Category: Repair Stories

People and teams defying the status quo of tech longevity.

iPad Rehab’s Microsoldering Mom: 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. Today we’re featuring Jessa Jones of iPad Rehab, who is…

May 12, 2023

by Gwendalyn Garcia - iFixit

Fixers

The Road to Civil Engineering Is Paved with Repair Intentions

Repair is everywhere, and so are iFixit Technical Writing Project (iTWP) alumni. Students in the iTWP are a diverse group from across the U.S. and around the world. Our previous…

January 19, 2023

by Sarah Westberg - iFixit

Repair Stories

Cables: A Pandemic Love Story

These last two years made me appreciate some nearly forgotten things. Long dog walks, board game night, reading an actual book: all pleasant rediscoveries in rough times. Maybe the most…

April 14, 2022

by Kevin Purdy

What's In Your Toolbox?

Computer Clan’s Krazy Ken: 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. Today we’re featuring Krazy Ken from Computer Clan, a YouTube channel for…

February 24, 2022

by Kevin Purdy

What's In Your Toolbox?

Woodbrew’s Dylan & Molly: 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. Today we’re featuring Molly and Dylan from Woodbrew, who make DIY…

February 11, 2022

by Kevin Purdy

Brain Candy

Five Strategies for Finding Out-of-Stock Parts

Try as we might, iFixit can’t sell every part for every device that needs fixing, whether due to price, demand, logistics, or some mix of all three. So we sometimes…

February 8, 2022

by Kevin Purdy

Fixers

Everyone is a Genius

Apple made a pretty smart choice (dare I say…genius choice?) when it named its in-store repair service the Genius Bar. The name aims to assure customers their broken device is…

January 17, 2022

by Olivia Webb

What It's Like to Fix

What It’s Like to Fix: Linotype, Intertype, and Old Presses

This is What It’s Like to Fix, an occasional series detailing the different kinds of work, and people, needed to fix the world. When I started work as a newspaper…

September 9, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Repair Stories

The Oil Test That Tells You If Your Car Is Slowly Killing Itself

Like the blood circulating in your veins, the motor oil in your car can tell you a lot about your engine’s condition. Which is why I took a moment during…

September 8, 2021

by Craig Lloyd - iFixit

Tech News

Becky Stern: 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. Today’s post features Becky Stern, an all-around, multi-purpose maker, explainer, tinkerer, instructor.…

July 26, 2021

by Kevin Purdy