Fixers Advice for Female Fixers from the Women of iFixit March is Women’s History Month and today is International Women’s Day—a day to celebrate the achievements of women all over the world. This year’s theme, #BreakTheBias, is a reminder to… March 8, 2022 by Olivia Webb
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
iFixit Ladies of iFixit Earn 1 Million in Reputation The Ladies of iFixit have earned 1 million in reputation! This collective milestone is thanks to a wonderful group of women fixers, each of whom contribute to iFixit’s community by… January 10, 2022 by Kris Rodriguez - iFixit
Tools Tools to Fix the Planet: The Pro Tech Toolkit and Mako Driver Kit Are Now Carbon Neutral If you want to be kinder to the planet, extending the lifespan of your electronics is one of the best things you can do. Mining for and manufacturing electronics has… November 24, 2021 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Tools Why Playing Cards Are Such a Weirdly Useful Repair Tool Playing cards are inherently versatile. With 52 cards, in four suits and two colors, you can play an almost infinite number of games. You can toss them into a hat,… October 7, 2021 by Kevin Purdy
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