About The Earrings and PowerbookMedic

We fix Mac computers, iPhones, and iPods…a lot of them. Over the years, we’ve amassed a stock pile of non working parts which we refused to send to a landfill. One day while organizing these parts, we got the idea to do something with them, and thus Mac jewelry was born. We have no intention of saving the world with this project, but every little bit helps.

In addition to fixing computers and selling parts, we also provide free take apart videos to show others how to repair their devices. Click to check out the Mac Repair videos.

Have a Mac, iPod, or iPhone you need fixed or upgraded, click to go to our Mac Service center. If you need your top case replaced, we’ll recycle your power button and turn it into an earring for you for free…though it would only be the one.

iPhone Earrings (made with Home Buttons) – $14.95

Aluminum Mac Power Button Earrings – $14.95

Black Macbook Power Button Earrings – $14.95

White Macbook Power Button Earrings – $14.95

The nearly limitless list of features and amazing apps available for the iPhone 3GS have made it this year’s hottest electronic product, and even a casual glance at what this phone can do shows why. Despite easily fitting in the palm of your hand, the iPhone is so powerful it may threaten to make every other digital device in your life obsolete.

What attracts most people to the revolutionary iPhone 3GS are the amazing multimedia capabilities. Taking a cue from Apple’s earlier hit, the iPod, the iPhone 3GS offers ample built-in memory for music and video storage, giving you the ability to bring your entertainment wherever you go. And just in case you don’t have enough already, you can use the iPhone 3GS to easily access the iTunes store to purchase more, or get suggestions for new music based upon your existing tunes thanks to the Genius feature.

But if you’re in a creative mood and would rather shoot a video than watch one, you’re in luck – the iPhone 3GS has an innovative video recorder that shoots in 30-fps VGA, a format optimized for sharing on the internet. And if everything doesn’t turn out perfect the first time, you can even edit clips right on your iPhone instead of transferring it to a computer first. If you prefer to slow things down and take pictures instead, the iPhone 3GS boasts a three megapixel camera that can focus on any point simply by tapping on the touchscreen. Sharing and editing photos is a breeze too – the device can automatically sync pictures to an iPhoto, Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Photoshop Album on your computer.

Of course, you may be tempted never to touch your computer again once you get your hands on the iPhone 3GS, especially with its internet capabilities. Surf the web on the fastest 3G network available in the powerful Safari web browser. And instead of being forced to view cramped, mobile versions of webpages, the iPhone 3GS allows you to zoom in and see all the details or zoom out to take in the page as a whole. Forgetting a new favorite site is never an issue either, because when you bookmark sites on iPhone, those bookmarks sync with your Mac or PC.

Browsing, though, is just the beginning, because the iPhone 3GS is optimized for email as well. Email clients such as AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, MobileMe and Yahoo! Mail work seamlessly with the device, which also supports a variety of formats for attachments, such as .JPG, .PDF, .DOC, .XLS and .PPT. Simply rotating the iPhone 3GS gives you access to a full touchscreen keyboard for message composition, so you can leave the days of cramped typing on traditional phones behind. And for business applications, the iPhone works with Microsoft Exchange so you can access work email, contacts and calendars without even going near the office.

Our iPod Video 5th Generation take apart video is now live on our Mac Repair Guide site.

This video guide shows you how to completely disassemble the iPod Video (A1136) to replace components such as the LCD, logic board, headphone board, etc.

You can view the video directly at the link below.

iPod Video Repair (A1136)

The video is also embedded below:

Our iPod Touch 2nd Generation take apart video is now live on our Mac Repair Guide site.

This video guide shows you how to completely disassemble the iPod Touch 2nd Gen (A1288) to replace components such as the LCD, digitizer and glass, logic board, headphone board, etc…

You can view the video directly at the link below.

iPod Touch Repair Video (A1288)

The video is also embedded below:

Our 20 Inch Intel take apart video is now live on our Mac Repair Guide site.

This video guide shows you how to completely disassemble the iMac to replace components such as the hard drive, optical drive (superdrive), logic board, ram (memory), etc.

You can view the video directly at the link below.

Intel iMac Repair Video (A1224)

The video is also embedded below:

Modservice, the service that allows you to convert your current Macbook into a Modbook Tablet Mac is now priced at $699.00 (down from $1299.)

For more information on Modservice, or to order your conversion now, click here.

We also offer complete, fully assembled systems, and the prices are down on those as well:

A 1.83GHZ Core Duo Macbook / Modbook System now starts at $1099.00
A 2.1 GHZ Core 2 Duo Macbook / Modbook System now starts at $1599.00

To see our full systems and to customize yours today, click here.

For those of you who follow our video releases, you’ll notice that this video is in much higher quality than previous releases and is also in widescreen format.

The video is embedded in this blog post and can also be seen at its official home on our repair guides site at the link below:

Macbook Pro 17″ Unibody A1287 Repair Guide

You can watch all of our Mac repair videos at the link below:

Mac Repair Guides Homepage

The Quick Quote feature allows you to instantly get a quote on repairing or upgrading your Mac, iPod, or iPhone. To get started all you have to do is type in the serial number or model number of your device. Our system will automatically calculate the labor fee based on your device and prepare a list of items you can add to your repair quote.

Once you’ve added the items to your quote you can either schedule a repair right away or email yourself your Quick Quote for future reference.

You can take the new system for a test drive at the link below. Let us know what you think!

Mac Service and Upgrade Center – Now with Quick Quotes

Below is a screenshot of the Quick Quote Window:

The new feature was designed to allow our hearing impaired and international customers access to our Mac Repair video guides. It also comes in handy if you’re watching the videos without audio at work.

In the upcoming weeks, we’ll be adding closed captioning to all of our online repair videos. Currently two videos currently support this new feature:

Macbook Pro 15″ Repair Video (with CC)

Recover a Stuck Mac CD (with CC)

To enable or disable the feature, simply click on the CC button on our video player. This will toggle the captions on and off.

We’d love to get some feedback on this feature, so let us know your thoughts!

You can see all of our repair videos (even the ones without CC) at:
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/mac-repair.php

Screeshot of the new Mac Repair video closed captioning feature.

Here’s the rundown of the new parts.

iPhone Parts

1.) iPhone 3G Antenna Flex Cable ($9.95)

This is the internal antenna pad for the iPhone 3G.

2.) iPhone 3G Digitizer Glass Adhesive Strip ($1.95)

These strips are used during the installation of the iPhone 3G Glass and digitizer panel.

3.) iPhone 3G Vibator Assembly ($9.95)

This is the part that allows the iPhone 3G to vibrate.

iPod Parts

1.) iPod Touch 2nd Generation – Back Case Panel ($19.95)

This is the back case for the iPod Touch 2nd generation. These come in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB flavors and can be used to replace your scratched or dented back case.

2.) iPod Touch 2nd Generation – Headphone Board Jack ($9.95)

This is the board that the headphones plug into in the iPod Touch 2nd generation.

3.) iPod Touch 8GB Logic Board with Dock Connector ($99.95)

This is the logic board (main board) with dock connector for the iPod Touch 2nd Generation.

Macbook Pro 15 Inch Unibody

1.) Hard Drive Data Cable for the MacBook Pro 15″ Unibody – 922-9034 ($28.95)

This is the cable that connects the hard drive to the logic board in a Mid 2009 15 Inch Macbook Unibody model.

PowerMac G5 and iMac G4 and G5

We added three internal hard drive upgrade options for the PowerMac and non-Intel iMacs.

1.) 500GB Hitachi Hard Drive Upgrade for iMac and PowerMac ($88.95)

2.) 320GB Hitachi Hard Drive Upgrade for iMac and PowerMac ($69.95)

3.) 250GB Hitachi Hard Drive Upgrade for iMac and PowerMac ($63.95)

Mac Repair Tools

Lastly, we added two new tools to help out when repairing your Mac yourself.

1.) Thin Putty Knife for Mac Repair ($3.95)

2.) 4mm Nut Driver ($3.95)