what can I use to clean the aluminium case on the macbook pro?

Try a small quantity of 409 on a damp cotton cloth - or simply hot water on a cloth...nothing abrasive, then gently wipe clean with a microfiber cloth.

You don't mention any specific cleaning needs, so I'm assuming general.

Otherwise/also:

Apple - Support - MacBook - Care and Handling

HELLO also i would like to suggest to use as KT mentions, yes a soft cleaning cloth, hm well to be honest i am using antistatic cleaning wipes, but i combine with water and then clean after with a soft anti static again cloth, just like the one i use for my expensive glasses 🙂 , use only few drops of water and let it dry (the anti-static wipe) i use Q-CONNECT DRY CLEANING WIPES, then use the soft cotton cloth of your preference i think this is the best also for the screen too .. p.S HAVE FUN.

MacBook Pro: Care, Use, and Safety Information

I'll give you my secret recipe:

You'll need

Cotton or linen cloth

Water

Very cheap vodka

Mix the water and the vodka 50/50, spray it on the cloth, wipe.

Forget about secret recipes and what not. Follow Baby Boomer's advice and also read the User Guide that came with your MBP. It's that simple. Don't make it complicated.

sig wrote:

Forget about secret recipes and what not.

It's not secret now, but water and alcohol are hardly esoteric.

Csound1 wrote:

"It's not secret now, but water and alcohol are hardly esoteric."

It may not be esoteric but it is what not. 😁

sig wrote:

It may not be esoteric but it is what not. 😁

Sorry Sig, my command of English is not adequate for that sentence

Informal unspecified assorted material is what not (whatnot).

Ahhh, whatnot:

an English term used to incorporate any other details not mentioned. This term is used much like et cetera to supplement details.

I assume you mean this meaning (rather than the 18th century English furniture style)

Yep.😁

I listed all the ingredients so there is no 'whatnot'

But YMMV

You're right.

Through all my different careers, I have learned it takes an oil to break down an oil. I have had this problem where no matter how clean my hands are, and using isoprophil alchohol or iKlear, it still doesnt remove the oil residue off the keyboard or alluminum unibody. So what i did was dampen a cloth with "gook off", which is an oil or sticky residue remover. This actually made it greasier, but after rubbing my Pro with Gook off and then cleaning off the Gook off with alcohol, the residue was gone! I do this every so often when the keyboard gets shiny or I see oil residue below the keyboard where my palms rest. Rub Gook off using hard pressure, then remove the gook off with alcohol or iKlear, or whatever watered down cleaner you prefer. This is the only method that has worked for me and my school that actually works, leaving my Pro and the student laptops looking brand new. I do not recomend this for the screen because I have not tried it yet and have not needed to try it on the screen. Rub hard!

I'm afraid they don't sell "gook off" in any store I've been to so I'll stick with Csound1's whatnot. 😁