I'm Samantha Goldheart, I mostly go by Sam, and I have the honor of being the lead teardown engineer here at iFixit. Most of the time my writings will teach you valuable things about technology. This time they will be used to gab aimlessly about myself.
EDU
I got my degree from Cal Poly, SLO (the ''real'' Cal Poly) in Graphic Communication, which deals primarily with printing. I concentrated in the design end of things, got a minor in packaging, and was a student manager of the on-campus printshop. I also took way too many art, literature, typography, sociology and history courses. This bit was meant to explain that I really like learning, about everything. And I guess I was going to work in a warning about how much I love run-on sentences. And well-placed fragments. But maybe it has become a stream-of-conscious ramble that we should try to escape from.
What I do
My interests include MOVIES, BOOKS, ARTS, and GRATUITOUS POP CULTURE REFERENCES. I split my time between working, watching things, drawing things, and making things. And as you may have guessed, I'm on tumblr quite a bit.
Currently watching:
- The X Flies
- The Get Down
Currently reading:
- Solaris
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes
- East of Eden
Currently making:
- Tattoo designs
Hey John, that’s about right!
We consider teardowns to be an exploration of the device—its design, repairability, and the procedures needed to get in. After a teardown you’ve got more experience to make guides to address hardware problems. Troubleshooting should start with software things (have you tried turning it off and on again) and then move into hardware replacements using the guides the teardown helped create!
We moved this step to be fist, thanks for the edit!
Good catch @hobohax0r, we rearranged the steps to help fix that!
Hi Stuart! We’d love for you to make a guide using our step-by-step guides as a base, unfortunately this teardown is not nearly in-depth enough for a user to even get to the clutch cover, so removal tips would be much better served elsewhere. You or @jarl are welcome to add a note to this display guide for example, if a full guide is too much to ask. Thanks for your enthusiasm! Keep on fixing!
Great job on the repair Sherman! We like these magnifiers, personally!
The safest method would probably be to let the battery run down, to ensure it doesn’t turn back on and short-circuit something. Good luck!
That’s a new one on us! We’d love to see a photo. Any chance it’s a tamper-proof sticker hiding the head? You may also be able to turn it with a set of pliers if you can get a decent grip, just be careful not to bump any board components!
Hi there! Unfortunately as listed on the product page, the Late 2013 13” display is not compatible with the Early 2013, only the Mid 2014.
Hi Claudia! In this case and in the 2015 5K case, the display of the iMac is the “whole front.” The display and glass are all one unit and can be fairly pricey to replace, but the procedure isn’t too difficult. The most challenging part is cleaning the old adhesive off and applying new adhesive, to prevent the display from falling back off. Here’s the display replacement guide for your 2015 5K iMac!
Hi Michael! The lower cable bracket is accessible during this guide and has no specific guide of its own. If you were replacing that component you would need to use this guide. The bracket is not required for a screen replacement or subsequent replacement guide.
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