Users of any laptop model face such a problem as dust in the keyboard and or in their PC. It is not always easy to clean it up. A device like the Macbook has been heavily protected from dust by the company. It cannot even always be disassembled.
Preparing the laptop
To start any work on cleaning dust, including the Macbook Pro, you need to turn off the device, and then remove the back cover. For this MacBook, you will need to unscrew 10 bolts, but their number may vary depending on the model of the device. Be extremely careful when unscrewing them. Do not get confused or confused with others.
After completing these operations, remove the cover. The lid is made of aluminum, which makes it pleasant to the touch. On the back of the cover you will find detailed instructions for removing it.
To turn off the power system, disconnect the battery cable from the charging port, as well as from the main board.
To ensure complete cleaning of MacBook Pro from dust, you need to remove the hard drive. This should be done very carefully, without damaging anything from the contents of the laptop.
The cooling system must be removed and cleaned. Without this stage, you can not make any cleaning of the MacBook from dirt and dust. Then disconnect the radiator. Now remove the SSD itself. Removing it, you will notice a huge amount of dust that needs to be cleaned.
For the cleaning itself, you need to use special brushes. In severe cases, a solution is used that removes dirt well, but at the same time does not harm the metal.
How do I remove dust from my keyboard?
Method 1
If any of the keys stick, do not run to the repair shop, because you can fix this problem yourself. However, for this you must definitely buy a can of compressed air.
When cleaning with this spray, it is important to have a dedicated air distribution duct. The distance between them should be approximately 1.5 cm.
Flip the laptop 75 degrees and spray air over the keys. This should be done from left to right.
other methods
- Shake the keyboard lightly over the trash can. Usually a lot of crumbs and insects accumulate there. Although in MacBook Pro all this can hardly get there, it is worth cleaning it in this way.
- A cotton rag can help you clean, but don't use synthetics.
- You can also use special glass wipes.
- You can also take a cotton swab and moisten it with window cleaner and clean the keyboard. Then wipe with a dry stick or cloth.
Disinfection
After disinfection, let the keyboard dry for 5-10 minutes.
If you clean your device from dust at least once every 3 months, then your device will work stably. The keyboard should be cleaned once a week. On MacBooks, everything is thought out, and not always a lot of dirt accumulates in them. And I also want to warn you that when using a balloon and a MacBook, you need to be careful. Disinfection should also be carried out regularly, since harmful microbes and bacteria regularly accumulate there. We hope you have no questions left. But if you have them, then write them in the comments. And we will also be grateful for the like and repost of this information to our friends.
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With the availability of spare parts, up to 85% of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs take much less time. The website lists the approximate duration of any repairs.
Warranty and liability
Any repairs must be guaranteed. Everything is described on the website and in the documents. The guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and sufficient. It is needed to check quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that they will help you.
Half of the success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so a good service works with suppliers directly, there are always several reliable channels and your own warehouse with proven spare parts of current models so that you do not have to waste extra time.
Free diagnostics
This is very important and has already become a good form for the service center. Diagnostics is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you should not pay a dime for it, even if you do not repair the device as a result.
Repair in service and delivery
A good service values your time and therefore offers free shipping. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of the service center: correctly and according to technology, it can only be done at a prepared place.
Convenient schedule
If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient so that you can catch up with before and after work. Good service works both on weekends and on holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00
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Age and experience of the company
Reliable and experienced service has been known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years, and it has managed to establish itself as an expert, people turn to it, write about it, recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the SC are being restored.
We are trusted and passed on by other service centers for difficult cases.
How many masters in directions
If several engineers are always waiting for you for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken over immediately.
2. You are giving Macbook repairs to an expert in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices
Technical literacy
If you ask a question, a specialist must answer it as accurately as possible.
So that you have an idea of what exactly you need.
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I have long wanted to write about programs for cleaning Mac OS X from garbage, namely:
- application cache and logs,
- browser data,
- basket,
- download folder, etc.
Since it is quite problematic to clean all this economy manually, people have come up with special applications - Cleaaners :-) And right now we will look at several such free applications for cleaning Mac OS X from all this garbage.
All programs discussed in the review are located in the App Store.
Let's get started, the first program is SimpleCleaner.
Super compact and super fast app :-). Allows you to clean:
- Application cache
- Application logs
- Browser data
- Shopping cart
- Downloads
- Email downloads
- Large files (over 100 Megabytes in size)
The application works as follows. Push the button Scanning and we are waiting. After a few moments, the program will report the results and allow you to select the items to clean.
The next program is AVG Cleaner. The program is marketed as a quick disk cleaner for Mac OS X. Let's see :-)
At the first launch, we are asked to register an AVG account or log in with the registration data already received earlier. You can also use magic and skip this procedure by pressing the button Skip for now :-)
An interesting feature of this program is that in addition to cleaning the disk from garbage, it can also search for duplicate images, music, videos and documents on our disk. This is great! But now we still want to clean the disk and press the button Scan now on the die Disk Cleaner... In the next window, the program asks to select our home folder, select and agree. The scan result appears on the screen just as quickly, but absolutely not informative. To view the detailed data, one more click on the button is required View & Clean.
The report looks very detailed, unlike the previous one SimpleCleaner... Well, then everything is the same as in the first case - select the necessary items with checkmarks and press the button Clean... After cleaning is complete, the program will write Cleaning successfully finished.
In the end, I can say that the first application is the easiest and fastest way to clean your Mac OS X from garbage - a simple interface and quick work is what you need. The second application also deserves attention, but in my opinion it is for more advanced users :-).
No matter how stable OS X is, you still can't do without occasional cleaning of this system from all sorts of garbage. Advanced users can do this manually. And for those who do not have enough knowledge or time, special utilities will help.
It probably won't be a big exaggeration if you call the CleanMyMac utility one of the most famous among all that is designed to clean OS X. And its third edition has become even more functional, has received an even more perfect cleaning algorithm. At the same time, the advantage of CleanMyMac 3 lies not only in the ability to clean the garbage from the system that appears as a result of using the computer, but also the files that were present there initially, but you never needed.
CCleaner
The undoubted advantage of this utility is the availability of a free version with the minimum required functionality. If there is a need for additional features, then the user is offered a choice of two options at once. In general, CCleaner has excellent capabilities in cleaning the system and optimizing computer performance. This utility is very popular all over the world. There are also versions for PC and mobile devices running Android.
CCleaner
MainMenu
Not a bad competitor to CleanMyMac 3 and CCleaner. Provides ample opportunities not only in cleaning, but also fine-tuning the system, as well as various useful additions, such as maintaining the history of the clipboard. The utility is available in two versions: MainMenu and MainMenu Pro, differing from each other in functionality (and, of course, in cost). Access to all the possibilities is carried out through a special additional menu in the menu bar, thanks to which the utility got its name.
MainMenu
Onyx
The main purpose of the Onyx utility is to fine-tune the system to fit your needs. This is a good way to get access to hidden settings of OS X without resorting to the services of "Terminal", which novice users, for obvious reasons, are not very fond of using. However, the matter is not limited only to the settings, and this utility can also help in removing various garbage, be it all kinds of logs, application caches, temporary files, etc.
Onyx
Magican
A very interesting and useful utility for cleaning the system. Although it is distinguished by some overload, which may not be very convenient for a novice user. The application is distributed free of charge and at the same time offers ample opportunities not only in cleaning, but also monitoring the system, increasing its security. It was once extremely popular. However, unfortunately, the project has not been developing for the last couple of years, its future is in question.
Magican
An interesting utility with an unusual interface. She does not clean the system herself, but is capable of deep analysis of the contents of the hard drive. On the basis of which it will be possible to find unnecessary files, which sometimes take up a lot of free space. Information is visualized in the form of rays, from which the finished graph most of all resembles a chamomile (hence the name of the utility). DaisyDisk can be a good addition to any of the above utilities.
We present to your attention another piece of advice on how using simple commands in the Terminal you can make changes to the system, open settings and enable functions that are not available in other ways. Some operations will seem funny, some - rather complicated, but they all serve only one thing - to make working with Mac OS X and some other applications even more comfortable.
We remind you that when working in the Terminal you should be careful with commands that start with sudo ... These are system-level commands that, if used incorrectly, can cause serious problems in Mac OS X, up to and including system crash. Therefore, these commands must be entered as accurately as possible and exactly as indicated in the instructions. As a rule, when working with such commands, you will need to enter the administrator password, which is entered blindly.
CLEANING MAC OS X
For some it will turn out to be a secret, for some it will not, but Mac OS X is self-cleaning... The system cleans itself completely without user intervention, removing various temporary files and other debris. There are three cleaning levels - daily, weekly and monthly... Each type of cleaning is carried out strictly according to the schedule, at the same set time, usually at night. For example, daily cleaning occurs every day at 3:15 am, weekly cleaning every Saturday of the week at 3:15 am, and monthly cleaning every first of the month at 5:30 am. But there is one feature - automatic cleaning is performed only if the Mac was turned on at a specific time. If the computer was turned off, the cleaning session will be postponed.
- Unscheduled launch of the self-cleaning system in Mac OS X
It is not at all necessary to wait for the next autovacuum on schedule or leave the computer turned on all night. With the help of several Terminal commands, you can independently carry out an unscheduled auto-cleaning of the system. To do this, open the Terminal and enter:
sudo periodic daily
sudo periodic weekly
sudo periodic monthly
It is not necessary to enter all three commands and perform all three types of self-cleaning at once, you can, for example, be limited to one or two cleanings.
After self-cleaning is done, you will need to restart your computer, and this can be done right in the Terminal, without having to reach for the "apple" with the mouse.
sudo reboot
- Cleaning up extensions and system cache in Mac oS X 10.6.x.
May be needed when strange glitches related to system drivers occur. We enter the indicated commands in turn, not forgetting to press after each RETURN:
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext
sudo rm -rf / System / Library / Caches /
Then we fix the access rights (of course, this can be done in Disk Utility, but why do we need to open several applications at once):
sudo diskutil repairpermissions /
After completing all operations, we reboot. This completes the cleaning - you can start clogging up the system again :)
