Some time ago I posted about a Mac problem, and the poor service received when we tried to address that problem through the Apple Stores. That problem was the unfortunate result of a spilled glass of wine.

Recently I posted about the latest problem, a spilled cup of coffee.

I should point out that despite both of these incidents happening in a mater of months, they are not the norm. I’ve managed to own Apple Computers for a very, very long time now, and I’ve never had one break, or damaged in all the years past. Just unlucky recently I suppose.

In any event, given our previous poor experience with service at the Apple Stores, when this latest problem arose I decided to take care of it myself, from the very start.

The keyboard was toast, but otherwise the laptop was working great. So, a quick visit to the online catalog selling the appropriate keyboard was in order.

Yesterday the keyboard, and the specialized tools for swapping it out arrived.

I think that this was a tough repair as such things go. A multitude of screws, all different sizes of tiny. Wire connectors so small that they could barely be seen, and sheets of sticky tape at every turn.

Alas though, the instructions were fairly straightforward, and the repair only took an hour or so start to finish. It works great, and I’ve had to declare myself an Apple Genius!