Type the key, clean away, then type the key again to unlock. So wipe away, just don’t wipe-type your password and you’ll be fine.Īnother approach is this tool, which uses a specific keypress to lock your keyboard so you can clean your keyboard and screen. This puts you in the lock screen, but will not use your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac. Apples support document actually recommends using '70 isopropyl alcohol wipe or Clorox Disinfecting Wipes' to 'gently wipe the hard, nonporous surfaces of your Apple product, such as the. You could even make use of easy wipes, which are easily available in.
My favorite idea is to select Lock Screen from the Apple menu. Make use of a very soft cloth and lightly dampen it with water to clean the retina screen. I brought this up on Twitter yesterday, got a number of suggestions (along with some expressions of frustration at this change). You can read all about that behavior in this technical note. Cleaning a Mac screen According to Apple, you can wipe down (and actually disinfect) a glass-covered Mac screen using a bit of 70 percent isopropyl alcohol on your microfiber cloth. But with the introduction of the 2018 models, Apple made a change to both MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, so they turn on when you touch any key or the trackpad. In the old days, you could shut down your Mac, do your wiping, carefully avoiding the power on button. He asked for the best way to disable this behavior. With his Apple Watch set to unlock his computer, he found himself wipe-typing, not something he wanted. When cleaning the outside of your MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air, first shut down your computer and unplug the power adapter.
A friend of mine has been away from the Mac for a long time (living on an iPad), just bought a new MacBook Pro.Īs he went to wipe down his keyboard, he discovered that pressing a key or the trackpad woke his computer.
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