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iFixit tears down 9.7-inch iPad, finds similar components to original iPad Air

The new 9.7-inch iPad is built on a pretty familiar framework. Last week, Apple unveiled its 9.7-inch iPad. According to the teardown performed by the coolest of felines at iFixit, the new iPad is essentially a spruced-up version of the original iPad Air released in 2013. They share the same battery and the same display. […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro News

OWC teardown notes removable/upgradable SSD in entry-level 2016 MacBook Pro

The good news is that you can slap a larger SSD in your new 13-inch 2016 equipped MacBook Pro. The bad news is that you can’t do this with the SSD on the 15-inch model. The cool cats at OCD have found that the 13″ entry-level MacBook Pro, the version without the Touch Bar, is […]

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MacBook Pro News security

Facebook CEO appears with tape-covered camera, microphone port on MacBook Pro

It’s not the most complicated fix in the world, but apparently Mark Zuckerberg stands by it. The Facebook CEO, who has apparently had more than $16 million on security spent on him for protection from “specific threats” and has hired 16 bodyguards to protect him at home, shared an image on Facebook celebrating Instagram’s 500 […]

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Hack MacBook Air News

Modder attempts to turn disassembled MacBook Air into keyboard PC

This is strange but you might like it. Per MacStories, modder Bart Reardon has disassembled a perfectly functional MacBook Air in an attempt to make his own keyboard/mouse combo. While he’s not quite finished yet, he has managed to get all the main components to fit under an Apple keyboard and Magic Trackpad, and he’s […]