How to open an Apple keyboard. Repair of sticking and joining MacBook Air buttons do it yourself

Sometimes it happens that the key of your laptop refuses to respond to pressing or simply insufficiently works sufficiently, causing a lot of irritation. Do not hurry to run to the service center, and familiarize yourself with the simple instruction that Apple itself shared.

Immediately note that this guide refers to the 12-inch MacBook, and to all newer models. To independently clean the laptop keyboard, you must first start getting a sphawed aircraft.

It is necessary to use the tube that guides the air flow with the cylinder. The end of the tubule from the keyboard must separate approximately one and a half centimeters. Also, when spraying, it is recommended to keep the canter as soon as possible.

Take your MacBook at an angle of 75 degrees to the surface and spray the air throughout the keyboard or only by non-working movements moves from left to right.


Then you need to turn the laptop to the right and spray the air again from left to right. Repeat the action by turning the MacBook left.


We hope that this method will save you too much time and money on a hike to a service center. By the way, you will probably want to ask why on the illustrations an angle of 75 degrees in reality is a 105-degree angle. We have no answer on this question. In addition to the assumption that someone in Cupertino regularly skipped geometry lessons at school.

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If there are parts up to 85% of the complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. On modular repair you need much less time. The site contains an approximate duration of any repairs.

Warranty and responsibility

The guarantee should give any repairs. On the site and in the documents everything is described. The guarantee is confidence in their forces and respect for you. Warranty at 3-6 months is good and enough. It is needed to verify the quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and real terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that you will help you.

Half success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so good service works with suppliers to direct, there are always several reliable channels and your own warehouse with proven parts of current models so that you do not have to spend your extra time.

Free diagnosis

It is very important and has already become a good tone rule for the service center. Diagnostics is the most complex and important part of the repair, but you do not have to pay a penny for it, even if you do not repair the device for its results.

Repair in service and delivery

Good service appreciates your time, so offers free shipping. And for the same reason, the repair is performed only in the workshop of the service center: the right and technology can be done only at the prepared place.

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

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Age and experience of the company

Reliable and experienced service knows for a long time.
If the company has been in the market for many years, and she managed to establish themselves as an expert, they appeal to her, they write about it, they are recommended. We know what we are talking about, as 98% of the incoming devices in the SC are being restored.
Other service centers are trusted and transferred to us.

How many masters in directions

If you are always waiting for several engineers for each type of technology, you can be sure of:
1. The queues will not (or it will be minimal) - your device will take place immediately.
2. You give to the repair of the MacBook expert in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices.

Technical literacy

If you ask a question, the specialist should answer it as accurately as possible.
To make you imagine what you need.
The problem will try to solve. In most cases, the description can be understood what happened and how to eliminate the fault.

Buttons are sometimes sticking out not only on new MacBook, but also on old. Usually, it is advised to disassemble the keyboard for cleaning, but in practice it leads only to - Mickey has already proven it.

We will tell how without vandalism Clean the keyboard with a pair of proven ways if the buttons on it are already sticking or only collected.

Five minutes every week and the buttons on my MacBook Pro 2017 work as a clock. Your will be no worse.

Why do MacBook keys periodically stick

The keys begin to shindle only due to the fact that foreign particles fall under them. There are no other options, and the buttons even with a broken mechanism do not behave.

If something fell under the button, it prevents it from clicking, and it seems to you that it tritely stuck to the base. Therefore, they say that the "Zalipla" key.

The problem began to actively write in 2015. The world saw a 12-inch MacBook with a "Butterfly" keyboard. The new mechanism turned out to be much smaller in size, so the cleanliness for him was critical than for the usual "scissors".

In 2017, the "butterfly" was updated to the 2nd generation, the problem began to manifest themselves less frequently, but remained.

However, in the services they say that they regularly address not only the owners of new MacBook, but also old ones. Why?

Food and dust remnants. Yes, these are the most frequent guests of your keyboard, which are glad to find secluded places under the keys and interfere with it to click.

If you eat near MacBook, already encountered or come across this problem in the near future.

If you do not eat near MacBook, dust falls on it, so you still do not cross the sticking.

Slices of skin and sweat. Microscopic parts of your body to a lesser extent, but can also cause keypads.

To minimize the effect, do not forget to observe hygiene - just make your hands more often with soap.

Tea and water with sugar. Liquids with sugar are critical for the keyboard. In this case, get rid of the sticking will not fully work out even after cleaning.

Even before the new year, I had tea with sugar on the keyboard of my MacBook - liquid was at least quickly deleted in the near service, but I could not save the keyboard.

The only correct solution was to replace the keyboard. That I did.

Officially, Apple did not recognize the problem with the MacBook keys. Yes, and it was meaningless, because it can be avoided by banal accuracy.

But a large thread of criticism to the company made it update "Butterfly", which became more practical - this is a step towards users.

And last year, the manufacturer has released a guide on cleaning the keyboard from dirt using compressed air.

Yes, Apple offers just to blow food residues and other foreign objects from under the keys with a special cylinder.

By the way, you will find such without any problems in any store of modern electronics or ordain online. Question price - 200-400 rubles.

Step 1. Take MacBook so that its keyboard is to you at an angle of 75 degrees - you do not need to put it vertically.

Step 2. Purp the entire keyboard or only the most problem keys first from left to right, and then right left.

Step 3. Put MacBook on the right side and make the same.

Step 4. Put MacBook on the left side and repeat the procedure.

Please note when using a compressed air cylinder, a small amount of fluid may be released from it. She is harmless, just erupt it from the keyboard with a napkin.

Our method of cleaning the MacBook keyboard from the pharmacy

To blow the MacBook keyboard from dirt, you can use not only compressed air. You can just pour on the mouth buttons, but it is not so effective.

It is better to use the "pear" type for the purge, from the nearest pharmacy. Do not laugh - the method is quite a worker. It for himself a couple of years ago Roma Yuriev.

Blow air from the device So that it gets under the keys. The faster you to squeeze the rubber part of the device, the more effective the process will go.

What kind of fringe to choose? I took the smallest option with a plastic tip for the prevention of blockages, which I spend once a week.

If the zoom is serious, better pay attention to the option more. With the help of it it will be easier to create a powerful jet of air.

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To protect the keyboard from dirt and further sticking, you can use special linings that every taste is full on Aliexpress.

But working on MacBook is uncomfortable to horror. I do not recommend this option.

Food + Drinks + Keyboard - a rattling mixture that entails clogging of contacts, sticking keys and other unpleasant consequences for the user. In general, the picture is not pleasant. Despite the fact that the Apple keyboard the distance between the keys and the case is minimally to avoid hitting the dust housing, fibers and microparticles will not be possible. Consequently, sooner or later there is a need for clearative work inside the keyboard. We will try to tell how to do it correctly and without unnecessary financial costs.

Cleaning process We will divide for 3 stages:

1. Preparatory

2. Outdoor cleaning

3. Internal cleaning

4. Installation keys in place

1. Preparatory stage Includes the collection of the necessary materials and disconnect the keyboard from the computer. So, we will use: cotton wands, toothpicks, credit / discount card, water, microfiber rag, alcohol / specialized gadget care fluid.

Apple recommends purchasing Lysol Wipes or Clorox Kitchen Disinfecting Wipes - Where to look for these miracles on the expanses of our endless Motherland we will not tell me, but here you will share the experience of users of the world network. Advanced Apple User Recommend to buy agent for glass "Minute". To use or not by advice - to decide to you, Apple does not recommend using other cleaning products other than specialized.

Turn off the keyboard or use the special KeyboardCleantool program, which automatically blocks the keyboard. And it is better to do something else. By the way, download the utility - the thing is useful, it is not necessary when it wants to wipe the clave microfiber or block access to the printing technologies to young researchers, who usually find teams to format the hard disk PC.

2. External cleaning of the keyboard It is mechanically cleaning the keyboard housing from dust and dirt, using microfiber and a small amount of special means or water.

The user remember that the fabric should only be slightly moistened - excessive moisture can send the keyboard on the cemetery of apple accessories.

3. Internal Cleaning Keyboard - The most responsible and labor-intensive process. Best patience and free time, friends.

  • Patty top top corner little keys Nail / toothpick / credit card and lift it smoothly enough to understand how internal fasteners are located. This is very important, because the coarse force can lead to a breakdown of built-in mechanisms.

After estimating the location of the attachments, we use the key in the desired direction until it clicks.

Now you can remove the key completely.

A roller that clearly demonstrates the process of removing the keys and the versatility of the fasteners - the tych.

  • Remove large keys. In addition to standard fasteners, they have more metal fasteners and clamps.

  • This is how our keyboard without keys looks like. Please note that movable aluminum mounts we also take carelessly.

  • Arming with wet napkins for disinfection of monitors or paper towels with a small impregnation of alcohol (yes, you can even take vodka). But it is better to give preference to special. means. And launder each key, throwing out the napkins as they are contaminated. If the "Seer" keys and napkins do not take them, then the users of the global network are recommended to use the eraser.
  • Internal elements wipe the lobby (!) Napkin moistened with a small (!) Amount of water. Crumbs blow into manual - at the same time, lungs are practicing.

Whatever cleaning method you have chosen be careful and do not damage internal contacts and connections.

4. It's time set the keys - In the trash can a mountain of napkins, and the keyboard shines purity. Small keys will be inserted back after a small click on the case - until it clicks. Large (those with metal fasteners) must coincide with the built-in grooves, but the principle is the same.

Finally, publish little Cheat Sheet for Location Keys for Russian and Latin Keyboard Layouts from Apple. Use and do not worry that the keys may be seed:

We told how to clean the Apple keyboard with the help of progressive means, but no one has canceled scientific progress. Now there are mini vacuum cleaners for clave, special cleaning lysons and brushes. What kind of preferred do you prefer when it comes to bring order in the hold of your keyboard?

Sooner or later, even the most accurate computers users in the keyboard appears dirt. Especially good is noticeable on the bright keys. In this material we will try to consider several different ways that will allow you to clean the keyboard in Apple computers.

It is worth noting that when active use the keyboard is better to clean once a few months. However, you actively use a laptop on the road, or bring a computer to the office and home, then cleaning can be carried out more often.

Outdoor cleaning

Under the external cleaning of the keyboard, it is meant to remove dirt from the surface of the keys and the keyboard housing. You can do this in different ways. Some prefer to use wet wipes, cotton discs or simply microfiber to clean the keyboard.

For better removal of dirt, you can use a small amount of water or alcohol-containing substance. The main thing is not to overdo it. Excessive moisture in the keyboard housing will not definitely extend the operation time of the device, especially the laptop keyboard.

It is worth noting that some prefer to clean the keyboard not only with wet napkins, but also use small brushes and a vacuum cleaner with a compact nozzle or sprayed aircraft. The latter will help clean the keyboard small trash. However, the main thing is not to overdo it.

It is also worth remembering that it is better to clean the keyboard in the off state. Thus, some problems can be avoided. For example, a large number of false pressures.

Internal cleaning

Those who will seem to see the external cleaning of the keyboard - can disassemble it by removing the keys. True, this process requires a lot of patience and great care. Otherwise, thin plastic fasteners can just break down.

It is also worth noting that in some cases some keys may be fixed. It should be considered when disassembling the keyboard. For example, in the new MacBook Pro key the space is not removed.

At the moment, YouTube already has a sufficient number of different videos designed to help users who first plan to disassemble the Apple Wireless Keyboard or keyboard in MacBook.

However, in our opinion, it is worthwhile to disassemble the keyboard only in extreme cases. With careful use, there will be quite ordinary external cleaning, which is well done once a few months.