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I was considering it but got cold feet when I've been told that you could damage it when cleaning it. When I open/close my laptop I leave a ton of finger prints. I'm not too good with delicate hardware stuff.
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I clean mine routinely and it's fine for me. I did recently start keeping a thin cleaning cloth on my keyboard for when I close it though. Oil from my fingers on the keyboard was getting on the screen.

What cleaning agent do you use? A dry cloth will not remove finger grease.

isopropyl alcohol, 70%, as a first pass, soapy water after that. I might skip the isopropyl if things aren't too bad. This is per apple's own recommendations.

Why are you touching the screen when you open/close your laptop??? Do you close your car doors with the window?

My screen gets fingerprints from the keyboard, maybe that's what he meant.

Car door windows often have a significant frame of several cm and it's still quite easy to have your fingertips touch the glass while closing it.

On a laptop I would imagine it's actually more likely that fingertips would touch the screen while opening it.


My car has frameless windows and closing the door with them is not recommended.



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