MacBook spacebar detail fixing, cleaning, or replacing

[PuzzleMK4]

After assembling mine back together my space bar is unresponsive. I had a VERY VERY minor spill last night. All the keys worked, but 5 were sticky, so i took the space bar, vbc & command off. Again they all responded and worked as they should, but were sticky. So i cleaned all of them, and put it back together. Works like a charm. EXCEPT the spacebar. I've gotten set right, its back together as it should, and pressed all the places as it should. Yet will not respond.

[SlaughterMeister]

It really isn't that difficult to put the space bar back on. I just set it in place, made sure it was lined up, and push down hard, all the way across. It's back on, and it's doing fine.

[legmar]

Bro, you rock!! Thanks so much for showing how to do this!! Nice work! I appreciate your attention to detail!!!!!!

[bargeking]

Many thanks. My family use me as their in-house help desk and general Mr. Fixit. You are one of the secret resources I use to maintain my reputation for infallible competence.

[ClearVisionTest]

THANK YOU so much! My key is a little loose in the back now, but it worked perfectly after my friends knocked a full can of Dr. Pepper over on my keyboard. Somehow the only problem with it was that the spacebar was sticky.

[legmar]

@ClearVisionTest Haha, that's EXACTLY what happened to me and why I was looking up this video. Problem is... now, I trying to decide if it's worth cleaning all the rest of the keys too. The bottom two rows are "kind of" sticky. But, I might just decide it's not worth the effort to clean them.

[MrMyvince]

someidiotstolemyspacebar...

[TheComposer1979]

thanks man u save me 150 dolars i was fixing my keyboard tea accident

may god reward u

[SHineWhon]

hey.. is it the same on a macbook pro?

[tomconnickdrums]

Managed to snapa tiny piece off the plastic bracket that hooks it in at the top left and now it won't clip backon properly, any advice as to what i can do?

[bloomsbery]

I cant place my caps lock back need help please. When i press the bottom the top just pops up........

[djkoopz]

i am sure it has been posted already, but can someone give me a link to where to get the black keys? Thanks.

Great video.

[Ignore14]

Thank you, my space bar was getting all squishy, this fixed it perfectly!

[chrisariangramm]

at last! a valuable video. this has been soo helpful.. thank you!

[hoffmac3]

My spacebar is fixed just in time for final exams! Wait....should I be thanking you???

[Gobonks2011]

Wow! Did this in my mid 2010 white macbook (the procedure was a bit easier), and space key sticking is nearly gone! Thanks!

[yusseth83]

Awesome vid. Thanks! It helped.

[Skylliak]

thank you so much for the video. this fixed my problem right up. :)

[BoSondre]

thanks man !you rock

[Pineapoool]

Wow My Keyboard wasn't working at the keyboard, and When I looked under it, IT WAS DUSTY AS HELL

But guess what? Your technique Saved me lots of time and $250 for just a keyboard :D

[jeb678910]

Totally just worked for me man nice!

[bone643]

thank you so much!!!! :"D

[LilyAyala18]

Thank you so much!!!!1 my space bar was stuck and thanks to this vid i can finally type at my regular speed again :) Thanks again and God bless <3

[FridgeOfTheFuture]

um, i sorta press on my keys to hard. and i rly abused my spacebar. now i have to press very hard for it to register. can this be fixed?

[mickymousemad]

say the gummy thing in the middle of the space bar is it supposed to stay in the same place as it to say its glued to the board or not?

[pinkshrimp]

After doing this my spacebar has become loose and emits a loud "click" noise.. How bad did I screw up? Can I fix it?

[existenceisfutile84]

@pinkshrimp I had to mess with mine a bit to make it work right. It kept wanting to stick pressed in. And then it clicked. I ended up not snapping the spacebar all the way down onto the plastic tabs. To this day, it's still not snapped all the way into place, but it works. As long as you have all the pieces, and none of the little tiny plastic tans are broken (and probably even if one of the tabs did break), you should be able to fix it. Good luck!

[TheEdgeization]

THANK YOU!!!!!

I had spilled Maple Syrup on my spacebar. It was a disaster! By following your instructions I'm typing on the thing right now...totally fixed. Thanks!

[MyV3i]

thax! I eventually fixed my mac's keyboard :>

[ntorneiro]

do the keys loosen up a lot when you do this?

[existenceisfutile84]

@ntorneiro That can be avoided if you are very careful. To be able to take it apart without braking or loosening it, it's a good idea to see how the clips hold on to everything. That way you can tell which part of the key to tug on. Either way, it's still a risk, and I only did it because I had plenty of extra keys in case something went wrong.

[makingastory]

i've seen and used all your movies! helped me alot, thanks !

[jmahorney]

Thank you very much! also, 5 stars for the "sounds like a personal problem" joke. Nice!

[CodeSatoru]

thanks

[gooeypoopoo]

thanks, this helped me alot

[Swerdman55]

Wait.shit.shit.shit.My.plastic­.brackets.came.off.WHAT.DO.I.D­O?!?!PLEASE.HELP!!!!!!

[existenceisfutile84]

@Swerdman55 Watch my video about the annoying plastic brackets under the keys. Brackets are almost the same. Good luck.

[rogtic]

You just saved me 150 $, thats what they wanted to charge at the store in Sweden after my kid spilled coke over the keyboard. Thanks a lot :)

[existenceisfutile84]

@rogtic Glad I could help!!

[Nickzlorry]

@rogtic And did your hard disk already die?

[Gameunreal]

Thanks for this video. Helped me alot.

[Pumpkinjews]

good use of youtube!

[ITISJANA]

Does this also work with the arrow keys? 

[chibilisious]

Thank you so much. I accidentally spilled water on my space bar and it was stiff for a while. Came across this video and manage to fix it with your guidance. Very informative and now my space bar works great!

[gigi3b5]

i-can-not-use-my-spacebar-on-m­y0mac!.i'm-not-good-with-compu­ers-so-i0don't-want-to-take-it­-apart..

what-do-i-do!?

[shopkedai]

THANKS GUY. MY SPACE BAR N A KEYBOARD KEY GOT INTO PROBLEM. AND YOUR

VIDEO HELPS. MANAGE TO FIXED IT. THANKS AGAIN. KIN

[iM9A]

thats sick, how can i get an all black trackpad?

[saintlouizard]

thank you very much! thanks to you I just save 200 € because I was to send my MacBook in the Apple resealer ... OUF.

[thc123]

thank you man! this video saved my wallet! =D

[shouldntpostbut]

tutorial was very good. see how there are spaces between the words i am typing? i do wish you and other tutorials would not talk too much about how hard or how big a pain it is to do these things. the power of suggestion....i am mechanically & technologically retarded and was very intimidated to tackle this because everywhere i looked the message was Stay Away From Messing With The Space Bar. but really, your instructions were great and clear. no problem! thanks!

[TheHuskerton]

Thanks a lot this helped immensely!

[chaklong]

Thanks alot took out my space bar and some other keys that got sticky from friend's spilled fanta

[chaklong]

very-nice-tutorial

[chaklong]

got the spacebar bar things with a toothpick without breaking one :D

[andepalo]

thanks a lot. It worked very fine

[iluvworkingout]

Thanks. My son plucked all of the keys off my macbook and it was tough trying to figure out the space bar.

[sammekeuh]

thank you very much now my spacebar isn't so sticky anymore underneath

[GeniusClaire]

Hey I found a better way of putting it back on, if you fix the top metal bracket first, then you sort out the top parts of the plastic brackets (by lifting up the lower side of the space bar, when they (the top half of brackets) are fixed, you just push the rest down, they all pop into their places real easy.

[existenceisfutile84]

@GeniusClaire That seems to work better for some than for others. For me, that led to my spacebar sticking in the pressed position. As far as I could tell everything was in place. So I took it apart again, and made sure every little clip was holding onto what it was supposed to. Success followed for me, but from the comments it looks like even these steps are not enough for some. I did mention the spacebar is tricky, and that's coming from someone with a fair amount of experience. =(

[GeniusClaire]

@existenceisfutile84 Thank you. Yes, I'm not good at writing instructions! One thing for sure, If you've got a tool kit, it really helps a lot doesn't it!

[hellrazor4ever]

thanks, helped me!

[CandyRat10]

This is the definitive video for fixing a macbook's spacebar.

[slik64]

Thanks alot, helped alot!

[thebostonlady]

thank you so much, that was very helpful!

[Bencker]

THANK YOU! You seriously made my day. Awesome.

[TeppeiMisue]

I finally fixed my MacBook Pro's spacebar...

Take care...

[advancedScience]

It looks really ugly.

[existenceisfutile84]

@advancedScience Thanks!

[PWangsterTV]

LMAO i just realized what i was doing wrong, i snaped the space bar backwards :P

[JumpmanFR]

I don't manage to do it.

The space bar gets stuck to the keyboard when I try to fix it to the plastic brackets, after the metal ones…

Please help! :(

[existenceisfutile84]

@JumpmanFR Sometimes it helps to leave it only partially snapped together. Good luck!

[Neodudeman]

Yes. Thank you!