Exclusive Nikon Is Killing Its Authorized Repair Program Nikon is ending its authorized repair program in early 2020, likely leaving more than a dozen repair shops without access to official parts and tools, and cutting the number of… December 9, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Fixers Jalopnik’s David Tracy: What’s In Your Toolbox? This is What’s In Your Toolbox?, an occasional post series where we showcase tools and tips from our favorite fixers. Have you ever loved an object that does nothing but… December 5, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Fixers Small Toolkits Come Packed with Big Possibilities When I was a kid, homemade gifts were all the rage. I’d spend the weeks before Christmas gluing, glittering, and handcrafting gifts for all my family and friends … and… December 4, 2019 by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit
Tech News Apple’s Activation Lock Will Make It Very Difficult to Refurbish Macs Every month, thousands of perfectly good iPhones are shredded instead of being put into the hands of people who could really use them. Why? Two words: Activation Lock. And Macs… December 2, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
iFixit The Gifts Our Fixers Want for the Holidays The perfect gift is the thing you can’t justify buying for yourself, but which someone gives you because they know you’re worth it. At iFixit, we have a lot of… November 29, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
E-Waste Lithium-Ion Batteries Are a Literal Trash Fire, and Getting Worse Startup scooters are catching fire in garbage trucks in Indiana. Batteries lit up an Arizona recycling plant. A transfer center in Maine spontaneously burned from a squeezed battery. One improperly… November 27, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Teardowns This X-Ray Teardown Really Smarts: iPhone 11 Smart Battery Cases Apple’s own Smart Battery cases for the iPhone 11 family have a dedicated camera button. That sounds neat, but, wait– there’s no camera button on the iPhone itself. We wanted… November 26, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Tech News iFixit’s Blue and Black Friday Sale is Back!—Get Our Tools for the Lowest Prices of the Year! November 26, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Tech News Assemble with Care Will Make You Want to Fix the World Have you ever played a game that’s so good, you actually wanted to stop playing it? Assemble with Care fundamentally changed the way I think about everyday objects and the… November 25, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
