Tag: repairs
How to add a software ‘home button’ to your iPhone or iPad screen
The home button is the button on the bottom of your iPhone that takes you back to the home screen. It requires a hard press to make it ‘click’. You can turn on a ‘soft’ equivalent button that appears on your screen. I can think of 3 reasons that you might want a ‘soft’ home…
Fixing a stuck scroll wheel on an Apple Mouse
One of the most popular posts on macintoshhowto is this 6 year old article on how to clean an Apple mighty mouse. It’s had over 200 comments! Here’s a video so you can see what it looks like. Apple recommend rubbing a piece of paper over the top of the scroll wheel, but I find turning the mouse upside…
How to DIY repair a broken iPhone lightning cable.
These white iPhone lightning cables are the worst cables from Apple that I have experienced. I have Apple mice with USB cables that are 10 years old and still working, but I have not had a lightning cable that has lasted the year out. It’s even worse than this. I’m moving my mouse around…
How to get your broken iPhone repaired in Australia
If you’ve smashed your iPhone and you need a quick reliable place to repair it, Â I recommend fixpod.
How to make an OS X Lion USB thumb drive
Here are three different ways to put Lion on a USB thumb drive.
How to fix the scroll wheel on your Apple mighty mouse
How to fix your Apple mighty mouse.
How to fix a broken G4 iBook logic board problem
There is a problem with the logic board in the Macintosh G4 ibooks. It can appear after a year or more in some machines and the symptom is that after being on for a few minutes, the screen goes black (it looks blank, but the light has gone off) , the fan turns on, and…
How to Fix an ipod
Last year I bought 5 non-working ipods from ebay and fixed up 4 of them. It was not to hard, but there was a couple of tricks. I’ve finally found some time to write up the hard bits, just in case anyone is interested, so here goes.