IFixit: Self Repair Program makes M1 MacBooks less repairable

Re:IFixit: Self Repair Program makes M1 MacBooks less repair... by wiredfool on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @01:45PM (#32583039)

I replaced the keyboard on a unibody era MBP. (2011 ish, the one with the dvd drive that needed to have the hard drive cable replaced every few years because it would wear at a corner and short against the case).

It had 50+ absolutely tiny screws, requiring a 000 Phillips head, probably about the size of the little ones in iPhone 6s, but all about 2mm long.

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Re:IFixit: Self Repair Program makes M1 MacBooks less repair... by ectocardia on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @02:31PM (#32583775)

I, too, suffered through this ordeal in the name of self-repair. The worst of it was having to, every now and then, file a slot into a tiny screw I'd stripped (#%!*) so I could continue with a flathead screwdriver.

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Re:IFixit: Self Repair Program makes M1 MacBooks less repair... by wiredfool on Thursday August 25, 2022 @07:10AM (#32592129)

Genuine Wiha phillips head screwdrivers are magic at not stripping screws. So much so that many cheap no-name sets will imitate the red knob and dark grey finish to piggyback on that.

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