I accidentally spilled about 2 or 3 ml of coffee on my Macbook speaker grills ?

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I accidentally spilled about 2 or 3 ml of coffee on my Macbook speaker grills ?

I accidently spilled some coffee liquid (flat white) on my Macbook pro 2017 Touchbar, luckily I had a keyboard cover which protected the keyboard, but some fell on the speakers grill (on the right side) I cleaned it right away with my fingers and napkins then put a napkin on the speakers grills, closed the lid and put the macbook upside down so it can be drained somehow with gravity, I think the napkin was very very slightly wet that it can barely be noticed after I removed it, then put a new napkin again and left it upside down till I reached home 2-3 hours later, I removed the napkin it was dry and I used a vaccum cleaner 5-10 times on the speakers and the keyboard close to it ,The macbook is working normaly till now and the speakers also are working as usual I guess, I’m really worried that there might be some damage that I can encounter later, my question is , How long should I wait to be relieved that nothing would happen ?

It's has been about 40 hours now since all of this happened and I used a lamp to heat the grills for about 30 mins, a fan too and used the vacuum cleaner one more time and so far I can't see any problem or malfunctioning but I'm still worried...

And also can you tell me if there is something else I should do ?

I live in Egypt and the Apple Retailers here are not professional at all and they take too much time and money to do any repair so that's not an option too

Sorry for the long post.

Thank you in advance.

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), null

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 6:22 AM

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Answer 1

nitish.h

Level 1

17 points

Jul 31, 2018 7:29 PM in response to marianmourad

I don't think it should cause any problem. From my understanding, the MBP speakers actually have downward firing drivers, so if liquid seeps in through the grill, I don't think it would get into the speaker drivers. And since you already vacuumed it and let it seep out in an inverted position, your mac should be just fine.

Also, since it's been over 40 hours already, the residual liquid (if any) would have dried out, thanks to the weather in Egypt.

Take it easy mate.

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Answer 2

leroydouglas

Level 10

199,344 points

Jul 31, 2018 7:29 PM in response to marianmourad

Only time will tell, maybe you dodged a bullet.

It seems you have done your due diligence and that is enough.

If you have AppleCare+ it will cover a large portion of accidental damage.

https://www.apple.com/support/products/mac.html

In or out of warranty you can get a free over the counter 'Apple Service Diagnostics' test

Genius reservation http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

on-line https://getsupport.apple.com/

check warranty https://checkcoverage.apple.com/

Similar to AppleCare+ for iPhone and iPad, each incident of accidental damage for Mac will carry its own price tag. Screen damage or “external enclosure damage” will run $99 per incident, while other damage, including water damage, will run $299. Users receive coverage of two incidents under AppleCare+, and after the two incidents have been used up, out-of-warratny replacement rates will apply.

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