![]() However, if you don’t have the tool, which can be made out of a coat hanger, you can always buy one from iFixit for under five bucks.Īctually, that brings up an odd rip-off caution. Fortunately, because I’ve cracked open a bunch of Mac minis in the past, I’d actually made my own tool so it was on-hand. In opening the Mac mini, I needed a specialized tool that didn’t come with the kit for removing the motherboard. ![]() Overall, I liked the kit and the collection of tools. These plastic and nylon tools can apply force without tearing the delicate traces on the boards. This is hugely helpful because trying to jam a screwdriver blade under a delicate circuit board almost always results in damage. The kit also includes a nice variety of pryers (not pliers) which are tools meant to pry things apart. The toolkit has 64 bits, many of which are specialty bits needed to open electronics gear. The big marquis feature is the huge collection of custom bits arranged in a coherent order in their kit. Let’s spend just a minute discussing the product. ![]() When iFixit sent me one of their Pro Tech Toolkits, I decided to put it to the test. One of the two remaining machines was a 2011 Mac mini that I’ve been using in my studio. I’ve been working through our fleet of Macs and updating them all to SSD. The company also maintains a large library of step-by-step guides for disassembling many devices. They are famous for their right-after-release teardowns of new hardware to determine repairability and maintainability. IFixit has made a name for itself by creating a resource for do-it-yourself electronics repairs. Others may not have ever tried to open up a computer or fix a piece of consumer electronics, precisely because you never had access to tools that could extract weird shaped screws or remove tiny parts. When it comes time to tear apart a PC or upgrade a machine, we often go digging through until we find the right tools. As the accompanying video shows, most of us have lots of plastic boxes filled with tools.
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