Macbook Air 13 Retina Display 2020 Smaller Keys Replacement Repair Guide

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6

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                          15 - 20 minutes            

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Introduction

Smaller keys are some of the most important keys. Not only your F1-12 keys, but your arrow keys, too.

Before beginning, make sure you have all of your pieces handy. This is anything that may have fallen off when the key itself did. Oftentimes keys fall off after the laptop has been dropped or mishandled.

What you need

Step 1

              Smaller Keys               

• Clean the keyboard.

Clean the keyboard.

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Step 2

• Gather all necessary pieces that may have come off with the key.
• The key itself.
• The hinge piece.
• Orient the hinge piece in the proper position.

Gather all necessary pieces that may have come off with the key.

The key itself.

The hinge piece.

Orient the hinge piece in the proper position.

Step 3

• Install onto single mount first.
• Then press into the double mount.
• Make sure the hinge is in place properly, or the key will not stay on.

Install onto single mount first.

Then press into the double mount.

Make sure the hinge is in place properly, or the key will not stay on.

Step 4

• This piece, the rubber cap, doesn’t come off often. But if it does, you can reinstall it by pressing down on the middle.

This piece, the rubber cap, doesn’t come off often. But if it does, you can reinstall it by pressing down on the middle.

Step 5

• Orient the key in the proper position.

Orient the key in the proper position.

Step 6

• Press the key down into place.

Press the key down into place.

To disassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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iannai29 - Dec 6, 2022

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Is this strictly for the early 2020 MacBook Air, or will this same technique work for the late 2020 MacBook Air?