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Aug 28, 2005, 07:19 PM
 
What's the best way to clean my 12" G4 iBook's screen? In spite of never touching the screen. There are still a bunch of spots on it after 6 months.

What's the preferred method? What does Apple recommend?

Thanks very much in advance,

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Aug 29, 2005, 01:50 PM
 
Just a wet soft tissue. This is the best thing ever invented...
     
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Aug 29, 2005, 02:34 PM
 
Thanks very much Pat!

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Aug 30, 2005, 05:20 AM
 
Originally Posted by cmeisenzahl
Thanks very much Pat!

Chris
If that is not sufficient you can use a solvent of water with a slight drop of washing up liquid. That removes the grease.

The screens are astonishingly robust. I used my Dell Latitude at work to check how bad you can treat them. I really rubbed it hard and I did not find any scratch on the screen afterwards.
     
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Sep 4, 2005, 12:06 AM
 
There is a product that I use to clean my vinyl record albums. It works extremely well to cut out the crud on them. Testing, I also found out that it works well on LCD screens. I now use it to cleanse the screens on my iMac G4 and Clamshell. It's non-alcoholic, and can really make an LCD screen 'shine'. One source is:

http://www.amusicdirect.com/products...?sku=ARRRECWSH

A bit pricy in that you have to buy a 32 oz. bottle minimum, but if you have other uses for this product it may be worth the investment.

Note: I am not a 'shill' for this product. This is simply my honest evaluation after having used it for about 2 years. It may be nothing more than distilled water for all I know. But it does work.
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Sep 4, 2005, 02:44 AM
 
http://iklear.klearscreen.com/

It's what Apple factory techs use to clean, and its also what I use. Highly reccomended.
     
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Sep 4, 2005, 03:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by EFFENDI
http://iklear.klearscreen.com/

It's what Apple factory techs use to clean, and its also what I use. Highly reccomended.

Just a quick question. What's the difference between iKlear and iKlear Screen? Isn't iKlear used to clean the screen also?

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Sep 4, 2005, 06:29 PM
 
iKlear is specifically developed for Apple Computer Products. Klearscreen is a general use product for cleaning TV's, monitors, other notebooks, etc.
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Thanks for the clarification.

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