As usual, fusing the LCD to the glass earns more scorn from iFixit, since breaking the glass or the LCD panel itself requires the replacement of the entire display assembly.
In the Retina MacBook, it's much more difficult, both because the logic board has to be removed before you can disconnect the battery cable and because the battery itself is firmly glued into the case. The MacBook Air's battery isn't meant to be user-replaceable, but in practice it's relatively trivial to pop open the bottom of the computer and swap it out yourself if you have the right tools. Be careful of these cables while removing the bottom case. The fun begins when you remove the pentalobe screws on the bottom of the laptop and attempt to remove the lower case-while this lower case is just a standalone piece of aluminum in the Air and the Pro, in the MacBook it actually houses some components that are connected to the rest of the laptop via cables. The downside is that you can do increasingly little to repair or upgrade these laptops yourself, and iFixit's teardown of the 2015 MacBook shows that it's even harder to work on than recent MacBook Airs and Pros. The tradeoffs here are the same as they've ever been: lighter laptops that take up less space are obviously desirable, and manufacturing practices like bonding glass directly with LCD panels improve display quality beyond what would normally be possible. Lower the display.Further Reading The 2015 MacBook previews a future that’s not quite hereĪs Apple's laptops have become thinner and lighter, they've also become more tightly integrated. Lower the display & prop it up with something so you can connect the cables.Īfter connecting the cables, expose the top tape strips, make sure bottom edges of the display are still lined up. Lift the display and expose the bottom & side tape strips.
Press it down good so the display doesn't move. Put the painters tape on the bottom edge like a hinge. After the display tape strips are installed, temporarily fit the display getting the left & right and bottom edge perfect. To get a perfect alignment of the display, use painters tape. Use tape to hold the display on.ĭisconnect the cables so you can raise the display again.
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Temporarily install the display and make sure the iMac boots up. Also clean the inside glass for the facetime camera. Use rubbing alcohol & q-tips to clean the surfaces for the new tape. The tool constantly sticks to the tape and it's hard to slide the tool to cut the tape. Apple uses tape that has a foam layer that cuts easily. Since your iMac has never been opened, the tape will be easy to cut. The pizza cutter tool OWC & iFixit sells works better than the guitar pick. Once the display is attached, there is no way to re-align it. It can be too far to the left or right, or a little high where you see a gap on the bottom. It happens if you never aligned a display before. They have excellent support people that respond very fast.īuy an extra tape kit in case you mess up. It's not included in the OWC kit for your iMac.
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