I was cleaning my macbook air keyboard and broke the lock of one of my keys. I live in in India and here all the shops say that i need to replace the whole keyboard. So i ordered one from aliexpress.com. But its not backlit (I thought it would be). So i am back to square one. Are there any shops or websites where i can get an original replacement key thats also backlit.
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So, i was cleaning from under the key; it was sticking out. I tried to put it back but couldn't. newbie mistake. So one of the the clip on the key broke and it started to come off each time i pressed it off centre. So i figured it was because of the clip that i broke. So i ordered a new key from a site. It was from an earlier model. The new key worked alright for a day or tow and then it also started to come off.
Now i got confused as if its the scissors of the new key aren't fitting properly or the keyboard clips have messed up. I can't hit it on the bottom side. if i do it just pops off in my hand. I tried to exchange scissors from another key and they work fine. But the funny thing is the old scissors also work fine when used in another spot.
So now i got no idea, whats faulty. Scissors or the keyboard itself, I never had such problem cause i type with very low pressure. Even now i've typed all this without my key popping off. God, Apple is such a mess in India.
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So, i was cleaning from under the key; it was sticking out. I tried to put it back but couldn't. newbie mistake. So one of the the clip on the key broke and it started to come off each time i pressed it off centre. So i figured it was because of the clip that i broke. So i ordered a new key from a site. It was from an earlier model. The new key worked alright for a day or tow and then it also started to come off.
Now i got confused as if its the scissors of the new key aren't fitting properly or the keyboard clips have messed up. I can't hit it on the bottom side. if i do it just pops off in my hand. I tried to exchange scissors from another key and they work fine. But the funny thing is the old scissors also work fine when used in another spot.
So now i got no idea, whats faulty. Scissors or the keyboard itself, I never had such problem cause i type with very low pressure. Even now i've typed all this without my key popping off. God, Apple is such a mess in India.
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