Cleaning the Macbook Pro

hey everyone!

i was just curious to see what everyone else does to clean their mbp or mb.

what do you do to get dirt and oils off of keys? also, what do you use for the casing? i would love to get my mbp nice and new looking!

thanks for the help

 

Nothing but a damp paper towel for me, takes the dirt right off the casing, keyboard, trackpad, everything. Then again, I don't really dirty mine up too bad.

 

I just use a damp micro fiber cloth.

 

Yea mine doesnt get too dirty, though I gotta get some compressed air to blow out some of the dust, and hard to find stuff.

 

One damp and one dry microfiber cloths. Use the damp one to run your entire MBP, then use the dry one to buff it. A towel or anything could scratch it, espcially the screen. This method works for both screen and casing (keyboard, etc)

 

I know some disagree, but I really don't recommend compressed air, because that will just blow dust around inside your computer.
Really the best thing IMHO is to use a vacuum and suck it out of the vents as much as you can.

 

I use alcohol swabs I get from work to clean the MBP in general, and just a hand vacuum for the vents (if you do get anything up).

Try getting a keyboard protector, saves you lotsa trouble. Mine doesnt make marks on the screen when I close the lid, just in case someone wanted to know if it did.

 

Ummm, A vacuum is even worse, it can't create a static charge, and you know what static charges do to electronics.

 

Dry tissues to wipe the screen.

Very slightly moistened kitchen tissues to wipe the casing.

Works well.

 

I use the Mr Clean Magic Eraser to clean the the casing and a microfiber cloth to wipe it down afterwords. It works great on any macbook/pro but it works especially well removing fingerprints on the black macbook.

 

thank you for all the replies everyone!