I have a 13" MacBook Pro. I was cleaning it today and my keyboard had a lot of dust and crap on it, so I decided to use an Air Blaster. The Air Blaster got rid of everything but some liquid also came out and dried within seconds, it hit the arrow key. Will this count as water damage? Please say no!
Shouldn't be a problem. The 'liquid' that comes out of 'canned air' is actually compressed fluorocarbon gas - I'm not sure that will even trip the liquid submersion indicator in an MBP.
Sorry for bumping this topic but paranoia has hit me again.
I was reading on the Apple Support Website about LSI, it says only specific notebook laptops have the LSI sensors and the 13" MacBook Pro is not listed. I was cleaning again and I'm a bit worried that I must have done something.
As was mentioned, any liquid/spray that is used on the exterior should be applied to a microfiber cloth and
not sprayed/spilled on the aluminum. Liquids will "run" and you don't want that liquid to get under the keyboard or under the trackpad.
I use iKlear with a couple microfiber clothes to clean every inch of the MBP, from the plastic keys, to the glass, to the aluminum. It's safe for these materials (and says so on the bottle). The folks at the Apple store use it all the time. It's really the only thing I've been using for the last 3 years on both my MBPs.
You have nothing to worry about. Some people worry about high-humidity environments, rain, spilling liquids.... as long as you take precaution never to put that cup of coffee 2 inches from your MacBook and don't put it on the kitchen counter next to the sink, and you don't spray cleaners directly on the hardware, I would say you are 99.999999999% fine.
Phew. The way I clean my MBP is by getting a tissue 100% wet under hot water and then squeeze out all the water so it's a hot damp towel type. Then I get a dry tissue and clean the water off. Mind you, the MBP is usually hot when I clean it and by the time I get hold of the dry tissue, it's already dry, lol.
Just be careful of using paper products to rub your finish. I've seen cases where paper towel actually left tiny scuffs/scratches. I'm sure tissue is down on the list of abrasive paper, but I'd rather be safe just the same. Also, tissue could come apart and make it's way under a key or somewhere you don't want paper to end up. Ideally, you'll want to use a soft, lint-free cloth, microfiber if you can.
That's happened to me before. Tissue coming apart, although not on my Mac but my other computers. I think I'll try the lint-free cloth next time and report back, thanks for the info 🙂