Cleaning the Apple Keyboard!

I use a Wireless Keyboard for ease of typing as well as for greater mobility at my desk (when my MBA is tethered to the power source and various other USB extensions). The Keyboard is a couple of years old and white in colour... at least, it was white when I bought it. Over time, it has gathered dust from various geographies as well as I suspect, some food particles.

Yesterday I could not bear the sight of the almost brown or something keys; I decided something had to be done about it. Google search came to my rescue and I found this really useful 'tutorial' on cleaning the Apple Keyboard.

I pretty much followed the sequence of activities as detailed in that article, and I must say, the outcome was pretty impressive.

The only comment I would add is that don't try and pull the keys out with your fingers -- you could end up with a couple of sore fingers very soon. Passing a string below the keys and pulling them out is a very effective method. Also, when you are replacing the keys, be careful about a couple of them: the I and the / are quite similar... the letter I is of a slightly darker shade than the / that goes into the numeric keypad.

And, by the way, I just love the aluminum Wireless Keyboard that Apple launched just a few weeks after I bought my white keyboard... but since this keyboard is now clean, I will defer any replacement decision.

Err, was that orange juice in the glass that just toppled over........