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My Mackbook Pro Has Fingerprints and Dust On It. **PLEASE HELP NOW**
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Chooglin'
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Sep 2, 2007, 03:42 PM
 
Help!!!!
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Sep 2, 2007, 04:09 PM
 
Wipe it with a soft, non-abrasive cloth.

     
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Sep 2, 2007, 05:19 PM
 
Oh. Dear. You. Cannot. Be. Serious........
     
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Sep 2, 2007, 07:10 PM
 
Slightly damp, good quality paper towel and some care and you're done.

Or are you just trying to be funny? It isn't.

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Sep 2, 2007, 07:18 PM
 
Fill a bucket with warm water, add one cup of washing soda, then use a sponge to wash the dirty parts and don’t forget to rinse well. If that doesn’t help try soaking it for an hour.

Also try to remove the k before the c and follow the cleaning instructions here.
     
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Sep 2, 2007, 07:35 PM
 
Ring applecare and make an appointment to go and see a genius...... its probably best left to the experts!!!!!!!
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Sep 3, 2007, 12:11 PM
 
You may want to consider soaking it overnight in a hot bucket of water. MAKE SURE you unplug it from the AC wall outlet before soaking.

Take a 5 gallon bucket of water, add 3 cups of bleach, one cup of Tide laundry soap (it is important you only use Tide with fabric softener), and finally; 3.14159 cups of pool acid. Stirring the mixture well... take your laptop and place it in the mixture making sure it is fully immersed.

Go to bed.

When you wake up in the morning, take your laptop out of the mixture, and rinse well in the shower (I find that setting it on the floor of the shower with the screen open does a very good job of rinsing) when you take your morning shower.

To dry... put it in your oven at 325 degrees F for 5 hours.

Remove from the oven.

I promise you; this method will remove all fingerprints AND dust from your laptop.



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Sep 3, 2007, 12:38 PM
 
The dishwasher - it not only cleans it sanitizes
     
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Sep 3, 2007, 12:40 PM
 
My recommendation is to loan it to some astronauts after soaking and leave it in a real vacuum. That will remove all of the moisture. sam
     
   
 
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