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A couple of decades ago, glass cleaner was a relatively safe product to use for many household cleaning chores, including cleaning the family television set -- well, the screen, anyway. The belief that glass cleaner is benign and a great option for getting grease, grime buildup and fingerprints off all the surfaces you might like to see through is probably a holdover from those simpler times. There are a couple of problems with that notion when dealing with modern electronics, like laptop monitors and flat screen TVs. Modern electronics are very different from simple windows. Actually, there are even window styles these days that you shouldn't treat with conventional glass cleaners.
Although ammonia is often cited as the principal ingredient that makes glass cleaner a bad choice for cleaning electronics, there may be any number of compounds in glass cleaning products that can damage delicate electronic equipment, especially screens and other displays. Even some late model CRT televisions sported glass treated with anti-glare film that was prone to yellowing and cracking from repeated exposure to glass cleaner.
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One problem with getting the word out about how harmful glass cleaner can be is that it may take multiple applications for a user to start to see the damage, which presents as a yellowish tint or fogging effect. Screens and monitors may also become brittle and start to crack in places. The damage is cumulative, and over multiple applications, anti-glare and anti-static coatings as well as other synthetic surface materials will begin to break down.
These tips will help you give your electronics the care they need:
- Check the operating instructions for the recommended cleaning methods for all of your electronic devices and particularly those with screens or displays. If the directions say you're free to use glass cleaner, fine. Chances are they won't, though.
- Before trying to clean an electronic device, turn it off and disconnect it from the power source.
- When operating instructions aren't available, clean electronics with a slightly damp, soft, lint-free, cotton cloth moistened with distilled water or a 50 percent solution of water and white vinegar. Never use paper products like paper towels. Paper can scratch coated glass and some plastics. It also leaves small particulates behind that can be hard to get off later.
- If water on a soft cloth isn't strong enough to remove smudges and grime, try using a microfiber or optical cloth instead. Microfiber has dense hairs that grab and hold grease and dirt for those occasions when a cotton cloth isn't getting the job done.
- To avoid scratching your laptop, make sure any cloth you use is clean and soft, and always rub gently. If you apply too much pressure to your laptop screen, you may create dead spots, or non-functioning pixels, so take your time and be gentle. Once the screen is clean, avoid touching it with your fingers.
- If you're using a manufacturer's approved cleaning solution like isopropyl alcohol on your laptop or other electronic device, never pour or spray liquid directly on the case, keyboard or screen. Dab a little on a clean cloth and wipe. The cloth should be moist, not wet.
Some manufacturers advocate cleaning monitors and flat screens from left to right and then from top to bottom in overlapping strokes. However you get the job done, keep moisture away from speakers, vents and keyboards, and wipe everything dry afterward.
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How to clean a mac book pro – that is probably one of the most popular phrases for Google search nowadays. Many users are trying to find a good solution and make their laptops work better. There are some easy ways to complete this cleaning. However, there is a good opportunity to make the cleaning process through trusted applications. One of such apps is MacFly Pro. This cleaner was created by a team of professionals and it contains three main features. At the same time, it can scan your system, find and remove junk files, increase the performance of your MacBook just in few clicks. What exactly makes your MacBook Pro perform so slowly? Let us find out.
Your hard drive may be full of junk files. How to check it? Go to Apple Menu > About this Mac > Storage. In this window, you can see what exactly a reason is. Mostly, it can be applications, photos, audio, video or other files.
Clear Cache Folders
The Cache folder is always a problem. Your Cache folder may have many large files, depending on the model of your MacBook. How to clean it:
Manual way. Go to Open Finder > Library Folder > Caches subfolder. You can see the application’s cache files and remove them.
Clean the Downloads folder
If you spend too much time online, you can notice how large your “Downloads” folder is. The size of these files may be huge and it will store up the hard drive space. For example, any user can delete Disk image files and other items. Go to Finder > Downloads > type “disk image” and delete all .iso/.dmg files that consume your disk space.
By using MacFly Pro, it is also easy to find large unnecessary files and delete them. Just click “scan” and this app will provide you with information about all found files.
iTunes backups
Now we have reached an iTunes stage. This popular application can contain many old backups and files of devices you’ve used before. The amount of total data may be huge – from 5 to 40 gigabytes. Clean iTunes now! Go to application menu > iTunes > Preferences > Devices and remove all junk there.
The startup items
Many users do not know how many apps are running automatically when laptop boots up. All software and additional utilities can be removed from the list. That will make your MacBook Pro perform much faster. Since all apps can be integrated into the Mac OS in different ways, you can manage to remove some of them in few steps. You also can achieve it by using MacFly Pro. This app can help you to remove unnecessary processes from system’s background to make your device work faster.
There you go. Now, you are capable enough to fix the biggest issue for all Mac users.
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