Cleaning time: how to properly clean your Apple keyboard. Tip from Apple: how to clean your MacBook keyboard. Apple keyboard is flooded.

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If spare parts are available, up to 85% of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs require much less time. The website shows the approximate duration of any repair.

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A guarantee must be given for any repairs. Everything is described on the website and in the documents. The guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and sufficient. It is needed to check quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that they will help you.

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This is very important and has already become a rule of good manners for the service center. Diagnostics is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you don't have to pay a penny for it, even if you don't repair the device based on its results.

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A good service values your time, so it offers free delivery. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of a service center: they can be done correctly and according to technology only in a prepared place.

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If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient to fit in before and after work. Good service works on weekends and holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00

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Company age and experience

Reliable and experienced service has been known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years and has managed to establish itself as an expert, people turn to it, write about it, and recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the service center are restored.
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If there are always several engineers waiting for you for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken care of right away.
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If you ask a question, a specialist should answer it as accurately as possible.
So that you can imagine what exactly you need.
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Despite the fact that Apple has opened a service program for MacBook keyboards, the user will not always be able to contact a service center. We'll tell you how to deal with the problem of a clogged keyboard and sticky keys yourself.

The keyboard can stop working for a variety of reasons. It could be dust, moisture, or crumbs that got on the keyboard during breakfast. Of course, if the keyboard is seriously damaged or completely fails, you must take the laptop in for repair. However, a little preventative cleaning not only won't hurt, but may also eliminate the problem.

How to clean your MacBook or MacBook Pro keyboard?

Take the laptop and hold it at a 75 degree angle
Use a can of compressed air or a bulb on the keyboard. Zigzag from left to right
Next, repeat these steps from different angles.

Here are photographs that clearly demonstrate the cleaning process:

If after carrying out this procedure the user still has problems with the butterfly keyboard, then you should immediately contact a certified service center. Employees will perform the cleaning free of charge if your MacBook model is eligible for maintenance. Here is a list of suitable laptops:

MacBook (Retina, 12 inches, early 2015)
MacBook (Retina, 12 inches, early 2016)
MacBook (Retina, 12 inches, 2017)
MacBook Pro (13 inches, 2016)
MacBook Pro (13 inches, 2017)
MacBook Pro (13 inches, 2016)
MacBook Pro (13 inches, 2017)
MacBook Pro (15 inches, 2016)
MacBook Pro (15 inches, 2017)

Food + drinks + keyboard is an explosive mixture that leads to clogged contacts, sticking keys and other unpleasant consequences for the user. In general, the picture is not pleasant. Despite the fact that the Apple Keyboard has a minimal distance between the keys and the case, it will not be possible to avoid dust, fibers and microparticles from getting under the case. Therefore, sooner or later it becomes necessary to carry out cleaning work inside the keyboard. We will try to tell you how to do this correctly and without unnecessary financial costs.

We will divide the cleaning process into 3 stages:

1. Preparatory

2. External cleaning

3. Internal cleaning

4. Reinstalling the keys

1. Preparatory stage includes gathering the necessary materials and disconnecting the keyboard from the computer. So, we will need: cotton swabs, toothpicks, credit/discount card, water, microfiber cloth, alcohol/specialized liquid for cleaning gadgets.

Apple recommends purchasing Lysol Wipes or Clorox Kitchen Disinfecting Wipes - we won’t tell you where to look for these miracle products in the vastness of our vast Motherland, but we will share the experience of users of the global network. Advanced Apple users recommend buying Minutka glass cleaner. Whether or not to take advantage of this advice is up to you; Apple does not recommend using any cleaning products other than specialized ones.

Turn off the keyboard or use a special program KeyboardCleanTool, which automatically locks the keyboard. Or better yet, do both :) By the way, download the utility - it’s a useful thing, you never know, when you want to wipe the keyboard with microfiber or block access to printing technologies to young researchers, who usually masterfully find commands for formatting a PC hard drive.

2. External keyboard cleaning consists of mechanically cleaning the keyboard body from dust and dirt using microfiber and a small amount of a special product or water.

The user should remember that the fabric should only be slightly moistened - excess moisture can send the keyboard to the graveyard of Apple accessories.

3. Cleaning the keyboard internally– the most responsible and time-consuming process. Please be patient and have some free time, friends.

Pry up the upper left corner small key fingernail/toothpick/credit card and lift it up just enough to see how the internal fasteners are positioned. This is very important, because brute force can lead to damage to the built-in mechanisms.

After assessing the location of the fasteners, we pry the key in the desired direction until it clicks.

Now you can remove the key completely.

A video that clearly demonstrates the process of removing keys and the versatility of fastenings - tyts.

Filming big keys. In addition to standard fastenings, they also have metal fastenings and clamps.

This is what our keyboard looks like without keys. Please note that we also carefully remove the movable aluminum fasteners.

We arm ourselves with wet wipes to disinfect monitors or paper towels with a little alcohol impregnation (yes, you can even use vodka). But it is better to give preference to special ones. means. And we wash each key, throwing away the napkins as they become dirty. If the keys have turned gray and napkins won’t work, then users of the World Wide Web recommend using an eraser.
We wipe the internal elements with a lint-free (!) cloth moistened with a small (!) amount of water. We blow out the crumbs by hand - at the same time we will exercise our lungs.

Whatever cleaning method you choose, be careful not to damage the internal contacts and connections.

4. It's time reinstall the keys– there’s a mountain of napkins in the trash can, and the keyboard is sparkling clean. The small keys will snap back into place after a slight pressure on the body until they click. The larger ones (those with metal fasteners) must line up with the built-in grooves, but the principle is the same.

Finally we publish a small cheat sheet on the location of the keys for the Russian and Latin keyboard layouts from Apple. Use it and don’t worry about the keys getting confused:

We told you how to clean an Apple keyboard using improvised means, but scientific progress has not been canceled. Now there are mini-vacuum cleaners for keyboards, special cleaning slimes and brushes. Which method do you prefer when it comes time to clean up your keyboard storage?

There are times when you need to remove individual buttons on your MacBook Air or Pro keyboard. Most often, this happens when liquid is spilled on the keyboard or solid particles get under the buttons, which in turn leads to sticking (sticky pressing) or jamming of individual MacBook keys. Today we will learn how to eliminate troubles of this kind with our own hands.

The most common case is when a sweet liquid is spilled on the keyboard (tea with sugar, compote, Buratino, etc.). To restore functionality in this case, it is necessary to remove the stuck keys and clean the fastening mechanism under them.

Each MacBook keyboard button is attached to a miniature mechanism. It resembles a scissor mechanism, and consists of two tiny plastic rectangles inserted into each other and connected by a central hinge (see picture below). This mechanism is responsible for the smooth movement of your MacBook's keyboard buttons.

So, if the buttons stick or don’t press at all, then something is interfering with them. Let's take them off and see what's going on. This procedure is not complicated, but it requires care and attention.

To remove the buttons, we need a tool to lift the edge of the button itself (this could be a small flat-head screwdriver, a plastic spatula, etc.) and something flat and thin (for example, tweezers) to detach the mechanism.

There are many videos on the Internet on this topic, but be careful when following the advice you are given. So in one of the videos, the “craftsman” removes the buttons of any keyboards only by lifting the right corner of the button. Try this method with a MacBook and your keyboard will lose a couple of teeth.

I would like to warn you right away that the attachment of the Air and Pro buttons is slightly different and different methods are used for removal.

In order to remove the MacBook Air keyboard buttons you need to.

Step 1

It is necessary to lift the bottom edge of the button using a plastic spatula (flat-head screwdriver). Don't be afraid to raise the bottom edge, but don't overdo it either. The plastic mechanism is quite pliable and easily allows the bottom edge to rise 1.5 - 2mm above the aluminum body.

STEP 2

We insert the tweezers horizontally into the resulting gap on the right and gently press down. This will release the lower right corner of the button from its engagement with the mechanism.

If the button does not release completely, insert the tweezers from the left, move it slightly towards the bottom edge and press down lightly. Both lower corners are free.

STEP 3

After removing the button, examine the mechanism for possible causes of inoperability. Is it possible to fix the problem (clean off sweet jam or remove hard crumbs) without removing the mechanism?

If not, then remove the plastic mechanism. To do this, we perform a tricky maneuver: insert the blade of a stationery knife into the gap between the parts of the mechanism (as shown in the pictures above), push the plastic parts of the mechanism apart and bring the edge of the inner part up.

We do the same on the other side. Thus, the parts of the mechanism disengage and are easily removed from the mounts on the body.

STEP 4

To restore the button, put the scissor mechanism in its place and press it with your finger to the base of the keyboard. You will hear “click-click” - the mechanism has engaged with the base.