IKlean Mess.

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IKlean Mess.

I used IKlean on my glossy screen and the result is a smudged screen surface. Is there a better way to clean the screen?

Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2), 2 6G Classics, Apple TV, 2 Nanos, 1 5G Ipod, Iphone, Touch, Powerbook, 2 Ibooks

Posted on Mar 29, 2008 12:41 PM

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Answer 1

Ahsan

Level 3

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Mar 29, 2008 1:08 PM in response to Michael Kozlowski

Try the apple way:(see User's Guide for details)

Cleaning your MacBook Pro display: To clean your MacBook Pro screen, first shut
down your MacBook Pro, unplug the power adapter, and remove the battery.
Then dampen the included cleaning cloth with just water and wipe the screen. Do not
spray liquid directly on the screen.

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Answer 2

Mar 30, 2008 3:04 PM in response to Ahsan

Are they including cleaning cloths in MBPs now? What do they look like/How big are the cloths? From my User Guide (note it differs from your quote):
"To clean your MacBook Pro screen, first shut down your MacBook Pro, unplug the power adapter, and remove the battery. Then dampen a clean, soft, lint-free cloth or paper with water only and wipe the screen. Do not spray liquid directly on the screen."

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Answer 3

Courcoul

Level 6

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Mar 30, 2008 8:03 PM in response to JTeague3948

Are they including cleaning cloths in MBPs now? What do they look like/How big are the cloths?

At least mine did (received 14 march 08): a black square of microfiber with the Apple logo, folded in four, inside a cellophane envelope and placed in the sleeve that contained the EULA and the Install/Restore DVDs (labeled "Everything Else"). I prefer to use a bright yellow 3M ScotchBrite microfiber cleaning cloth instead: much bigger and you can see the grime being removed.

The rest is the same: lightly moistened with water, swab in light circular motions and I prefer to dry immediately with a soft, clean and lint free cotton cloth to avoid streaking. Has kept my last three darlings clean and unblemished (TiBook, PBook G4, MBook Pro).

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Answer 4

Mar 31, 2008 10:21 AM in response to Michael Kozlowski

Michael, I would be interested to hear how plain water works to clean your glossy screen. I've used KlearScreen (iKlear) for years on matte-style Dell screens and it works great. However, I was also curious to hear how the product works with glossy screens as they are definitely different.

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Answer 5

Mar 31, 2008 11:03 AM in response to geekmaster

I used the IKlear first as well (not IKlean as I originally typed it). It left the screen all smudgy and streaky. Following the posted suggestion to use water with a microfiber cloth I was dubious but tried it, and it works flawlessly (OK, streaklessly)! By the way, I did not get a microfiber cloth with my MBP, but I have a lot of them from my eyewear professional. Good luck.

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