Cleaning the 2021 MacBook Pro keyboard

bahman243 Said:

"I found the utilities in the Application page then opened the terminal and changed it but, did not work. Thank you very much for your time"

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You are welcome. Excellent job troubleshooting!

Where to go from here:

Recommend this to Apple:

Do your Part: Inform Apple of this idea. You'd do so by providing Apple Feedback on this.  Apple wont get back to you directly, but the more feedback thy receive from its users, the more likely they will know what their customers prefer, and what options to include in Mac models to come.

Go Here: Leave Feedback for Apple:

Do Your Part: Inform Apple of this. They will not get back to directly, but the more feedback they receive on this, the more they will know what is going on, and what their customers need are. The more feedback that Apple's developers receive on this, the more likely they will include it in future Macs.

1. Go Here: Feedback - MacBook Pro - Apple
2. Select: "Feature Request" for the "Feedback Type"
3. Comment: that you want this to be an option and why. Include the URL of this thread.
4. Proceed from there as necessary.

bahman243 Said:

"TheLittles, please see attached screenshot, my Desktop even do not show the “Menu” on it.

Apple really created garbage that consumers like me has to go this far just to get the keyboard cleaned. Thank you"

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Thank you for the photo.

Screenshots of Steps 2-4:

2. Click: Go

3. Select: Utilities

4. Open: Terminal

1. Go

2. Utilities

3. Terminal:

bahman243 Said:

"Cleaning the 2021 MacBook Pro keyboard:Thank you for the quick answer to my question.: first of all I even don’t know where to start to enter that text you send me because I am not computer savvy nor programmer. SHAME on Apple to create such a product that consumers are unable to clean the keyboard. Thanks again TheLittles"

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You are welcome.

How to Get to Terminal:

1. Click: the Desktop
2. Click: Go menu (top of screen)
3. Select: Utilities
4. Open: Terminal

Screenshot:

(with personal info, blocked out):

bahman243 Said:

"Cleaning the 2021 MacBook Pro keyboard: I turn off my 14”-2021 Apple MacBook Pro to clean the keyboard but, unfortunately as soon as I touch the keyboard, computer turns on and then it makes hard to clean the keyboard. Any idea on how to stop the computer from turning on while cleaning the keyboard? TX"

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Diable Autoboot in Terminal:

What you are looking to perform is not an option on Silicon Macs. You only relevant option is to disable auto boot when you lift the screen. This is the Terminal command for this:

sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00