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How-to guides, either detailing step-by-step instructions for a project or rounding up existing iFixit guides into a “X things you can do with your Y” type post.

Repair Guides

Repairs to Start Off Your School Year

Summer vacation is nearly over! Textbooks, existential angst, and student loans loom on the horizon. What's a student to do? In our opinion, the best way to prepare for the…

August 27, 2015

by Ron Davis

Skills

Everything You Wanted to Know About Microsoldering

The box arrived at our office early one morning—non-descript, heavy, and unmarked. Its very ordinariness obscuring the splendor of its contents. iFixit is in the business of tools and teardowns,…

August 24, 2015

by Julia Bluff

Repair Guides

The Game Is On: Repairs to Get You Gaming Again

Summer is here, and the good ol’ summer sun is in full force in our part of the country. As the temperature rises, a cool, crisp game of Tetris or…

July 13, 2015

by Ron Davis

How Tech Works

How’s That Newfangled Force Touch Trackpad Work?

Our teardown engineer, the auspicious Andrew Goldberg, sits down with Gwendolyn Gay, host of iFixit's YouTube channel, to explain the mysterious inner workings of the Force Touch trackpad. Check out…

March 13, 2015

by Julia Bluff

Repair Guides

No-Brainer Repairs for No Brainer Day

Today, my friends, is a holiday. A holiday for you. A holiday for me. A holiday for people who need to take a little mental breather. Today is No Brainer…

February 27, 2015

by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit

Repair Guides

How Do I Fix My Drone?

To get started, we invited our friend David Hoyt—Cal Poly Computer Engineering graduate and our local drone expert—to kick-start our Drone Repair section. David has built heavy lift octocopters to…

February 25, 2015

by Andrew Goldheart

Repair Guides

Repair Guides for Winter: Don’t Get Stiffed by Your Broken Stuff

Baby, it’s cold outside! Well, not for us. We live in California, where it’s a currently hovering at a balmy 60 degrees. But, for the rest of the country, winter…

January 12, 2015

by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit

How Tech Works

The Skinny on Thermal Paste

We recently set out on a journey to shed some light on basic repair skills with a series of videos on iFixit’s Youtube channel. Our first video centered on stripped…

December 4, 2014

by Gwendolyn Gay

Skills

10 Subreddits Every Fixer Should Know

Here at the iFixit offices, most of us Reddit… hard. And while the “front page of the internet” is great for aww-some animal gifs, it can be a good resource…

February 11, 2014

by Julia Bluff

How To

5 Easy Repairs to Keep Your Repair Resolution

This year, the iFixit team has launched the repair pledge. Thousands across the globe have already taken the pledge. They've committed to foster repair education, combat throw away culture, and…

January 2, 2014

by Cait Emma Smith