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San Francisco \u2013 After Apple expanded its self-service repair programme to MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks with the M1 chips, iFixit said that the tech giant\u2019s repair programme is creating an \u201cexcruciating gauntlet of hurdles\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to iFixit\u2019s Sam Goldheart, the self-repair programme seems like good news, but as it turns out, their programme \u201cmakes MacBook Pros seem less repairable\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time, along with the manuals, Apple is presenting DIY repairers with an excruciating gauntlet of hurdles,\u201d Goldheart wrote on a blogpost.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, if a \u2018Top Case with Battery and Keyboard\u2019 that a laptop is literally built into sounds expensive to you, it is! It costs more than 500 bucks \u2013 with an $88 core return, it will run you $439. That\u2019s about 30 to 50% of the cost of a brand-new MacBook,\u201d Goldheart added.<\/p>\n
The procedure stretches to the last page of a 162-page document, making it essentially a 162-page guide with multiple steps per page.<\/p>\n
This week, Apple said it will provide repair manuals and genuine Apple parts and tools through the Apple Self Service Repair Store, beginning in the US.<\/p>\n
Self Service Repair for iPhone was launched earlier this year, and the programme will now expand to additional countries \u2013 beginning in Europe \u2013 as well as additional Mac models later this year.<\/p>\n