So I bought this (used) MacBook Air M1 (2020) a few days ago (the MacBook itself is just 10 months old) . When i opened the parcel and used the MacBook for the first time I immediately noticed, that the spacebar is a little bit sticky. I tried to clean it with a brush, just a little bit but it wont really help. Today I wanted to use it again but it even got worse. I still have 2 Months warranty but if IceTea or whatever got spilled on the keyboard apple wont fix it for me unless i pay for it ( so no warranty will apply i guess). I don’t know what to do - they guy I bought it from swears he didn’t spill anything. Does anybody know if its possible to just clean the spacebar and not replace the whole damn keyboard? Is it possible that a guy will do it for me? I read a lot of posts and watched a bunch of videos regarding cleaning the spacebar and I have to admit it doesn’t look that easy.I really hope somebody can help me.
Video of the sticky key -it might take some time to load…
Bring it to Apple and have them take a look?
If the key is sticky because of a spill, then you’re right that it won’t be covered under warranty. But you don’t know if that’s what happened.
so they will not just replace they whole keyboard and ask me to pay then? Will they ask me in advance?