Comments on: HOW-TO: Cleaning the Apple Keyboard

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:22:34 +0000

I, too, cleaned, but now my spacebar and option key are not detected by eMac. Any suggestions?

By: Elsie Winstead

Elsie Winstead — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:56:56 +0000

I took off a few keys at a time, wiped the keys and the area underneath them with a barely dampened microfiber cloth, then put them back on. This drastically reduces the time to sort out the keys and get them back to the right place. It also doesn’t wash the lubricant off the clips. (One guy had commented that it typed harder after he washed the keys/keyboard–maybe he washed off all the lubricant?)

It worked fine for me because my keyboard was not extremely dirty so the whole wash them in a bag thing wasn’t necessary. Looks and types great! Thanks for the tutorial.

By: Maarten

Maarten — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:03:24 +0000

Thanks for very relevant article. I disassembled the keys from the keyboard (an Bluetooth wireless, used-to-be-white Apple keyboard) but I tried the dishwasher… bit lazy… all the keys went inside, the keyboard as well – upside down in the top drawer. I used a bit of detergent (next time I might not, just to be sure), set it to a short, low temperature cycle (30 degrees C) and let it dry for five days afterwards. Works like a charm and is squeaky clean!

Regards

Maarten

By: Laurie McCabe

Laurie McCabe — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:33:55 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

My keyboard was SO gross! The fact that you can see the lint and cookie crumbs through the clear base was a daily source of frustration.

I’m going to do this today! (but I already popped a key off to try it and was successful in getting it back on, so I’m ready to clean).

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By: johanne

johanne — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:25:08 +0000

i don’t succeed to put again the ‘attachment clips’, of the keys (right shift, enter/return (both), backspace, space and the zero (number-side key).

how can ido???

By: Mick

Mick — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:31:19 +0000

Hey, thanks for the great tutorial. Because my whole keyboard was dirty, I left the keys on and put the whole thing in a kitchen trash bag, and washed it with hot soapy water as you suggested. It’s really clean now, but doesn’t work anymore — can you help?

By: mahesh

mahesh — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:13:29 +0000

this keyboard is just bad design. FOR USE. this keyboard is great design. FOR SALE. it is engineered to present well, to sell easily. however, a simple gray keyboard that doesn’t show dirt, that isn’t unsightly, has better utility. either that, or apple should have made it easier to disassemble the keyboard. 1 hour to clean a keyboard?! that’s a ridiculous waste of time.

By: catamia123

catamia123 — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:27:55 +0000

Very helpful! Go To Google > Images and search Apple Keyboard and select the pic of the model you have…no need
to take your own photo.

By: Bill Bartmann

Bill Bartmann — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:48:59 +0000

Hey good stuff…keep up the good work!

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By: macchick

macchick — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:05:47 +0000

GREAT tutorial — One disappointment:

I thought that doing this would make the keyboard perform as smoothly as it did when it was new, but sadly, that is not the case. I still have to press down on the keys pretty hard to get the letters to appear onscreen and I think its giving me carpal tunnel syndrome.

The keyboard looks clean and great now, but doesn’t work any better, sadly. (I think a few of the keys are actually HARDER to press down than they were before I popped ‘em off and cleaned the keyboard.) Thanks for the excellent, very clear, helpful tutorial though.

Style over substance wins in the end, I guess.

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By: Shotpurple

Shotpurple — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:51:35 +0000

Very helpful – thanks for such a clear guide!

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By: Gabriel Mendoza

Gabriel Mendoza — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:58:22 +0000

Getting a mini keyboard is usually like getting a pager instead of a cell phone. You could kind of get the job done but in no way will the pager get the job done in the same time and as easily as the cell phone will.

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By: Andreako

Andreako — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:03:45 +0000

Hey man, not only did you give me a nice afternoon, my keyboard is now clean and has a totally different sound. Maybe i did something wrong, but maybe it’s just the original sound, who knows. Shiny, though. Nice work!