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Everytime I takoff a key I break the hinge!

Hello guys.

I have a phobia from cleaning my keys in may MBP.

Last week I took out 4 keys and their hings were all dead! and had to order keys from ebay to replace them.

Replacing is easy but taking a key is hard.

So guys please tell me what is the right way to take off a key! I used to use a small screwdriver but this thing killed the hinges.

so what is the right what to remove it.

I used to follow this video but it caused me killing my hings and damage the upper case

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSpPlMdGv...

Answer this question I have this problem too

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It's really strange, I have the same thing, with older iBook and MacBook keys it's super easy to snap them on and off, but with the Unibodies I just can't do it, everything I've read says you have to line it up exactly, pull with equal pressure at every corner, and do it really slowly.

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Ah shoot, thank you for making me break an F9

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I think it might be related to glue or something, they definitely did something extra on the unibodies

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lol seems like we both in the same boat

i have two sticky keys and im afraid to take them off

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Try spraying compressed air

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