MacBook Pro M4 Teardown: What’s Inside and What’s Fixable?

This year’s Apple devices have been filled with major repairability wins, from the M4 Mac mini’s upgradable storage, and easily replaceable CMOS battery to iPhone 16’s electrically releasable batteries. So it only makes sense that Apple’s engineers have come up with some brilliant repair innovations for the MacBook Pro, too, RIGHT? Stay organized during a MacBook Repair or Teardown with our FixMat! https://www.ifixit.com/products/fixmat?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=ifixitchannel&utm_campaign=M4MacBookProTeardown&utm_content=Description Repair your gadgets with our Pro Tech Toolkit https://www.ifixit.com/products/pro-tech-toolkit?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=ifixitchannel&utm_campaign=M4MacBookProTeardown&utm_content=Description Get a new battery for your MacBook Pro! https://www.ifixit.com/Parts/MacBook_Pro/Batteries?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=ifixitchannel&utm_campaign=M4MacBookProTeardown&utm_content=Description Chapters! 00:30 MacBook Pro M4 Pro angry owl x-ray 00:45 Getting inside the MacBook Pro M4 Pro, the way Tim intended 01:19 A side by side comparison of the MacBook Pro M4 Pro and M3 Pro 02:38 Removing the logic board from the MacBook Pro M4 Pro 04:57 Removing the battery from the MacBook Pro M4 Pro 06:23 The MacBook Pro M4 Pro’s mostly modular ports are great for repairability 06:44 A closer look at the Touch ID sensor with the help of x-rays 07:28 A closer look at the MagSafe port through the eyes of a CT scanner 07:43 Parts pairing and calibration issues, how practical is it to repair an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro? 08:21 Closing thoughts on the MacBook Pro M4 Pro’s repairability Subscribe to our channel for all our latest teardown and repair videos! https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ifixityourself Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ifixit Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iFixit Get $10 off your first purchase: http://ifixit.ac-page.com/10-off-landing-page-youtube