M5 MacBook Pro Teardown | Apple’s Subtle Step Forward in Repairability

The new M5 equipped 14” MacBook Pros offer few new features other than a modest performance bump, a new architecture which doubles the maximum storage options from 2TB to 4TB and a substantial increase in SSD read/write speeds and memory bandwidth. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement when designing for repairability, especially where Apple’s complex engineering is concerned. So the big question remaining from this year's big M5 announcement is: did Apple upgrade the MacBook Pro’s repairability? Chapters 0:00 – MacBook Pro M5: Looks the Same, But Is It New? 0:12 – M5 Specs Upgrade: Faster Storage, Same Design 0:41 – Has Apple Finally Improved MacBook Pro Repairability? 1:04 – Apple’s Day-One Repair Guides & Safer Disassembly 1:33 – MacBook Pro M5 Battery Replacement Nightmare 2:20 – Battery Specs vs M4 MacBook Pro and ROG Ally X 3:24 – Logic Board & Fan Access: Still Buried Deep 4:06 – Screen, Ports, and Touch ID Removal Process 5:13 – Why Apple’s “Official” Battery Repair Is Absurd 6:21 – MacBook Pro M5 Repair Score: 4 Out of 10 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 Sign up for our Newsletter https://www.ifixit.com/Newsletter