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Repasting a MacBook

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259 points speckx | 3 comments | 11 Jul 25 12:53 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gdbsjjdn ◴[11 Jul 25 16:41 UTC] No.44534247[source]▶
I love "the process was quite friendly" coupled with "two of the connectors broke when I looked at them and one costs hundreds of dollars to replace".
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diggan ◴[11 Jul 25 16:59 UTC] No.44534503[source]▶
To be fair, compared to the typical Apple experience of modifying stuff, that is quite friendly.

Although author seems to have broken the TouchID sensor and button in the process, which is less neat and maybe not so friendly even for Apple.

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pier25 ◴[11 Jul 25 17:05 UTC] No.44534578[source]▶
> that is quite friendly

Maybe if you're referring to iPhones and iPads.

The Intel Macbooks were always super easy to open for cleanup or replacing parts. I did it for years and never broke anything.

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diggan ◴[11 Jul 25 17:08 UTC] No.44534627[source]▶
> Maybe if you're referring to iPhones and iPads.

Or the new laptops ;) They're no longer Intel Macbooks, and compared to laptops from other brands, the new Apple hardware seems way harder (although I'd confess to not having the experience of picking any of the M* models apart personally). https://www.ifixit.com/repairability/laptop-repairability-sc...

Didn't the latest iPhones have some sort of "repairability" push or something? Don't remember exactly, but seems to have given me the idea that Apple is moving towards making it easier to repair the iPhones specifically.

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1. fckgw ◴[11 Jul 25 19:03 UTC] No.44535808[source]▶
Yes, they moved all their batteries away from glued adhesives to "Command Strips" pull-tab style adhesive pads. Same pads have been on the laptops for a bit as well. The latest iPhone also rotated the guts to where the battery is easier to get to and does not require removal of the logic board.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/100693/more-modular-than-ever-be...

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2. sokoloff ◴[11 Jul 25 19:46 UTC] No.44536173[source]▶
I’m something like 3 for 20 lifetime in getting those CommandStrip style adhesives to release completely, no matter how many videos I watch for technique.
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3. 05 ◴[11 Jul 25 19:56 UTC] No.44536261[source]▶
Yeah at this point I don't even bother, just heat up the phone with a hair dryer until it's hot to touch and then rip out the battery, never got one out in anything else but a horribly bent condition. Pro tip: discharge the device to 0% before, so that if it's accidentally pierced during that delicate process it won't set everything on fire. If I ever need to do the same thing with a laptop, I'll try to get my hands on a barrel of sand just in case..