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Mr. Onslaught
Jun 25, 2005

For you, it was the last time you would ever post in YCS. But for me...it was Tuesday.
One of my MacBook (butterfly) keys was a little sticky, so I followed this informative and insightful guide to try to fix it:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205662

As a result, now 10+ keys are far more stuck than the one that was sticking, including a completely unusable space bar :downs:

After reading other people’s experiences with this, anyone have any tips for how to avoid a lovely repair experience? Sounds like I’m gonna walk into the Apple Store appointment I have on Monday, have someone paw at the keys and say “yeah it’s out of warranty and needs the entire top to be replaced.” Aside from that taking it out of commission for longer than I’d like, it also apparently costs 400-700 dollars :/

I could try removing the keys on my own to clean but a) if any of them break its difficult to get replacements, b) I watched a MacBook Pro w/same keys very delicately remove a space bar with proper technique and it broke 3+ clips, cheapest replacement space bar for butterfly I’ve found is 70 bucks

This laptop was very needs suiting before it was crippled by keys not being able to be pressed :smith:

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