If you feel you key get stuck, you do not need to go to the apple store and replace it.
Just PRESSS THE KEY HARDER AND HARDER to get rid of the dust stuck underneath.
Just PRESSS THE KEY HARDER AND HARDER to get rid of the dust stuck underneath.
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Macbook Pro touchbar keyboard issue and solution!!!
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Old trick which sometimes works, but it's a temporary fix, much like cleaning the keyboard with compressed air. If the switch is damaged, the issue will eventually pop up again. Been there, tried to live with it using these methods, eventually had to give up. Can't bother to start my working day mashing buttons and spraying air on them to get my keyboard to work, and no one should be expected to, really.
As much as it sucks, the only solution (which might itself be temporary!) is a whole top case replacement.
As much as it sucks, the only solution (which might itself be temporary!) is a whole top case replacement.
Yes, the issue will pop up again but that is because key will always be stuck with dust. Personally, I do not think that the switch will be damaged that easily. I mean I press extremely hard to get rid of that dust....
Be careful when you "press extremely hard". The force has to go somewhere. If you look a diagram at your MBP from the side, you are also pushing down hard on the batteries or circuit board. Maybe you will knock some grit out of the butterfly mechanism, but do you really wanting to be pushing down hard on the batteries or circuit board?
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