Finally! A cloth that will work on my iPhone 5C!
Hold on -- mine's blue... will it still work?
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#52I have a Wallstreet Powerbook G3 and an Apple IIe. I ordered the updated cloth and will report back on compatibility issues with those old machines that aren't on the list or workarounds necessary to get the cloth to function.
I love to see the community putting in the work to keep these old machines working with new Apple products! Just wish Apple would be willing to step up their support; I suspect most Apple customers will simply buy a new machine to ensure compatibility with their Polishing Cloth rather than tinkering with community-supported workflows.
I'm thinking I should upgrade to a Mac Studio. The IIe really struggles to run any LLMs locally.
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#53I have a Wallstreet Powerbook G3 and an Apple IIe. I ordered the updated cloth and will report back on compatibility issues with those old machines that aren't on the list or workarounds necessary to get the cloth to function.
I love to see the community putting in the work to keep these old machines working with new Apple products! Just wish Apple would be willing to step up their support; I suspect most Apple customers will simply buy a new machine to ensure compatibility with their Polishing Cloth rather than tinkering with community-supported workflows.
The Asahi folks have been making really impressive progress on Polishing Cloth drivers so I'm optimistic that we'll at least have a community solution for the E-waste in future decades.
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#54I always wonder what the rationale is inside Apple to sell a separate cleaning cloth. There’s no way this is even a drop in the bucket for their business, and neither is this some strategic judo move where they can undercut a competitor’s business.
It’s specifically advised for use on the nano texture displays, where the wrong material could rub away the special surface etching they use to get the glare resistance. They list it as compatible with everything, because, well why not.
As someone who actually has the nano texture display and has actually used Apple’s cloth and regular microfibers:
the main difference seems to be that the Apple cloth will clean finger grease out of the nano texture. With a normal microfiber you have to spend five times as long, spray windex, and rub really hard.
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#55I always wonder what the rationale is inside Apple to sell a separate cleaning cloth. There’s no way this is even a drop in the bucket for their business, and neither is this some strategic judo move where they can undercut a competitor’s business.
It’s specifically advised for use on the nano texture displays, where the wrong material could rub away the special surface etching they use to get the glare resistance. They list it as compatible with everything, because, well why not.
As someone who actually has the nano texture display and has actually used Apple’s cloth and regular microfibers:
the main difference seems to be that the Apple cloth will clean finger grease out of the nano texture. With a normal microfiber you have to spend five times as long, spray windex, and rub really hard.
I have the nano texture on an iPad, and I wasn’t too concerned about scratches, but after years of using both I still don’t have any
IKEA recently changed their microfibers to be more like the special Apple one, and they work now too
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#56I clean my Apple mobile stuff daily with 70% Isopropyl Alcohol. A 1L bottle is pretty cheap and it lasts a long time. I just spray it on a cloth and wipe with that.
I use a glassware/window type Microfiber that I got from the Supermarket. For the Apple Watch, I use a cheap cotton handkerchief from eBay because a Microfiber snags too much on the metal mesh bracelet.
It’s been really effective. The IPA does mean the Oleophobic coating will wear off faster, but it doesn’t last that long anyway and the IPA stops dirt and smudges building up.
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#57Can this fit between the keyboard and the screen with closed lid in a Macbook Air?
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#58The price reduction has absolutely tanked the resale market for these. Thanks a lot Tim Apple
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I run mine under the tap with hand soap.
I don't use soap but I do put my phone under the tap if I dropped some sauce or something on it. On a serious note, why not just use the lens polishing cloth you get with glasses? If it's good enough for glass that would sit right in front of your eyes constantly, it's good enough for your phone.
I just rub it against my pant leg. For glasses I use little alcohol wipes because the thick grease film drives me nuts.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're missing the meta: upvoting stuff like this is ironic shitposting-adjacent, so people upvote it.
Alright, I guess shitposting is not what I’ve come to expect from HN submissions. I also don‘t think it justifies multiple submissions for this one and the flagging of the others.
It's not shitposting, it's ironic shitposting-adjacent.