# Teardown reveals how Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro logo glows

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ifixit-teardown-shows-how-apples-glowing-proled-macbook-logo-works/
- Published: 2026-11-11T00:03:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T00:34:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Engadget
- Original article: https://www.engadget.com/2312969/ifixit-teardown-shows-how-apples-glowing-proled-macbook-logo-works/
- Topics: Gadgets, Technology

## Key points

- Four LEDs illuminate the logo through the OLED display.
- The reflective logo is designed to look metallic when off.
- The lighter laptop remains difficult to repair.

## Summary

Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook Pro brings back its glowing logo, using a new lighting system because its OLED display has no backlight. The teardown also highlights how the redesigned laptop’s thin, lighter build comes with limited repairability.

iFixit found a strip of four LEDs behind the display, with a diffuser directing light through an Apple logo coated to look reflective when unlit. Apple removed the glowing logo in 2016. The new model also uses less aluminium and a slightly smaller trackpad to reduce weight, and has a redesigned hinge to limit screen wobble. However, replacing USB-C ports requires removing the logic board, while memory and the HDMI port are soldered in place.

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