there are geniuses among us we see you
fixing every day in our guides in our
forums and in the comments but it's not
every day that everyone gets together to
share their stories behind the repair
genius
it was my freshman year of college and a
picture frame had fallen on to my brand
spanking new iBook and I took it to the
Genius Bar and they said that will be
half the price of the machine and so I
took my machine politely thanked them
and went back home did some research and
was able to swap out the piece
completely on my own
hi I'm Moses water and I've always
loved to tinker with stuff so I bought
that iFixit tool kit with the intention
of fixing a MacBook that I got from my
dad's work that someone was gonna throw
out my business five years ago I
actually made it my business to do
gadget repairs and to also teach women
how to do it as well I had never been a
tinkerer or a fixer and I didn't really
think that I had the skills to do things
like that that first repair was a little
bit nerve-racking but I replaced the
screen and everything I realized I want
to be able to repair all my own stuff
because it's cheaper it's faster it's
better environment and I've got to keep
my own device not only does it save the
environment it also gives you the power
to decide whether you want to purchase
something or not yeah such in teens that
we cannot stop it's beyond a console one
of them is like making of the phablet
and this is these are things we can't
stop at all but those still the teacher
and the kids needs
it feels really good when something's
not working you know from a computer to
the office coffeemaker to be able to
figure out what the problem is and fix
it and see it work again you don't
really have to be born with some natural
talent to be able to fix your own phone
so if being iPhone repair girl makes me
some genius then you're more than
capable of being a genius too it doesn't
make me a genius just because I know how
to diagnose a phone and fix it if I can
do it at 17 and I've been doing it for a
living for three years now my brothers
and sisters may disagree but some of my
customers call me a genius and I love
fixing all things Apple so I guess that
makes me an apple genius the right to
leap in is the log well that ain't on
the genius anybody can do it you just
have to believe that you can do it and
once you do your first fix I promise you
you'll feel like you have a cape blowing
in the wind get out there and start
working on something you don't have to
be a genius well maybe we all are
geniuses I think so alive in you
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