Apple is commonly lauded for its design chops, however perform is commonly sacrificed on the altar of type, significantly when restore is concerned. [Ken Pillonel] has made it simpler for everybody to change the batteries or lightning port within the AirPods Professional case. (YouTube)

With such notable hacks as including USB C to the iPhone already below his belt, [Pillonel] has turned his consideration to fixing the notoriously poor repairability of AirPods and AirPods Professional, beginning with the instances. Whereas the batteries for these units can be found, substitute Lightning ports aren’t, and taking the housing aside for the case is an train in persistence the place the outcomes can’t be assured.

He designed a USB C substitute port for damaged Lightning ports that could be a excellent match in case you occur to get the case aside in a single piece. In the event you’re much less profitable, he has you lined there too with a 3D printable enclosure substitute.

We certain the miss the days of schematic proliferation right here at Hackaday, however we all know you don’t let glued enclosures or unobtainium elements stand in the way in which of repairs.