Screen cleaning 2022

[iabm]

Hi all,

Apologies if this has been asked before but I wondered if anyone has any suggestions on the best cleaning spray for Macbooks? I used to use a cleaner that was like a gel (only got a bit left) and can't find it online anymore. It was great, no marks or streaks.

Anyone have any ideas. I've just used a gentle glasses cleaner (no real chemicals in it) and it's took the marks off but left streaks!

Thanks

B.

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

You and so many others overthink it. Unless you’ve done something insane to your screen just follow Apple’s advice.

How to clean your Apple products - Apple Support

Get recommendations and guidelines for cleaning your Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Vision Pro, display, or peripheral device.

support.apple.com

 

[shahr04360]

Use dry&clean microfiber cloth ONLY and avoid apply any liquid on your screen in all possible way. Stain-gate taught me a lot.

 

[Apple_Robert]

A very, very soft feather duster is all you need lightly across the screen, so long as you haven't been touching the screen with your fingers. That is all I have used for years.

 

[jav6454]

I bought Apple's screen cleaning cloth. It works well dry and with little to no pressure.

 

[deckard666]

Yeah I just bought one too and its 10x better than any other one I have ever used. Pricey but great.

 

[maflynn]

There's always this:

Just in case people missed this obvious (and you'd be surprised), this is a joke and no you really shouldn't put your laptop in a dishwasher.

 

[Kottu]

Yeah I just bought one too and its 10x better than any other one I have ever used. Pricey but great.

Apple used to include a soft cloth with notebooks. Is the one they sell separately better than the free one?

 

[Fishrrman]

The fastest way to mess up the display on a MacBook Pro is to "over-clean" it.

The sprayed-on anti-glare coating is fragile and will start wearing off.

Hence... "StainGate".

 

[rmadsen3]

Screen protector.

 

[filmbuff]

I've used glasses cleaning spray (lightly) and a glasses cleaning cloth on every computer I've ever owned for decades, it's fine. A dry cloth isn't going to take off fingerprint oils or sneeze droplets, just smear them around.

 

[VanWinkle]

I've used glasses cleaning spray (lightly) and a glasses cleaning cloth on every computer I've ever owned for decades, it's fine. A dry cloth isn't going to take off fingerprint oils or sneeze droplets, just smear them around.

You're not wrong. But you really want to use cleaning spray/chemicals as sparingly as possible, because they do wear down the oleophobic coating faster.

 

[Makisupa Policeman]

Microfiber cloth or the apple cleaning cloth, air blower for dust (the kind you squeeze and it gently releases a puff of air, NOT compressed air), and for finger prints or smudges a microfiber slightly dampened with water but not wet.

 

[BigMcGuire]

For something on the screen like fingerprints - Super clean t-shirt that has just been washed - and using my breath to put a little layer of humidity and do circular motions very lightly to take off whatever is on the screen.

Everything else, just a puff of air to remove dust. Otherwise, I don't deal with it. Over the course of a year I'll clean the screen in small spots maybe a handful of times at most.

I've never summoned the courage to use a spray/cleaner on my screen.

 

[Makisupa Policeman]

For something on the screen like fingerprints - Super clean t-shirt that has just been washed - and using my breath to put a little layer of humidity and do circular motions very lightly to take off whatever is on the screen.

Everything else, just a puff of air to remove dust. Otherwise, I don't deal with it. Over the course of a year I'll clean the screen in small spots maybe a handful of times at most.

I've never summoned the courage to use a spray/cleaner on my screen.

For sure. Over cleaning is almost worse than not at all. And definitely don’t use spray cleaners, even ones that claim to be safe for computers. Water (slightly damp not wet) is the only thing that’s safe for retina screens.

 

[barkomatic]

I generally dust it lightly with a dry microfiber cloth. If there is a spot of something then I'll use water and so far that's taken care of everything. If I had a really tough grease stain, I would likely use isopropyl alcohol.