MBP: Wrist rest - 'Black dots'

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iamok Author

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MBP: Wrist rest - 'Black dots'

Hello all!

I'm having a 'ugly' issue with my Macbook Pro.

It is now about 3 months old, and there are 'black dots' on the wrist rest.

Actually it seems like the Aluminium around there is oxidizing. These black dots are little irregularities on the case.

It's quite annoying, because the MBP is losing it's good look this way.

This is the 2nd Macbook Pro where i have this issue - Years ago I was told the material was maybe corrupted.

But now this is happening again, why? The MBP is very expensive, I don't want to send it back, specially because it is only 3 months old.

Also I need it for working, and a repair never took less then 1 week.

Does anyone else have such an issue? Or maybe an idea why this is happening?

Best regards

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jan 3, 2012 12:42 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 3, 2012 12:46 AM in response to iamok

I know exactly what you are talking about. try cleaning the area in question as outlined in this Apple KB article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3226. It worked for me.

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iamok Author

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Jan 3, 2012 1:03 AM in response to shldr2thewheel

Thanks for your answer - well I always tried to be as carefull as possible - since a MBP is an expensive device, you dont want to get it damaged or anything.

I guess the solution is to use some wrist protection, like http://store.apple.com/us/product/TW022LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA2Nw&s=topSellers

But actually I am not very satisfied with using such 'stickers' to protect my MBP. It's just not looking the same with such a thing.

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Answer 3

Jan 3, 2012 1:06 AM in response to iamok

You do understand that cleaning it as outlined in the link I provided will not damage it, correct? Those instructions are directly from Apple.

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iamok Author

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Jan 3, 2012 1:13 AM in response to shldr2thewheel

Sure, but I actually dont think cleaning was the fault, since I already followed these recommendations.

I actuallz think it has to do with the ph value of the sweat or something. I read something about it somewhere on here

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Answer 5

Jan 3, 2012 1:16 AM in response to iamok

No I mean why don't you try and clean it and see if the spots go away, unless you are saying you have already tried 🙂

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iamok Author

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Jan 3, 2012 1:58 AM in response to shldr2thewheel

Aaah, ok, sorry I got that wrong.

I already tried 'cleaning them away' but there are small 'holes', you can feel / see them.

The black dots are just deeper than the normal surface

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Answer 7

Jan 3, 2012 2:05 AM in response to iamok

oh I see. Yikes!!

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eww

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Jan 3, 2012 4:42 AM in response to iamok

A very small minority of users have skin chemistry that attacks and corrodes the surface of the MBP. For those users, the only remedy is covering and protecting the wrist rests.

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eww

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Jan 3, 2012 4:43 AM in response to eww

There is no way to repair damage that has already occurred, unfortunately.

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