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PC screenshots: Mac screenshots NOTE: Chrome does this as well on my Mac and has the same version of Chrome installed This...

This guide replaces the original I made when I was 14 (Yes, it’s bad): https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/(Archived)+... I tried...

@kyle Full disclosure: I am changing my 2011 cable even though it still works. I am addressing it before it fails. Along...

This applies to all of the MX500’s as well. None of them list SATA II/I compatibility....

https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-and-MacBook-Pro-Unibody-Plastic-Feet/IF163-052?o=2 The (presumed original) feet...

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Clon... This guide is from when cloning was okay. Now that the old OSes that are clone...

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/3363... This is related to iCloud unlocking (which can’t be done) and is a point for...

When I bought my 2011 MacBook Pro, I knew in advance I’d probably need to replace the 2011 hard drive cable since most...

This change is primarily based on the tools I recommend for this, as my tone has changed - somewhat. When I wrote this...

https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/21/app...-debuts-new-8-core-macbook-pro/ This isn’t going to end well. Should have...

The issue is it generally isn't viable to repair a printer once it breaks - especially an inkjet. The time and part investment tends to outweigh the cost of buying a replacement unless you like it for a specific feature that's been killed (Ex: pre 88/69/68 Epson). Unless it has value like if someone owns a T048 printer, it probably isn't worth repairing since the newer ones have the same feature anyway. Sometimes someone makes them but unlike other device categories it's rare. If you try, you usually find the parts cost too much and unless you want to pull parts out of a donor or buy used parts someone removed, they aren't really available. HP swaps the entire printer out in most cases for cost reasons - Epson probably isn't much better. If you want to see more printer repair guides, lead the way and see if you can get any traction - I pulled all of my ink change guides since nobody wanted to help fix them and I no longer have them for the stated reason in the first paragraph. I've never done it outside of...

https://www.ifixit.com/User/2851916/VARS... 2 of her answers go to the same site, and it looks like a spammer from what I see. I think she may have been mentioned before as someone that may be waiting until they are established. The 3rd hangs my tool I use to check it. (1) https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/2161... (2) https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/3746... (3) https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/3609... (4) https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/2235...

https://www.ifixit.com/Patrol/Wiki/23694... https://www.ifixit.com/User/3125941/Chuy... https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/3717... https://www.ifixit.com/User/2656660/Will... We all know how this will end.

Can we also stop gluing batteries into the machines too, Apple? That would be greatly appreciated.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+inst...-553479 https://www.ifixit.com/User/2938115/Lind... Here we go again with this guide… Hopefully I don't need to retire this permanently without mercy.

They hit a home run with the non Unibody MBP in terms of serviceability - we haven’t seen anything like that since 2012. Maybe we’ll see an rMBP with the old chassis, real ports, a standard NVMe SSD or T2/NVMe configurations and the upgradeability we lost when Apple decided thin was in with the “thin” rMBP.

https://www.ifixit.com/User/2814894/Sofi... https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/4886... https://www.ifixit.com/User/3016277/Davi... https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/4886... You didn’t win this round. Don’t try again.

https://www.ifixit.com/User/2475142/Nguy... https://www.ifixit.com/Patrol/Wiki/22475...

And this is why it was a stupid idea to glue the battery in with 3M VHB tape, effectively. Maybe they'll finally take notes but that's a little optimistic in reality.

What I’ve been forced to do with these system owners is direct them to newer machines without this issue, but old enough to be used pickups at a discount. I’ve done it this way before: (1) 13” - 2011+2012 HD cable or 2012 (2) 15” - 2012 (2011 cannot be trusted) (both panels viable) (3) 17” - high res (1680x1050) 15” with mDP adapter for a high res monitor use (DVI or HDMI) (4) No rMBPs. 17” replacements have no real direct path because the machine was killed in 2012 with the rMBP and those are a non recommendation for me - their only choice is to stockpile legacy drives in a small quantity or move to a high res (1680x1050) 15” 2012. I wish there was a better option for these owners. If you can get one of the old drives, great. The problem is it’s a matter of WHEN you’ll be forced to retire the machine - if you can get another few years with a NOS drive do it but be prepared to replace it when the drives become hard to find. We should tell them to give the machine another chance to live if they can get the...