Spudgers and plastic opening tools are absolutely necessary, as many of the components are designed with such tight tolerances that using fingertips is simply not an option.įair warning: working on the laptop is no easy task.

Pentalobe screws hold the lower case in place and Torx screws secure everything else. Many components within the laptop can be removed without much fuss, provided folks use the correct tools.

Fifteen separate installation guides for the AirPort Board, battery, fans, logic board, speakers, SSD, trackpad, etc., are included in the repair guide with one maintenance guide for reapplying thermal paste to the CPU and GPU. While the new MacBooks provide possibly Apple’s least accessible and upgradeable design out of the box, iFixit updated its website today with its official 2012 MacBook Pro Retina repair guide to make it as easy as possible. Unfortunately, the device received its lowest repairability score with the company calling it “the least repairable laptop”.

You might remember a couple months ago when our friends at iFixit tore down the new Retina MacBook Pro.