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The MacBook Pro's key stick issue is extremely annoying when it happens, but it's easy to remove a key to blow dust out by using a guitar pick to pry on the sid
by binarynate 8y ago
The MacBook Pro's key stick issue is extremely annoying when it happens, but it's easy to remove a key to blow dust out by using a guitar pick to pry on the side nearest the screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yZsc6JnFcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yZsc6JnFcQ
- eatfish 8y agoDon't do this to the space bar! I used the same trick as the video to fix/clean several keys out and had a pretty good feel for what I was doing. However the stress/weak points on the spacebar are quite different and you're more likely, as I did, to lift the entire butterfly mechanism out. You will not get this back in again. It's $700 to get the thing fixed at Apple but you can buy replacement keys for $100 per shot online.
- ProAm 8y agoInteresting, I hadnt heard of anyone successfully doing this on the latest MBP's without going to the genius bar. Makes it a little serviceable.
- kalleboo 8y agoI tried this and ended up destroying my caps lock key, because apparently that one is mounted upside down from all the other keys. Don't follow YouTube repair videos they are not comprehensive repair guides. Just use AppleCare and make Apple pay for their own mistakes.