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Re:Apple faces class action lawsuit over failing MacBook but... by Reason077 on Saturday May 12, 2018 @01:46PM (#17055146)
The "debris gumming up the keys" issue with the MacBook butterfly keyboard is certainly annoying. But there's a pretty easy fix in my experience: a few strategically delivered bursts from an air duster will clean them out nicely.

Apple even provides a guide on how to do it: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT205662

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Re:Apple faces class action lawsuit over failing MacBook but... by always_good on Saturday May 12, 2018 @02:28PM (#17055341)
The bigger issue is the loosening of the C-clamps due to this inevitable wear that makes the keys come right off.

Also, this happened to me inside of four months with the computer. I didn't have to air-can my previous Macbook Air for the four years I had it.

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Re:Apple faces class action lawsuit over failing MacBook but... by Lio on Sunday May 13, 2018 @03:07AM (#17057705)
Might be worth pointing out that “air” dusters are not canned air.

They can one of a number of aerosol propellants that you don’t want to breath and aren’t good for the environment either.

Poison Gas spray would be a better description.

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Re:Apple faces class action lawsuit over failing MacBook but... by andyv133 on Saturday May 12, 2018 @11:14PM (#17057201)
Someone should have taken a step back when they were writing that guide and said "Wait, what? Why is this even necessary?" To think that they're recommending that and some people are accepting that as a real solution makes me think the Reality Distortion Field is alive and well.

Now contrast that to laptops with drain holes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7cvi00OZDM

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