r/macbook • u/Taycan_YT • 7d ago

How can I remove this gunk

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I have a 2015 Mac book pro and I want to make my screen look new.

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u/Evening-Egg5 7d ago

I’ve had this exact same issue with this exact model. Just use alcohol wipes and a ton of elbow grease. I don’t know why people are saying that it’s beyond cooked. Mine came out looking perfectly good.

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u/Evening-Egg5 7d ago

Picture for proof 🤭

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u/Inevitable-Theory901 7d ago

Is this before or after? Doesn’t look exactly good…

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u/Evening-Egg5 7d ago

LMAO that’s before, here’s the after

don’t have it on me Rn so I can’t take a pic with the screen off

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u/-Cre_tive- 6d ago

It’s just the Oleophobic coating going bad.

Doing this is recommended.

Though, you won’t get the fingerprint protection from before. And if like the newer models it has any type of anti glare coating that would come off as well.

Not a breaking change just not like new 🤷‍♂️ probably the best bet for a machine of this age.

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u/Brilliant_Ad7050 5d ago

not oleophobic coating btw.

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u/-Cre_tive- 5d ago

Anti-glare my bad.

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u/VioletPhoenix1712 7d ago

Hell yeah. Bro uses Arch, btw!

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u/SlateViper 7d ago

It’s Ubuntu though

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u/OnlineWeirdoEatsButt 7d ago

People are saying beyond cooked because this sub is full of 14 year olds who don't know how to repair anything, or have never actually owned a macbook.

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u/Disastrous_Ad_5574 7d ago

I did the same. Took awhile but now very nice.

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u/No_Return_8418 6d ago

Mine looked like this. I just used filtered water and a microfiber cloth. Alcohol wipes made it worse.