A bead or something got stuck in my headphone jack

i was wondering if itd cost alot to get that out or if there was a way i could manually remove it
thanks fo the help

My son had the tip of his 3.5mm jack broken off inside his MacbookPro.
I could see that there was a small cylindrical section visible I was able with two v.small screwdrivers shaft < 1mm to get one on either side and dislodge the remains of the jack! So there's hope! Regards
Walter

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There is no good way to get it out.
I have successfully used a dental pick kind of tool to extract one. It took a great amount of fiddling, so you must be in a very patient mood.
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Hello cford114,
This sounds weird, but if your very careful, I would try some good light and a toothpick. lol
Or, What planb77 said.
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Step 1
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Step 2
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Step 5
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