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Cleaning Ipad screen!

Curious what you people are doing/using to clean the iPad screen? thanks for any follow ups!

I was recently in an Apple store...and the apple employees highly recommend not to use screen protectors for whatever reason!

Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jun 10, 2010 5:41 PM

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Aug 9, 2010 12:24 PM in response to wmzilla

Apple's own directions say damp, lint-free cloth.

Can't imagine that a tee-shirt, even if freshly laundered, would fit that bill!

In another line of optics work, I've found that there is lots of lint, dust, and fiber debris on just about everything. Wash hands well, wash out cloth, wring out until damp, then apply changing portion of cloth (micro-fiber in my case).

Aug 9, 2010 2:09 PM in response to Bighitinc

I have no screen protector, I clean it whenever it gets too smudgy (if that's a word) by wiping it with whatever t-shirt I happen to be wearing. I keep it in a padded brown envelope. It's made from toughened glass and aluminium. It's not as fragile as some people (who sell specialist cleaning kits & cases) would have you believe.

Aug 11, 2010 5:37 PM in response to Bighitinc

I use premoistened towelettes from the Sunglass hut...they're safe to use on Oakley lens' which also have a hydrophobic and oleophobic coating. They comes in packs of 30 and one wipe thoroughly cleans my iPad.

Aug 13, 2010 6:20 AM in response to JimPrice

I suggest you keep the iPad in a silicon sleeve or a OtterBox case which can be removed and disinfected itself. The iPad screen, being glass, should be able to withstand a light wipe with w/90% alcohol or other (perhaps non-alcohol) disinfectant.

Aug 18, 2010 9:10 AM in response to Bighitinc

#!/bin/bash

echo "

Otherwise, windex and T shirt.

" | grep -v holy

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Aug 18, 2010 9:18 AM in response to Bighitinc

at least I did not use csh ........

Aug 18, 2010 11:47 AM in response to nick101

Exactly, microfiber is the way to go. Apple ships microfiber cloths in with the iPhone, so that is the preferred method to protect the oleophobic coating and I breathe on the glass if I want a little extra moisture.

Aug 18, 2010 12:15 PM in response to Khiem Le

I second the iKlear. Works great for all of my Apple products. I keep a microfiber cloth separate just for the iPad. Once in awhile (about every 1 or 2 days) I spray just a bit on the cloth and wipe down my iPad screen. In the times between I Generally just clean smudges from the iPad with the microfiber cloth without any spray.

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Jan 2, 2012 8:17 AM in response to Bighitinc

The best way I have found to keep my iPad 2 clean is by using a microfiber cloth. I have tried quite a few and the best by far was the Pristine Screens cloth. The other cloths I tried just felt cheep, this one on the other is definitely high quality and lived up to all of the hype. I bought mine on Amazon but they have a website too. Hope this helps! :-)

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Mar 26, 2012 11:11 AM in response to derek smith1

I totally agree! Our hands are pretty dirty things and our beloved iPad, as beautiful as it is, needs to be cleaned properly. It is glass so I've never had any propblems wipeing it down. My prefered wipe (its an addiction actually) is See Clear Lens Cleaner from Wipemart. Believe me I did a lot of research befor I purchased. Its polypropylene fabric so there is no way its going to scratch your iPad plus it easily removes all of my fingerprints. Also, I find that they have just the right amount of solution. These things are addicting 🙂

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Apr 24, 2012 3:46 PM in response to lukeBme

Never use chemicals on your iPad or any electronic devices, the chemical will strip away the protective coating and will ultimately damage your screen. Instead use a microfiber cleaning cloth like the ones sold at www.kbcloth.info and slightly wet it and wipe your iPad screen clean. Make sure that the cloth is only damp and not wet. This is the best way to clean your iPad.

Apr 29, 2012 7:11 AM in response to Steve Mercer1

"smudgy" certainly is a word! From the built in New American Oxford Dictionary that comes with all Macs!! Fantastic dictionary and that it's provided free on the Macs and the i-devices is a really big plus!

smudgy|ˈsməjē|adjective( smudgier , smudgiest )

smeared or blurred from being smudged : a smudgy photograph.

DERIVATIVESsmudgily |-jəlē| adverbsmudgi

Apr 29, 2012 7:52 AM in response to AstroMacMan

The reverse side of the Apple Smart Cover ( the leather one, anyway) is microfiber suede. The Apple sales guy showed me how to fold it into a triangle with the microfiber facing out and use that to clean fingerprints. If it gets really smudgy I use an eyeglass cloth, we get plenty for frww fron our eye doctor.

Cleaning Ipad screen!