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Code & Clarity

@advay254.bsky.social

14 minutes ago

Big News: The New MacBook Neo is Actually FIXABLE! - SAT, 14 MAR 2026 Hot off the press: The new MacBook Neo isn't just Apple's cheapest la...

Big News: The New MacBook Neo is Actually FIXABLE! - SAT, 14 MAR 2026

Hot off the press: The new MacBook Neo isn't just Apple's cheapest la...

code-n-clarity.blogspot.com/2026/03/big-news-new-mac...

#MacBookNeo #Apple #Repairability #TechNews #iFixit

Pure Tech

@puretech.news

10 hours ago

The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit | TechCrunch Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook — it’s also the company's most repairable laptop in “about fourteen years."

The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit #Technology #Hardware #Reviews #MacBookNeo #RepairableTech #iFixit

techcrunch.com/2026/03/14/the-macbook-n...

Felix DF3LX

@df3lx.social.darc.de.ap.brid.gy

11 hours ago

TIL:
#iFixit Inc. ist eine Tochtergesellschaft von #Apple Inc.[1, 2]

1] [nexis.lexisnexis.com/companyprofile/dXJuOmVud...

2] [https://fortune.com/2014/04/01/apple-buys-ifixit/

@kobonemi.bsky.social

22 hours ago

MacBook Neo、過去14年間で最も修理しやすいMacBookに：iFixit - こぼねみ 修理専門サイトiFixitがMacBook Neoの分解レポートを公開しています。 MacBook Neoは非常に修理しやすく、「過去14年間で最も修理しやすいMacBook」と高評価をしています。 MacBook Neo: iFixit

MacBook Neo、過去14年間で最も修理しやすいMacBookに：iFixit - こぼねみ www.kobonemi.com/entry/2026/0... #MacBookNeo #分解レポート #iFixit

Melamorsicata.it

@melanews.bsky.social

1 day ago

Close-up of the internal components of a MacBook Neo, showing the battery and logic board.

iFixit ha smontato il MacBook Neo, trovando la batteria più accessibile da oltre un decennio. Non servono adesivi, ma 18 viti per rimuoverla.

#ifixit #macbookneo
kiro.it/HDSLD

Burak Gürsoy

@burak.gursoy.social.ap.brid.gy

4 days ago

Apple AirPods and Malicious Compliance Apple’s AirPods are the perfect distillation of how Apple uses lock-in to simultaneously enable great products, and to prevent anybody else from doing the same. They also exemplify Apple’s antipathy towards the right to repair: AirPods are just plain disposable tech, a $250 gadget that lasts a few years before you have to toss them and replace them. ### **Apple Hates The DMA** The 2022 Digital Markets Act is a set of European laws designed to prevent Big Tech companies from abusing their dominance to stifle competition, and to stop them from locking users in, and competitors out, or their platforms. Apple hates the DMA so much that it put out a whining press release that attempts to show the consumer-friendly laws as unfair, and anti-innovation. Mostly the arguments come down to “You can only trust us.” ### **Lost in Translation** For example, Apple delayed the new AirPods Live Translation feature in the EU. This lets users chat with speakers of other languages, with the iPhone listening, translating, and speaking to both parties. It’s magic, sci-fi level tech, and Apple says that the whole conversation is processed on-device to ensure privacy (the alternative would be sending the recorded conversation to Apple’s or a third-party’s servers for translation). So why was this feature withheld from EU countries? According to Apple, it’s because the DMA says that it has to make features like this available to other developers, and Apple doesn’t trust any of them. “We designed Live Translation so that our users’ conversations stay private,” says Apple, “and our teams are doing additional engineering work to make sure they won’t be exposed to other companies or developers either.” Even if we agree that you can only trust Apple (in which case, why does Apple even let banking apps, medical apps, or location-based software like map apps into the App Store?), then this doesn’t explain why you can’t use Live Translation with any other headphones. It’s just audio going through headphones, and headphone mics, after all. Google just released an update to Google Translate which brings live speech translation to any headphones. Which brings us to another locked AirPods feature: reading out your messages. The Siri voice can read out messages and alerts from pretty much any app on your iPhone, but only if you’re using AirPods, or Apple-owned Beats headphones that contain Apple’s H-series chip. Why? Who knows? This time it’s a worldwide restriction, not only in the EU. Why can’t the audio be sent out to any connected headphones, either via wire or Bluetooth? ### **Repair** The AirPods repair story is less of a story and more of a long joke. They’re just not user-repairable—at all—and there’s no better evidence of this than Apple’s complete lack of repair materials and documentation. New York state senate bill S1320 “requires original equipment manufacturers to provide diagnostic and repair information” for their wares. Apple’s self-service repair website offers no AirPod parts, manuals, or schematics (the site does have manuals for “iPhone, iPad, Mac laptop, Mac desktop, Apple display or Beats”). Good luck repairing these. Likewise, the AirPods documentation pages contain no user manuals—just a quick start guide, regulatory compliance information, and info (AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3). But here’s the twist: Apparently the AirPods can be repaired, at least by Apple. Apple lists “battery service” on its service pages: “We can replace your AirPods battery for a service fee.” But wait, there’s a counter-twist worthy of M. Night Shyamalan. Apple probably isn’t even replacing the batteries itself. It’s probably just sending you a new unit, which means that the entirety of the electronics and housing are destined for the shredder. It doesn’t need to be this way. FairPhone’s FairBuds are just as tiny as the AirPods, but they manage to get a 10/10 repairability score from iFixit, in part thanks to their easily-replaceable batteries. Apple could manage this too, if it wanted to. AirPods are the products that rely most on Apple’s lock-in practices. They only work properly with Apple devices, and many iPhone features only work with AirPods. At the same time they make these devices impossible to repair, so you can’t even replace a battery yourself.

MOAR #Apple bashing from #iFixit, but there is a catch: the competition is doing the exact same thing.

OTOH: Their Pencil is their lamest product IMO.

www.ifixit.com/News/115572/apple-airpod...

iFixit

@ifixit.com

4 days ago

Side-by-side comparison graphic of the iPhone 16e and iPhone 17e specifications. Both list a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display, 48 MP rear camera, 12 MP front camera, and up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 26 hours of video playback. The iPhone 16e uses an A18 chip and weighs 167 g, while the iPhone 17e uses an A19 chip, weighs 169 g, and adds MagSafe support.

The iPhone 17e drops tomorrow. Here’s a quick look at how it stacks up against the 16e on paper. Not a lot has changed, but we’ll know more once we open it up. What do you want to see most in our teardown?
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#iFixit #RightoRepair

Steph

@tokidokiretro.bsky.social

1 week ago

Im holding a Tamagotchi named Chocolate and its color is dark brown with light pink stripes and red and pink hearts. Looks like a piece of chocolate. 😂

Holding the Tamagotchi Chocolate next to an IFIXIT toolkit.

Bought this Tamagotchi Chocolate recently and it needed a new battery. If you are a tinkerer of electronics definitely treat yourself to an IFIXIT tech toolkit. I’ve had it for over 5 years now and love it. So happy to have this tama in my collection. ❤️🍫🩷 #tamagotchi #ifixit #virtualpet #tinkerer

LAOMUSIC ARTS

@laomusicarts.bsky.social

1 week ago

LAOMUSIC ARTS 2026
presents

Please, help others.

Check it out:

www.ifixit.com/Guide/laos+M...

#lao #music #arts #laomusic #laomusicarts #laomusicArts #ifixit

iFixit

@ifixit.com

2 weeks ago

Before the Switch 2, before online battles, there was this brick. We cracked open an OG Game Boy and gave the internals the glow-up they deserve. Old hardware. New life.
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

The Fru Fru Brigade~ #FireAaron

@fru-fru-brigade.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

We're trying to get a Switch battery replacement kit for a friend, and they're $20 cheaper on Amazon as compared to #iFixIt, but we don't know if that's because they're lower-quality or less trustworthy or something. Anyone know? #SwitchRepair

iFixit

@ifixit.com

2 weeks ago

Ever wonder what your Switch 2 actually looks like on the inside? We cracked it open in our full teardown to find out just how repairable it is!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvD1...
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld #Switch2

MacFixer

@macfixerboston.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

The ridiculous process of replacing a fan in an #Apple 2019 #MacBookPro. Yes, you have to remove the #LogicBoard to do it. And no, theres no reason to require that. They cover that fan's screw holes just to make it harder to fix. VERY annoying Apple! #ifixit #righttorepair #fix #fixit

iFixit

@ifixit.com

3 weeks ago

Obsolete? Not these printers! The Prusa MK2 is nine years old, but you can still upgrade it through three generations of printers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ax...
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

Sebastian Müller

@sbamueller.com

1 month ago

Während #gaskathi den Batterie Ausbau behindert, habe ich im #FreiLAB, gefilmt von #BadenTV das Akku von meinem schon 10 Jahre alten #Vorwerk Kobold VR200 Staubsauger Roboter getauscht. Danke #iFixit. #righttorepair #freiewerkstatt #maker #diy

iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 month ago

A close-up of a white wireless earbud clamped in a small vise, with its internal components exposed while a pair of tweezers grips a tiny part at the top against a white background.

Two open hands holding the fully disassembled internal parts of a pair of white wireless earbuds, including plastic shell fragments, tiny circuit boards, wiring, and speaker components spread across the palms against a white background.

Apple says it supports competition, privacy, and repair. AirPods say “not for you.” From EU feature lockouts to batteries you can’t replace, we unpack Apple’s most disposable design at the link below.

www.ifixit.com/News/115572/...
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

Ian Leyland

@baldisbeautiful.bsky.social

1 month ago

Just had a memory pop up on my FB feed re when I replaced battery in my 2013 MacBook. The Apple one only lasted barely 5y #iFixit one is still going strong 6y later. Love their selection of kits/vids on fixing your own Mac. #Applemac #Macbook #retina www.ifixit.com

iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 month ago

We broke the 'tamper-proof' AirTag 2 speakers

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLK6...
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

techUpdate.io

@techupdate.io

1 month ago

AirTag 2 im Teardown: Apples neuer Tracker ist ein technisches Schwergewicht

AirTag 2 im Teardown: Apples neuer Tracker ist ein technisches Schwergewicht

techupdate.io/apple/airtag-2-im-teardo...

#apple #technews #hardware #airtag2 #teardown #ifixit

iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 month ago

"The qualities and capabilities of the IBM PC helped spawn the cloned PC industry.
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld"

iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 month ago

The IBM PC’s open-architecture design didn’t just make repairs easy—it set the standard for every PC that followed. Its modular layout laid the groundwork for the motherboard form factors and expansion slots we still use today.
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 month ago

If you buy it, you should have the right to fix it!

www.repair.org
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

lgsp

@lgsp.social.tchncs.de.ap.brid.gy

1 month ago

Shout-out @iFixit for their wonderful #pixel6a battery replacement kit and instructions.

My wife's phone was one of those that google throttled down because of problematic batteries.

I bought the kit from #ifixit, and, following their step by step instructions, I was able to open the phone […]

iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 month ago

The Open-Source Blender Big Brands Don’t Want

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgcq...
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 month ago

The IMSAI 8080 was one of the first microcomputers, but what could you do with it? In its base configuration—not a lot! But a huge industry of S-100 card makers let you connect this computer to printers, color TVs, even a digital camera!
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

iFixit

@ifixit.com

1 month ago

The Intel 8080 processor finally combined enough core computing functions onto a single chip to allow for significant reduction in computer size, kicking off the race for the personal computer.
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

iFixit

@ifixit.com

2 months ago

When IMS Associates, Inc., couldn't get their hands on an Altair 8800, they decided to make their own! How's that possible? Key technology like the S-100 bus were easy to replicate, leading to a slew of clones, like the IMSAI 8080.
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

polster.bsky.social

@polster.bsky.social

2 months ago

Repareren? Als je kans hebt em af te gooien wil ik best er even naar kijken. "Repair, don't replace!" #iFixIt

iFixit

@ifixit.com

2 months ago

The Lollipop Star wins the CES Worst in Show award for Environmental Impact! Watch the full awards video on YouTube!

Full Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxZg...
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld #ces