The 21.5” 2017 iMac page on ifixit is missing the tutorial for the mic, which is located near the bottom of the display....

2011 MBA had no issues, but I decided to install the OS fresh. Not sure how to proceed, see my steps below: MacOS Lion...

I did a few upgrades to a 2017 21.5” Retina iMac, and unfortunately, upon reassembly, it isn't powering on. Here's a photo...

I'm replacing the midframe from my iPhone 4 and a small plastic piece with a screwhole came out from near the sensor...

A solid small (quarter inch) metal object fell out of my iMac as I was re-assembling it (it fell out at the last step, as...

Took my 3GS apart, carefully reassembled it. But the microphone stopped working. Interestingly it only doesn't work in...

The trackpad on my everyday machine (mid-2009 MBP) is no longer clicking. I have an older 15" MBP, released in late-2008....

Still, the question is more-or-less valid. iFixit does sell "liberation kits" for iPhone 4 and 5's: iPhone 4/4S Liberation Kit iPhone 5 Liberation Kit But, as near as I can tell, there are no plans to roll out a liberation kit that replaces the pentalobe P5 screws on the chassis of the Retina Macbook Pro with identical Phillips-head screws. Not sure why, as this would be nice to have.

I'd say this is an easier repair by 2023 standards. It was nice to open up an Apple device again that wasn't extremely cumbersome to reassemble.

In my case the two bottom rubber fittings didn't require any trimming. The top rubber pad did need some trimming.

I went for an 8TB Western Digital Blue HDD.

I thought this guide is for a completely new SSD, but in this example MacOS appears to already be running. Is the target SSD connected internally via SATA or is this guide for a USB based second SSD that will also run the OS?

In the latter case, is the intent to run internet recovery on the new SSD and then open the machine up and connect it directly, replacing the old disk?