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MacBook Air 13" Mid 2011 Teardown

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The cable being disconnected in the first picture is the new keyboard backlight ribbon cable.

The backlit keyboard is a returning feature to the Air lineup. It had been removed in the previous-generation model.

After disconnecting all the cables we could find, we moved on to the T5 Torx screws holding down the logic board.

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