MacBook Pro :: Split Beer On Keyboard Now Keys Are Sticky?
Apr 26, 2012Split beer on my keyboard last night, not my space bar is sticky. How can I fix it?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Split beer on my keyboard last night, not my space bar is sticky. How can I fix it?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
A few months ago I spilt beer on my 2009 15" MBP Keyboard. Do'h! I turned it off asap and took the hd and battery out. After a day letting it dry, I reassembled the machine and it seems to have worked fine since. Aside from the keyboard that is. I can use it ok with a usb keyboard hooked up, but obviously I'd rather it worked like a laptop once more without having to use anothert keyboard.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I was just wondering if anyone can offer some advice on cleaning macbook pro keys.
I spilt pepsi on my 15' macbook pro about a week ago and somehow managed to save it. I took it to next byte and they took it apart and cleaned it, although they informed me that they couldn't clean the keys for me and that they were sticking from the pepsi residue. They told me the entire top case would need replaced at a cost of $630.
I have looked up how to clean the keyboard on macbook pros, but am having trouble finding the right model, everything i find is from older versions of macbook pros.
I need to know what I should do to stop the keys sticking, and if with the new pros if it really is that hard to remove and clean the keys?
What should i do taking into account that I have never taken a computer apart before and wouldn't really know what to do.
It is the 2.4 GHz 15" macbook pro.
I was playing a game with my Mac, and the sticky keys indicator disappeared. I've moved it before, and this game has caused it to move before, but I don't know where it is. How do I fix this?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
What do you think? IMO it would be a nice subtle aesthetic change from the plastic EVERY keyboard has for the keys. They wouldn't be translucent either, black glass like the casing if iPhone 4.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Late 2008 macbook
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have a macbook pro late 2011. Yesterday, I was using as usual my macbook the whole day. So I went to bed and shut the system down usually. Today I've started the OSX up and the number keys on the keyboard were not working anymore... The weird thing is that the whole keyboard is currently working except the keys from 1-9 (even the Zero key is working as usual) and I have to use the virtual keyboard to type them...
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), late 2011
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