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Will this harm my Macbook Pro?

madisonm

madisonm

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Jul 3, 2011
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So today I am sitting on my couch enjoying a bowl of chocolate mini wheats

My laptop is in front of me, not too close, because I'm reading an article but keeping distance from my food

Out of literally nowhere, my spoon shoots a drop of milk onto the bottom right corner of my trackpad. No joke, I have no idea what happened. Its like a ghost somehow made my spoon fling the milk.

Anyway, the milk drop was about the size of a nickel-quarter, and I dabbed it up with my sweater. It landed right on the bottom right corner, so I'm worried some could have seeped into the crack.

Should I be worried? I am so OCD about my MBP and this is very upsetting! I need to watch my involuntary movements with food apparently.
 
k, follow my instructions very very carefully

line your face up with the corner of the trackpad

approach and open your mouth

start sucking the trackpad!!!!

you should be able to get all of the milk out
 
MVRL said:
k, follow my instructions very very carefully

line your face up with the corner of the trackpad

approach and open your mouth

start sucking the trackpad!!!!

you should be able to get all of the milk out
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you know this is actually a pretty good idea, i should have done it right when it happened and it would have been pretty effective
 
yah, it is, I did this on my phone, my keyboard, my piano, and all of which still work nicely.

Oh, and I never got a tummy ache!!
 
I just hope if I run into issues that this won't void the extended Apple Care I bought

I tried to look and see what was under the trackpad in youtube videos, and it looks like just the battery is there so hopefully that isn't too big an issue

Has this happened to anyone?
 
madisonm said:
I just hope if I run into issues that this won't void the extended Apple Care I bought

I tried to look and see what was under the trackpad in youtube videos, and it looks like just the battery is there so hopefully that isn't too big an issue

Has this happened to anyone?
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Chill dude.. Nothing happend. I DO fell ya, 'cause I'm a nerv wrack as well as you when it comes to my hardware, but if it ain't broken don't worry 'bout it :cool:
 
jacob.schmidt said:
Chill dude.. Nothing happend. I DO fell ya, 'cause I'm a nerv wrack as well as you when it comes to my hardware, but if it ain't broken don't worry 'bout it :cool:
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Thanks, this is pretty much what I hoped to get out of the thread, people telling me not to worry about it. I tell myself not to worry but it just doesn't have the same effect and I just end up worrying more
 
madisonm said:
Thanks, this is pretty much what I hoped to get out of the thread, people telling me not to worry about it. I tell myself not to worry but it just doesn't have the same effect and I just end up worrying more
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That's what I knew :D - Just kiddin'..

Enjoy your MBP and don't eat near it (although I've done that several times and loads of stuff entering the keyboard, but never had a problem with it..)
 
MVRL said:
k, follow my instructions very very carefully

line your face up with the corner of the trackpad

approach and open your mouth

start sucking the trackpad!!!!

you should be able to get all of the milk out
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Best solution, I agree :D

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madisonm said:
Thanks, this is pretty much what I hoped to get out of the thread, people telling me not to worry about it. I tell myself not to worry but it just doesn't have the same effect and I just end up worrying more
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Stop worrying, if you still have some money to get a new one.

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MVRL said:
yah, it is, I did this on my phone, my keyboard, my piano, and all of which still work nicely.

Oh, and I never got a tummy ache!!
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I doubt you listed all the things you sucked.
 
Nick McEnjoy said:
I doubt you listed all the things you sucked.
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Unnecessary & rude insult?! :confused:


Anyway, here is a schematic that lists the submersion sensors of the MBP. Looks like you should not run into problems, even if something went inside. It would be a tiny amount anyway and probably dried up very fast.
 
mape2K THANK YOU this gave me such peace of mind


some idiot said:
review of the chocolate mini wheats? are they pretty good?
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they are so good, i like to fool people into thinking i eat healthy with mini wheats but these are so packed with chocolate and sugar that they are actually good (they get soggy really quickly though so you have to be a fast eater)
 
madisonm said:
(they get soggy really quickly though so you have to be a fast eater)
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Probably how you splashed the milk ;) Next time keep a straw handy. You can isolate your sucking that way. I think you are going to be fine as long as you keep the ants away from the dried up sugar milk.
 
This thread amused me but, actually, I had one of the very first white MacBooks some years ago and spilled the tiniest few drips of wine on it, near the power button. It killed it COMPLETELY. Luckily I was able to claim on our home contents insurance.
 
windowstomac said:
This thread amused me but, actually, I had one of the very first white MacBooks some years ago and spilled the tiniest few drips of wine on it, near the power button. It killed it COMPLETELY. Luckily I was able to claim on our home contents insurance.
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ha
 
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