2014 iMac, chipped screen

[kirbyrun]

Hi! Through some stupidity I shall not recount here (for my own protection!), I ended up chipping the glass of my 2014 iMac screen. Fortunately, it's just on the lower bezel and does not impinge on the display itself at all. (See pic)

Still, it bugs me. Is anyone aware of any way to patch/conceal this flaw? I'm not in a position to replace the entire screen at this point, but I'm thinking maybe there's some kind of...putty? Or maybe some kind of frame I can manufacture that would lay over the whole bezel?

 

[TheSufle]

try car glass glue

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[davegoody]

Hi! Through some stupidity I shall not recount here (for my own protection!), I ended up chipping the glass of my 2014 iMac screen. Fortunately, it's just on the lower bezel and does not impinge on the display itself at all. (See pic)

Still, it bugs me. Is anyone aware of any way to patch/conceal this flaw? I'm not in a position to replace the entire screen at this point, but I'm thinking maybe there's some kind of...putty? Or maybe some kind of frame I can manufacture that would lay over the whole bezel?

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It's just a glass cover on the iMac, the screen itself is below this. You can replace the glass pretty easily, on these earlier models it's held in place with strong magnets, get your fingernail under the edge and lift away. You can replace with a new, unchipped one - this one is from eBay in the UK, presuming yours is a 27":

Brand New compatible 27" APPLE iMac A1312 MC813B/A LCD Screen Front Glass Panel | eBay

IMac Model - A1312. Front Glass ONLY - No Screen Included. Screen Size - 27.0".

www.ebay.co.uk

On the later ones, such as my 27" 5K Retina iMac, the glass is bonded, so it's MUCH harder, but not impossible to replace. Good luck

 

[TheSufle]

It's just a glass cover on the iMac, the screen itself is below this. You can replace the glass pretty easily, on these earlier models it's held in place with strong magnets, get your fingernail under the edge and lift away. You can replace with a new, unchipped one - this one is from eBay in the UK, presuming yours is a 27":

Brand New compatible 27" APPLE iMac A1312 MC813B/A LCD Screen Front Glass Panel | eBay

IMac Model - A1312. Front Glass ONLY - No Screen Included. Screen Size - 27.0".

www.ebay.co.uk

On the later ones, such as my 27" 5K Retina iMac, the glass is bonded, so it's MUCH harder, but not impossible to replace. Good luck

this is 2014, the glass does not change

 

[davegoody]

Ahhh... OK, I thought the magnetic attachment happened later than 2014 - so sorry. A strip of something at the bottom of the screen would probably cover it nicely. I am the same as you though, I HATE to see marks / scratches / chips on anything I own, a part of my soul dies.

 

[kirbyrun]

try car glass glue

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This was my first thought, but I read somewhere that the chemicals might leak into the case and damage the computer...?

 

[TheSufle]

remove the display

 

[TwoH]

remove the display

He said in his original post he isn't in a position to replace the display assembly..
Either way it would cost him quite a bit to replace the LCD on a 2014.

The only real suggestion I can give for this is using some type of black tape and covering over it.

 

[kirbyrun]

The only real suggestion I can give for this is using some type of black tape and covering over it.

Yeah, I have a suspicion that’s gonna end up being the only plausible solution.

 

[MultiFinder17]

I’d take this chance to start putting some fun sticks on the front bezel and chin of your iMac mate.

 

[kirbyrun]

I’d take this chance to start putting some fun sticks on the front bezel and chin of your iMac mate.

Yeah, that might be in my future. BTW, love that quote in your .sig. Hilarious!

 

[MultiFinder17]

Yeah, that might be in my future. BTW, love that quote in your .sig. Hilarious!

Haha, thanks! I keep having to update it each year to push it back another year. Had to change it to a hologram back in 2011 too

I’m still holding out hope that there’s a solitary engineer in a basement lab somewhere at Apple still trying to solve the mother of all thermal challenges.

 

[TheSufle]

there is already a discussion of the problem of cooling here

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[Pilotsullybligh]

Hi! Through some stupidity I shall not recount here (for my own protection!), I ended up chipping the glass of my 2014 iMac screen. Fortunately, it's just on the lower bezel and does not impinge on the display itself at all. (See pic)

Still, it bugs me. Is anyone aware of any way to patch/conceal this flaw? I'm not in a position to replace the entire screen at this point, but I'm thinking maybe there's some kind of...putty? Or maybe some kind of frame I can manufacture that would lay over the whole bezel?

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Which design guru decided that an IMac should have the glass to the edge - My first Mac in 13 years is a 2020 27", my first was a Mac Plus. 3 weeks in and Ive moved off the dining table, and there's the chip on the edge - how who knows? I gather the latest version is going to have no chin either. Style over substance you wallies! I had already guessed that any fixing would be costly or chemically compromising - so I stuck a gold star over the chip, and thats whate we did in Kindergarten, which is why I'm proud of my stoic mindfulness, realising that the fascia of life is just that.

Interested to see if I'll enjoy your rumors - wasn't that a Fleetwood Mac album? ANy relation. Dymock Forest, England

 

[Fishrrman]

That's not worth replacing the entire display over.

How about a black felt-tip pen...?

 

[Pilotsullybligh]

Tx fo rnoticing My sarcastic english posting - the point is that Apple design legacy is better than this - why would you not retain the glass edge inside an aluminium edge? Even my greenhouse does! At £2000 (which is what I paid for the Mac Plus in 1986) I would expect a 4th generation Apple engineer to insist the highest design skill. OK. Better now.