I can't believe that even this new M1 Macbook Pro again creates prints of at least half of the keyboard on the display (after closed and when opened again). This is really bad and of course does not do good to the display. How could Apple make such a design?
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Keyboard prints on the display
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This has happened with every MacBook I've owned to some degree. I doubt your display is under pressure. It's probably just barely touching. I remember seeing Steve Wozniak on an old tech show of some sort where he had his MacBook Pro and talked about how he kept a little thin tissue layer in there or something like that to keep any oils from the keys (that came from your fingers) from getting on the display.
To have to put some some tissue, cloth or paper between display and keyboard every time before closing (and to carry such a stuff everywhere with you) would be extremely inconvenient and amateurish. To design a laptop for such a price so that the distance between the display and keyboard is sufficient when closed would be just a basic essential thing. Seems Apple does not care about really practical essential things?
LOL! Everyone knows Woz is eccentric. I was just making the point that this isn't some new issue, not suggesting you do what he did (though obviously it wouldn't hurt and I don't see what "amateurish" has to do with it, though I'll give you "
As I said, this happens to me too, but it doesn't really bother me and my display is perfectly fine.
Display with printed keyboards traces all over is perfectly fine? LOL! Well, for me it is not really fine ...
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Do you carry the MBP in a backpack, with a lot of other stuff in there with it?
Do you carry the MBP in a backpack, with a lot of other stuff in there with it?
I meant "fine" as in it's not damaged. Could you post a picture of what your display looks like typically when you open it? As I said, I've seen slight imprints on mine before (from natural oils on the keys that came from my fingers), but I could only see those if the display was off. Didn't affect my viewing at all when it was on. Doesn't hurt to clean the display on a semi-regular basis anyway, though.
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Yep, the only time I ever had this problem was when I used my MBA in a backpack with college textbooks. I got one of those felt cloths specifically designed to cover the keyboard and that solved that.
Also, later on, I got a backpack with a specific separate laptop compartment and that also got rid of the key prints on screen issue. Been using this backpack for over 14 years now - still today. lol. Wow.
I don't have key prints on the display, so maybe its how you're handling it, i.e., maybe its being squished in a backpack with other things?
I know some people in this thread said this happens with every MBP, but I've owned a fair number of Apple Laptops, dating back to the Powerbook and I've never had this issue - I'd say out of the box, its not an amateurish design, in fact these are probably one of the best designed laptops out there.
If you carry your precious in such a way that pushes the screen against the keyboard, you will see greasy little marks on the screen. The tissue is actually a good idea if the device does a lot of traveling.
I can't remember if they still do, but MacBooks used to ship with a nice little piece of thin tissue-y plastic stuff covering the keyboard. If so, could be a good thing to hang onto if one is bothered by oil residue on the screen.
I've had it show on a few Macs over the years but haven't noticed it in a long time. If memory serves, my black polycarbonite MacBook had pretty bad key marks on the screen, to the point where they weren't really easily removed.
Yeah, I think that was actually what Woz was using--the included protective sheet.
To carry a tissue all the time and put it in between the keyboard and display ? Well, we are not in year 1985 but 2022. It would be just enough to properly measure the distance and keep a required space in between ... better than to brag at keynote how "thin" it is ...
The problem doesn't have anything to do with the type of bag you use or how you carry the laptop. I have to remove these stubborn marks every other day and there is ABSOLUTELY no way I could have been gentler with this 2021 14". It's never been in a bag. I close it gently and put it on a chair beside my bed with two hands when finished. This is my third Apple with this problem ( a 2018, 2020 before my current).