Comments on: MacBook – “Protect” from yellow

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:29:47 +0000

Or you could use the Magic Eraser on it – works great!

By: rob

rob — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:05:07 +0000

I just bought a new macbook, and after 2 wks I’ve noticed the yellow marks. I removed them with a facial wipe but it annoyed me that apple still haven’t fixed this problem, as your entry was in june ‘06. Any other news or advice on this issue?

By: tony

tony — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:50:16 +0000

What does Apple say about this?

By: thegenome

thegenome — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:26:44 +0000

The yellowing is a definite problem…I have a macbok and the places where my hands are have started to yellow aswell as the trackpad button. My friend who is doing a forensic degree says that sweat is acidic and when they touch certain matrials it can leave a yellowish stain. So surely a plastic cover which i am looking to buy would stop this.

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:14:38 +0000

i apologize for being so rash/harsh in my words. if i could edit my comments, i would. The pic you hotlinked from is created by the same person who posted the pics on flickr. and i did not see that you linked to the original article.

However, in light of the discoveries, it might be better if you rename your page’s name to from “protect” to “cover-up” because “protect” is mis-leading,

By: Nick Starr

Nick Starr — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:58:51 +0000

Okay, the picture is hotlinked from http://5thirtyone.com/archives/419. I didn’t steal it. Hotlinking is common pratice on the internet. I never claimed that was my MacBook, or that mine is that discolored.

I understand that the discoloration is now said to occur reguardless of any protection used, which I think is a HUGE flaw in the design. There needs to be a fix from Apple with this issue. It is unacceptable for something like this to happen after only a few weeks on a product that is meant to last years.

I understand the Marware Protection Pack is pretty much sweeping the dust under the rug, but I’d rather have a nice rug, than a yellowish stain.

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:46:05 +0000

this is very ironic. You STOLE and cropped a picture that could possibly DISPROVE your point. I believe you took the picture from here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/0401/174638526/ and cropped it. the reflection on the trackpad is the major giveaway.

Furthermore, on the page, the person describes using invisibleshield, a thin CLEAR adhesive plastic shield, to cover it. The point was that with the plastic barrier, there still was discoloration.

Your suggestion to use the Mareware Macbook Protection Pack is akin to sweeping dust under the rug or covering spills/messes with newspaper (a la “Big Daddy)

ps – there is no way a macbook trackpad is that shiny without some covering on it.

By: Nick Starr

Nick Starr — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:07:29 +0000

Yeah I read that it was confirmed that it wasn’t a surface item, but this way at least you have a soft surface, and don’t have to see the yellow if it does appear.

By: siuyee

siuyee — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:00:27 +0000

It’s been confirmed the yellow stain has nothing to do with hand grease, and it happens under the plastic.