When you open it up and look inside, make sure the drool doesn’t drip from your lips onto the SSD ( they’re expensive to replace). Sleek lines, slim physique, and enough curves to have you swooning like a buffoon, the sheer physical appearance of the laptop is enough to have you slack jawed. It’s the veritable Ferrari among computers. The Macbook Air is a svelte piece of machinery. Why it took me over 5 hours to replace a keyboard It sucked but I want to share why it sucked so you can avoid an equally sucky experience. If you got here through Google or some social site, I hope you weren’t expecting something happy because there was nothing happy about my experience. I don’t recommend anyone attempt what I did.
I actually should dissuade you for embarking on this journey because it’s a pain. If you leave one thing unplugged, or forget to route a wire through a ribbon guide, or get impatient and break the logic board then your day is going to turn foul, fast. Replacing the keyboard requires that you dismantle the entire laptop, keep track of over 30 screws the size of poppy seeds and then put everything back together – perfectly.
Instead, it’s the antithesis of everything good. It’s not fun, it’s not quick, it’s not easy. I’m going to describe my journey to keyboard nirvana in a bit, but first I need to tell you that replacing that thing was a bitch. If you’re not feeling particularly audacious then you can have someone replace the keyboard for you TheMacGeniuses (not affiliated with Apple Inc.) will do it for a cool $280. But the problem with the Air, is that you can’t just replace the keyboard, you actually have to replace the entire top case. Well, given that the cost of a new Macbook Air is over a thousand dollars, I wanted to attempt the repair myself. When the keyboard sizzles because of liquid damage or keys just stop working you might start to wonder if you its time to buy a new computer. That’s why I want to show you how I replaced the keyboard on a Macbook Air without the Mac geniuses cajoling me to buy a new Macbook. The Macbook Air is a great laptop but unfortunately repairs can be expensive (especially if it’s out of warranty or doesn’t have AppleCare).
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