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How to clean the touchpad
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Can you suggest me a way to clean the touchpad after two years of usage?
Please don't suggest specific products as I'm in Italy and they rarely available.
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Any soft, clean cloth (nothing scratchy) with a bit of water (no chemicals) should do fine.
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Stay away from alcohol and other corrosive chemicals. A slightly wet cloth does fine. If its got smudge marks, I use an art eraser to gently rub off the markings. Art erasers do wonders on the white iBook's surface.
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what about the handrest area?
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Same. Just avoid chemicals and anything abrasive, which is just common sense.
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Originally posted by Robertk2012:
water wont get it off.
Wont get what off?
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All glory to the hypnotoad.
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
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Alcohol isn't a bad cleaner, but a lot of people don't know where to stop-don't pour it on, just dampen the surface! I use alcohol prep pads, those alcohol-soaked squares they use before they give you a shot-and they work great. I get them at drug stores for about $2.00 for 200 of 'em. They work for cleaning all sorts of things; I started using them to clean old mechanical mice, and found out they are useful for many other things. Just don't use them on your display; they aren't good for the plastic, non-glare coating on the LCD.
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Glenn -----
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Originally posted by gioele:
Can you suggest me a way to clean the touchpad after two years of usage?
Please don't suggest specific products as I'm in Italy and they rarely available.
You can always try those trackpad film protectors. Mac Imports sells them cheap online and they sell in a package of 2. They sell a size designed for every Apple Notebook. A pack of 2 will last me around 6-8 months of very heavy use. These are especially useful if you have a shiny trackpad. It will keep your notebook looking like new. Just simply lay them over the trackpad and they will adhere automatically. Can be easily removed to change and will not damage your trackpad or reduce quality of use.
www.macimports.com
(Last edited by hldan; Jun 12, 2004 at 12:53 PM.
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I have used isopropyl alcohol on a cotton ball on my Pismo at least once a month for 4 and a half years. Works great--no ill effects (I recall arguing with someone on the powerbook forums here a long time ago about it).
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signatures are a waste of bandwidth
especially ones with political tripe in them.
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I've used regular all-purpose surface cleaner (no petroleum solvents) on all my Macs and it works great. So does window cleaner.
tooki
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