My Problem

My nephew spilled a soft drink on his MacBook Pro, making the trackpad move erratic and become unresponsive.

My Fix

Replaced the trackpad with a new one purchased here on iFixit.com. The job was done in less than 15 minutes, very easy following the instructions.

My Advice

Dont hestitate to try and fix this yourself, no problems what so ever.

My Problem

On a beautiful summer day when I was working outside on my MacBook Pro, a tiny drop of coffee dropped on the notebook's trackpad (mousepad). That was enough to break it partially. It wasn't anymore possible to use the physical click on the trackpad - only by "tapping" the mouse remained functional. It's possible to get used to that, but wasn't a solution for me.

Therefore I had to replace the trackpad.

My Fix

Repair went well, especially because of the amazing tutorials on this website. I have nothing to add - everything very well explained & difficult parts well mentioned.

Annoying is the big variety of screws Apple uses in their products. Yes, we know that Apple doesn't want us to open their computers and earn themselves some money with high repair fees. But do they really need to bother us users with Tri-wing screws?!! It's a battery which should be replaceable without any hurdles. Couldn't be made dumber - especially when I think of that older MacBooks provided a simple "click in, click out" method for the battery.

I have a big variety of screwdrivers, but not those tri-wing ones. I could still take it apart carefully with another screwdriver. I wouldn't recommend it though, since probably can hurt screw and screwdriver easily.

Anyways: Thanks ifixit.com! Already the 2nd time I could save a notebook with your replacement pieces.

My Advice

Be sure that you have all the screwdrivers you need! ifixit.com offers them all & next time I will include them in my order. I thought I would have all the tools, but Apple products are always full of surprises! 

My Problem

My MacBook Pro 13" trackpad one day decided to have a mind of its own and scroll the cursor across the screen and continuously right click the trackpad.

My Fix

Installed new trackpad and working great again in under 30mins

My Advice

Initially I ordered the incorrect part on line but once I contacted IFIXIT they immediately knew what the problem was and directed me to the correct part. Installation was a snap. Remember when ordering any parts for a MACBOOK PRO be sure to order the correct part labeled MACBOOK PRO. If you are unable to find it on the website, contact IFIXIT.

My Problem

The button on the old trackpad was dead This is my wife's old macbook pro that the apple store said was on its last legs. I had previously replaced the upper case and battery and everything went well except that !@#$ right speaker cable. I now use the MBP as my main computer

My Fix

The repair was simple and your guides are good.

My Advice

Don't believe the Apple reseller. They charged $70 to say the mac was not worth repairing and broke one of the lugs on the old battery as well.

My Problem

Dating a new girl, and she's been dealing with a bad MBP trackpad (it didn't register clicks consistently) plus a paltry 2GB of memory for forever. She had been to the Apple Store, but was told she'd have to give up her laptop for a couple of days to get it repaired. I knew that I could impress her by fixing it in an hour.

My Fix

The repair went perfectly, and took *maybe* 30 minutes. With ifixit's guide and their tool set, I had everything I needed. The only part that was a little dicey was getting the new trackpad's cable through, but the guide made it clear that it was going to be a little bit of pain. A little patience, some deep breaths, a spudger... no problem.

She was very impressed, and I received profuse thank-you's after she started using it. She couldn't believe how much it felt like a brand new computer. <insert success kid meme>

My Advice

This particular repair is not nearly as difficult as you might think. The key is having the right tools. And I can tell you, cracking open a laptop is pretty impressive to someone who's never seen it done. (Not to mention to yourself!)

My Problem

In my mid-2009 MBP's greatest attempts to just curl into a ball and die, the broken trackpad has got to be the most annoying problem I've had to deal with. In truth, this was the longest-lasting problem I've had to deal with as well, as it's been broken since just a few months after I bought the machine brand new over three years ago. It was easy enough to work around with the MBP's native touch controls, and I really only needed the ability to click and hold when I was resizing windows or playing Minecraft. Well, about two months back, my Chrome window spontaneously resized itself to the lowest possible setting. The maximize button at least gave me a screen to look at, but I couldn't "do" anything, and I'm on the verge of leaping into a Photoshop-intensive project. After three years of poor functioning clicks, it was time to bite the bullet and give myself a new trackpad.

My Fix

The repair was great. Including the time it took me to excitedly tear open the packaging from the post office and separate all of my shiny new bits and pieces, I was in and out of the Macbook within a half hour. The trackpad's own connecting cable was suppose to be a royal B**** to work with, but I had it under control with my handy dandy iFixit spudger. Also, this repair showed me that I installed my most recent battery slightly off alignement and destroyed one of its screw brackets. Yay!

My Advice

Just stick to the guide on this one. It's wonderfully detailed and tells you exactly what you need to do to fix it.

My Problem

Trackpad click stopped working on MacBook Pro.

My Fix

Easy to follow instructions made trackpad replacement a snap.

My Advice

The Home Tech Toolkit is nice, especially for the price.

My Problem

A click of the trackpad produced nothing. Carry the one; still nothing.

My Fix

Trackpad landed on the front porch the day after it was ordered. 16 screws out, 16 in. Totaled about ten minutes. About as simple as it gets. You can carry the one now. Works great. ifixedit.

My Advice

Don't forget to use those discount coupons they hand out every so often for being a good customer. I certainly did forget. Senior moment. I should be fine by tomorrow. Thanks ifixit for another easy FIX.

My Problem

My original track pad was demonic. It would start off nice and friendly, doing what I asked, then after awhile would take over my computer, opening pages, skipping around, my cursor ignoring my input.

My Fix

I watched a youtube video on how to replace that pad before I bought it so I knew it was doable. It was hard to get out the screws that hold the battery in - needed a three sided Phillips which my neighbor had. The other hard part was getting the tab for the track pad under the keeper - forceps would have been handy. But I got it in and it works beautifully!

My Advice

Watch a video on how to do it. Get some teeny tiny tools.

My Problem

The track pad was cracked. It still worked but didn't like the way it looked

My Fix

It was pretty easy. Only took about 10 minutes. But I was inside my Mac a little longer since I put in an optibay for a second drive and a new 256gb ssd. Also I added a 16 gig ram kit so this thing looks great and is extremely fast

My Advice

buy the 54 bit screwdriver set from here. It has all the tools you'll need for any electronic repair (that I've come across) and really comes in handy. Sorry. No pictures. I was to excited to get everything in my Mac that I forgot about pictures