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stigman

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Hi,
I own Space Grey M1 Pro which seems to has slightly polished/discolored areas where I put my wrists and it has appeared after 3 months of use which is disappointing. I tried to wipe it out but it didn't help much. How Apple reply to that?
 

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This has never happened to me on a space gray MacBook Pro - are you rubbing your palms back and forth? I do no get it.
 
I have a 2017 space grey with no cosmetic issues, so I don't get it either. Does Apple provide recommendations for cleaning?
 
I’m worried about the same thing after I personally experienced the space gray on the side of my iPad Pro rubbing off due to a slightly loose case with rubber grips. While it made it easy to remove, never really did for about 2 years, it allowed slightly movement to rub against the surface.

In your case, 3 months seems really really quick. You would think store displays would show signs often.

Can you recall anything unique about your situation? Like how often do you use your MacBook in laptop mode? 8+ hours a day, or very little? Do you use any lotions, sunblock, or any other stuff applied directly or through secondary contact? Are your hands rougher than usual? Do you where gloves frequently, for cold, while working, etc?

With every using hand sanitizer frequently, could not letting hands dry enough before contact cause this over time? But I figure that would be a bigger issue by now.

Just throwing these ideas out to see if there is some variable in your situation that accelerated this in 3 months times, or no matter what happened, should this be considered unreasonable wear and tear in such a short amount of time and defective?
 
I’m worried about the same thing after I personally experienced the space gray on the side of my iPad Pro rubbing off due to a slightly loose case with rubber grips. While it made it easy to remove, never really did for about 2 years, it allowed slightly movement to rub against the surface.

In your case, 3 months seems really really quick. You would think store displays would show signs often.

Can you recall anything unique about your situation? Like how often do you use your MacBook in laptop mode? 8+ hours a day, or very little? Do you use any lotions, sunblock, or any other stuff applied directly or through secondary contact? Are your hands rougher than usual? Do you where gloves frequently, for cold, while working, etc?

With every using hand sanitizer frequently, could not letting hands dry enough before contact cause this over time? But I figure that would be a bigger issue by now.

Just throwing these ideas out to see if there is some variable in your situation that accelerated this in 3 months times, or no matter what happened, should this be considered unreasonable wear and tear in such a short amount of time and defective?

It's just everyday usage, about 5 hours a day. I don't use any lotions, sunblocks, sanitiser or any stuff which might have direct impact on the surface. I always wash my hands, diligently, to rinse off the soap :D It's just a ritual!
I don't think I have rougher hands than usual. Gloves are used, for cold, yes.
 
It's just everyday usage, about 5 hours a day. I don't use any lotions, sunblocks, sanitiser or any stuff which might have direct impact on the surface. I always wash my hands, diligently, to rinse off the soap :D It's just a ritual!
I don't think I have rougher hands than usual. Gloves are used, for cold, yes.
Do the gloves have a rubber grip surface in the palm? Though, if I was in the same shoes, I would not even accept that as a cause. I would not be happy until Apple fixes it, no way that should happen that fast, and if they say that is normal, that would be totally unacceptable to sell to customers.
 
Do the gloves have a rubber grip surface in the palm? Though, if I was in the same shoes, I would not even accept that as a cause. I would not be happy until Apple fixes it, no way that should happen that fast, and if they say that is normal, that would be totally unacceptable to sell to customers.
They won't say it's normal. They'll say he did it.
 
I have a 2017 space grey with no cosmetic issues, so I don't get it either. Does Apple provide recommendations for cleaning?
Same, only an '18 MBP with a few thousand hours and the space gray coating is like it was on day 1.
 
Same, only an '18 MBP with a few thousand hours and the space gray coating is like it was on day 1.
It's hard to determine if this issue is specific to the person using it (skin/oils/pH) —OR— if this is just a defect in the anodization process of that particular MacBook Pro. I haven't seen a post from someone who had multiple space grey MacBooks that all suffered from this same issue. I've only seen posts with people who are just experiencing it for the first time. I've only had one space grey MacBook Pro & it did it to mine...

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Hi,
I own Space Grey M1 Pro which seems to has slightly polished/discolored areas where I put my wrists and it has appeared after 3 months of use which is disappointing. I tried to wipe it out but it didn't help much. How Apple reply to that?
Common characteristic and on the MBA gold color as well. The silver does it to a certain extent but its not as noticeable which is why I only buy that color now for my OCD. Additionally, I'm one of those people who would rather have a white keyboard as well since the oils on the black keys are very noticeable.
 
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