Cleaning sticky keys?

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Cleaning sticky keys?

A few months ago I spilled coffee on my macbook pro.I took it into to the Apple store and luckily no damage was done and the guy at the genius bar cleaned some of the keys for me.Everything worked fine until recently some of the keys have been a little sticky.Ive read that you're supposed to clean them with a little alcohol and a cotton swab...is this the best way to do this?If not what should I use to get rid of the stickiness?

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MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)

Posted on Aug 10, 2014 4:22 AM

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Heesleemer

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Aug 10, 2014 6:37 AM in response to Community User

LUCKED OUT! Nice

Is it correct to assume the key is sticking in when you type?

How I solved mine is I popped the key out (small flat head on the LEFT side of the key should do it) and take the mechanism and cleaned it with alcohol.

Putting it back in is simple as well. Just hook the mechanism into the keyboard, and then put the key on top and push it in until it clicks.

There's a couple of good videos detailing this.

This is one I used

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh88cn_rtLo

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Answer 2

Aug 10, 2014 11:19 AM in response to Community User

Eitherway, taking the key out and cleaning should help.

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Answer 3

Aug 10, 2014 5:16 AM in response to Community User

Depends how good of a clean you want to do? I find alcohol swabs work great for me, or sometimes I just get a wipe and wet it with an alcohol based sanitiser. Make sure you shut down and unplug your Mac first though.

Hope this helped, Alex McGrath

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Answer 4

Aug 10, 2014 10:58 AM in response to Heesleemer

i Know this sounds crazy but it doesn't stick in at all it just sounds funny and feels a little different from the keys that aren't sticky.i know it's not really an issue but it is really annoying so I'd like to get them nice and clean. I'm kind if OCD that way haha!

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