



What got me curious is the term ‘different tool’, what is a different tool? The only option discussed is the ‘ iMac Opening Tool‘. You risk severing antenna cables and causing serious damage’. If using a different tool, insert no more than 3/8″ into the display. On the iFixIt Tutorial it states this warning right from the get go ‘The hub on the iMac Opening Tool will keep you from pushing the wheel in too far. One of the first friction points that I stumbled across is in the very first step, removing the display.

The points I will be discussing here are more of a DIY approach to what is on offer at iFixIt. I used the iFixIt Tutorial for this repair and I would have been stuck without it. While I will be discussing some alternates to the tools that iFixIt recommend, I still 100% support their work. The team at EveryMac give a solid overview of the model here. It’s Model Identifier is ‘iMac 14,2’ and it might also be referenced as ‘A1419’ or ‘EMC 2639’. The iMac Model that I will be referencing in this tutorial is the ‘ Late 2013 27′ iMac‘.
