Comments on: Apple Pro Keyboard Repair

By: sam.j

sam.j — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:45:31 +0000

I just try your method.. I think i just ruined the keyboard

By: Apple Repair

Apple Repair — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:31:25 +0000

Thanks for the good tutorial. Not sure if it was worth your 4.5 hours of time but it was a good experiment none the less. Try cleaning the keys on an apple laptop, they are not as "solid" but I guess that's expected with a laptop.

By: Nighthawk

Nighthawk — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:17:46 +0000

Nice, very handy – my keyboard still works fine tho I have given some flakey ‘boards a bath in the past: mixed results, As to the throwaway mindset these days; is disgusts me at times – since I was a kid the “no user serviceable parts inside” label was a joke or a challenge to me… I still have a few things around that Ive kept working – some still useful – some just too obsolete ;-)

By: Peter Frishauf

Peter Frishauf — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:03:46 +0000

Excellent tutorial. Now all we need is similar instructions for the newer Mac chiclet keyboard.

By: oyik

oyik — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:30:00 +0000

Thanks dude,…

By: Bobbyrae

Bobbyrae — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:03:18 +0000

I am really glad to find how-to’s like this. I just cleaned one of these keyboards out yesterday. The problem I had was with those 5 “security” screws that some think are Torx (T5). I am convinced that mine are hex, but cannot figure out what size. My best guess right now 1.25mm. The other tutorial says they are .050″, but I have one of those and it is too big! I have been thinking it was some weird special tool you had to buy from Apple, but now I am thinking that maybe my particular keyboard was made with defective screws! Or Maybe my .050″ hex key was machined wrong (because it is Craftsman made in China stuff).

By: sofiaa

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By: Jdurham

Jdurham — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:45:42 +0000

Thanks for the article; i’m hoping I can save my coffee soaked and semi-functional keyboard.

By: Stephanie Guertin

Stephanie Guertin — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:27:25 +0000

To everyone who noted how much of my employer’s time I took to do this: as I noted, this was the only keyboard that we had with the Final Cut shortcuts on it. I may have spent more than the 29$ the keyboard is worth – but less than the $100+ it costs to get a keyboard with those shortcuts these days.
(Plus, I just like taking things apart and fixing them. :) )

By: Geoff Hone

Geoff Hone — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:41:57 +0000

An alternative to the dishwasher trick is a can of WD40. Lay the KB flat, hose it down well (use the little plastic straw so that the spray gets under the keys)then stand it on end on some newspaper to drain. I set things so that the keys are just downward, and the draining is all toward the number pad “Enter” key. When it stops draining, use a hair dryer to finish the drying. This is good for coffee or coke spills, since the WD40 is a water dispersant.