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Repair guides, support, and troubleshooting information for the first 13-inch MacBook Air to feature Apple's ARM-based M1 SoC (with an 8-core CPU and up to an 8-core GPU). Released in November 2020 and identified by model numbers A2338 or EMC 3598.

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Replacing MacBook Air M1 shift key

A shift key on my M1 Macbook felt weird/sticky. I read a guide how to fix a key by taking it of and cleaning it. The taking of and cleaning part went fine, but I have problems placing the key back. I can’t find a guide that show how to do this for the shift key. The shift key seems to have two support bars that is different from the other keys.

Hopefully someone can explain to me how to place the shift key back or knows a guide that shows this.

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The older scissor design keys (which the Magic keys are based on) are still a bit tricky as you can damage the key trying to put it back on.

At this point your system is still under warranty!

I would take it into an Apple Store or authorized dealer to let them deal with it.

I wouldn’t over volunteer how it happened or why you might have lifted the keycap off. Just say you pulled it out of the case and found it that way ;-}

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Thx! They fixed it for me free of charge. :)

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@nextnebula - That was so expensive! Not!

Enjoy your shiftiness ;-}

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