Macbook pro retina screen damaged using alcohol swab

Look at this: My Retina Display has stain damage, HELP!!!

Do you really think everybody is stupid?

So what's your point? I clean my keyboard once a week and use a damp cloth with water and a micro fiber cloth on the screen.

The same. And the result:

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/03/16/retina-macbook-pro-stained-coating/

Thanks for the info about the magnets holding the front glass in place. In the iMac the glass is removed with large suction cups so maybe that's possible here. I have a parted late 2011 13" MBP that I'll try that on.

There seem to be two problems here:

Contact with the keyboard or out gassing damage from the plastic in the keys and the logic board that damages the display. Easy to spot because it's in the pattern of the keys, trackpad et al. (I remember when the old iBook keyboards would start smelling like B.O.. There was a flame war going on about that around here as well!)

Cleaning the display w/ solvents. Self explanatory and something you are definitely cautioned against by Apple.

So replacing the front glass is somewhat difficult but not impossible. It's held in by double surface tape, the same way an iPhone glass is held in. Removal requires special tools and a heat gun or hair dryer. Replacement is simple you just have to be careful to clean it well because if you trap any lint, dirt, fingerprints etc you'll be looking at it until you decide to go through the whole process again.

The glass is quite cheap as has been noted.

God I have the same issue! And the people from Genius Bar told me that I must cleaned it in a wrong way! I swear to God I cleaned it with only water. Since my MacBook pro is out of warranty, they said I need to pay $600+ to replace the screen! I just can't believe this is the quality of apple product and this is the attitude that they deal with customers! Furious!

Take it back and ask them to show you how to clean it properly. I bet they will refuse cos they know they'll make it worse.

If they refuse or they make it worse, then it will prove it's nothing to do with your cleaning method.

Spudnuty is correct about the how to. One could use a hair dryer and a thin bladed knife and putty knife. Since one is not using the glass over again, cracking it is not a big deal. Shattering it is as it could scratch the LCD. The biggest thing about it is it takes time and patients. But if you can have both it is better than the $200.00 to $600.00. Here is a how to with a video. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Replace-the-Macbook-Unibody-Glass-LCD/ This applies to the macbook pro as well.

Yah, I was hoping that it was held in by magnets like in the iMac.

It's a double sided adhesive tape in like an iPhone. Those are impossible to get out w/o breaking (Tiny shards of very sharp glass!)

It does seem like it's possible if you're very patient and proceed slowly and way cheaper than replacing the entire display.

This modular replacement culture!

I saw this in the Army working on radios. You had a tester that would tell you which of 5 modules was bad. You pulled out the bad module, replaced it and tossed the bad one.

My buddy had to replace 3 control modules in his VW at $180 a pop. I drilled open an old one that had failed and all that was wrong w/ it was that a spring had fallen off a relay. I crimped it back on and did it with the other two so now he had a working module and two spares.

Unfortunately it is MacBook Pro, NOT Retina. In Retina Glass+display are one part.

Sorry.

My Retina Display has stain damage, HELP!!!

Guys, check this: https://www.change.org/p/apple-replace-or-fix-all-macbook-pro-retinas-with-scree n-stain-damage-and-peeling-rubber-feet

for real what up with mac.....

I was effected too, see the others with same problem here: http://www.staingate.org/

Could you tell me what does the coating on the screen actually do ?

It's an anti-glare coating to reduce reflections from other light sources. It was added after many complained about the screens being too shiny.

It's similar to the anti-glare coatings that you get with your eyeglasses.

No one should be using alcohol or products that contain alcohol (i.e. Windex) to clean glass surfaces that have optical anti-glare coatings. That much is covered in the literature that comes with your Mac. Distilled water with a micro-fiber cloth has been the recommended cleaning method for years.

Note: If you clean the keyboard area with a solvent based cleaner and then shut the lid, then the keys may contact the screen.