A1964) (1) 11.41 Vdc...

FYI: Apple warns support teams of iOS 13 Personal Hotspot issues

So Apple has been short changing its AASP’s! OR are they flat feeing all repairs to the higher level? Apple to Provide...

I haven’t read it yet, but the outline reads well! EU Circular Economy Action Plan Here’s the full plan: Circular Economy...

This morning I saw a new Right to Repair advert on CBS it was only 30 sec’s and got me curious. It turns out The...

MacRumors: Apple Launches Repair Program for Blank Screen Issue Affecting Third-Generation iPad Air Here’s the Apple T/N:...

EU proposal would force Apple to make iPhones with user-removable batteries The wording should be changed to serviceable...

MalwareBites just did a report which reviews the current threats Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report...

Many may not realize Cuba still can’t get products from the US, besides most can’t afford them. Talk about ingenuity! They...

Even Gamers Nexus is supportive to the Right to Repair! Hopefully before the summer break!

@jogihara I have a rant! I really try to eat chicken or turkey, red meat is not something I should eat, yet I can only find fatty hamburger meat or expensive cuts of beef. Ham or cut meats are too salty besides often too fatty. Vegetarian fake meats just don’t taste that good. I would rather eat smoked tofu but that gets boring! Living on beans has its risks too! Unless I can open the windows ;-}

Hi @sarahw Looks like we have a spammer in the News feeds! I can’t delete them. https://www.ifixit.com/News/36324/5-fixes-to-keep-you-sane-when-youre-working-from-home https://www.ifixit.com/News/36354/help-us-crowdsource-repair-information-for-hospital-equipment https://www.ifixit.com/News/36437/chip-gets-real-board-repair-school-part-2 Here’s the user: 3409797 Update: Same bozo another user account! https://www.ifixit.com/News/36354/help-us-crowdsource-repair-information-for-hospital-equipment Here’s the user: 3409800

@kyle - I'm a bit concerned on ramification of a user replaceable battery Vs serviceable battery. Using snap-on back covers don't offer any real waterproofing. So we don't stop adding to the junk pile prematurely with liquid damaged devices. Glue & Goop for waterproof seals should not be used, screws and proper compression seals is whats needed here. The other factor is the battery its self, having drop-in batteries also means the battery will need a hard case and the interface connector then becomes a weak area as compression spring type of contacts then would be needed Vs the current ribbon and press-fit with bracket which is more reliable. While the standard is important! The ease of gaining entry needs to be metered with the risks of loosing waterproofness and balancing out the ease of entry and replacement of the battery. The word serviceable is whats important here not ''user. The mind set is my worry, for both the consumer and the maker. I don't think people want bigger phones and I'm sure the phone...

Ouch! Sounds like the firmware was in the middle of being updated and in the process the S/N got messed up as the system was forced to shutdown causing an incomplete write operation. I haven’t done any of the newer retina series or anything OS-X newer than Mountain Lion which is the last version that you could poke the value in via hex. This required taking the EFI chip out and using a EEROM burner export the file image, then edit it and then reload back into the chip. Apple made a lot of changes in the newer firmware releases I don’t think you can alter now as it has a serpentine key so any alteration invalidates it. This also prevents any firmware update as well (locked in the this bad state). Apple would be the only ones who could fix this, but as we know they don’t do any logic board repairs at the depots only full replacements.

@jeffsu - This is great! Very helpful on repeated queries! I would add one element at the bottom of the page ‘Did this answer all of your concerns?’ A button then opens a fresh question based on the troubleshooting page so its traceable to it. But not held with it like we do within ‘Answers’ it’s held in Answers (treating it more like how we spin off questions from the device listing. So why do this? First it doesn’t clutter up the Troubleshooting page with follow up stuff of a problem. I would still allow people to comment on a step if the step is confusing. Then edit the troubleshooting step if needed with the additional info. If the spun-off concerns are common then we need to improve the troubleshooting page. In some cases there is a fork in the road! While not common we have some cases where depending on the given diagnostic test might require a different path to fix. It’s also possible the person jumped over a given troubleshooting page/s and needs to be pushed back to the previous page. You want to...

@captainsnowball - FYI: if you are using a Mac with Safari you can still see it! Click on the left icon in the URL menu to engage Reader mode Voilà

@sarahw Heres one that just can’t offer positive or useful input 3309162

Wow! Proud dad & grand pa. Taos NM such a beautiful area. On your visits Mayer have you gone to the hot springs in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains? Soaking really helps the joints ;-}

@sarahw - This guy is looking for a computer surrogate to bear his CPU siblings! 3281056

@sarahw - Deepak needs some motivation to move on! 3230970 I can’t find all of his noise