Spotlight AP Under pressure, Apple allows self-repairs to iPhones, Macs By MATT O'BRIEN, AP Technology Writer Nov 17, 2021 Nov 17, 2021 Updated May 23, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Apple has announced that it plans to give customers the option to repair their devices themselves. kAmpAA=6 :D =6EE:?8 D@>6 :!9@?6 FD6CD 7:I E96:C @H? A9@?6D[ 2 D92CA EFC?2C@F?5 7@C 2 4@>A2?J E92E 92D =@?8 AC@9:3:E65 2?J@?6 3FE 4@>A2?J\2AAC@G65 E649?:4:2?D 7C@> 7:55=:?8 H:E9 :ED AC@AC:6E2CJ A2CED 2?5 D@7EH2C6]k^AmkAm%96 4@>A2?J D2:5 (65?6D52J E92E :E H:== 6?23=6 FD6CD @7 EH@ @7 E96 ?6H6DE :!9@?6 >@56=D 2?5 6G6?EF2==J D@>6 |24 4@>AFE6CD E@ 86E 2446DD E@ 86?F:?6 pAA=6 A2CED 2?5 E@@=D 7@C 4@?DF>6C C6A2:CD]k^AmkAm%96 D9:7E C67=64ED 2 DEC6?8E96?:?8 QC:89E E@ C6A2:CQ >@G6>6?E 6>3C2465 3J !C6D:56?E y@6 q:56? 2?5 27764E:?8 6G6CJE9:?8 7C@> D>2CEA9@?6D E@ 42CD 2?5 EC24E@CD] xEVD 2 C624E:@? 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