Mac Repair Help: Learn How to Fix It Yourself.

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How Install a Mac SSD into an OWC Envoy Pro Enclosure

How To Install a Mac SSD into an iFixit External Enclosure

How to Disable Pop-Up Blockers in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on Mac

How to Start Up a Mac in Internet Recovery Mode

How to clone a Hard Drive or a Solid State Drive on a Mac

How to convert your Mac's storage from HFS to APFS file system

How to create a macOS Time Machine backup

How to migrate data to a new drive in macOS

How to prevent your Mac from being randomly restarted

How to reset the password on a Mac

How to use Internet Recovery to install macOS to a new SSD

Reset Bluetooth Module or Factory Reset All Connected Apple Devices

Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac

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Tools

These are some common tools used to work on this device. You might not need every tool for every procedure.

Identifying exactly which Mac you own can sometimes be a challenge. Variations of MacBooks, MacBook Pros, PowerBooks, iBooks, iMacs, Mac Pros, or Mac Minis have the tendency to look similar but may have different internal hardware. If you're unsure of exactly which model and revision you own, open the page for your model in this category and check its Identification section.

If your Mac is a laptop you can identify the type by the writing below the screen and you can find the model located on the bottom of the device. You will need to look around the device to find the model number on a Mac desktop.

The most often replaced Mac parts include batteries for laptops and SSDs/hard drives for desktops.