How to reattach one of the rubber feet which has fallen off?
Hi,
One of the little black rounded rubbery feet on the base of my MacBook Pro has become unstuck. By what means can I safely reattach does anyone know - with regular glue or some sort of special electronic-friendly glue or..?
Thanks!!
Hi,
Any "regular" glue should do, unless you need some extra-strength resistance to friction (some people like to drag their computer around their desk rather than pick it up). Make sure you put the small rubber gizmo in the right position (with the previously glued end up), or the glue on the apparent end will stick to any surface you put your machine on, and the foot will come unglued once more...
(Maybe now my friends will believe me when I say I'm a high-tech guy!)
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The rubber feet on this thing are great, keep it gripped to the table, keep it elevated slightly...
Problem I've encounterd recently is that the rubber feet are getting some scratches on them.
I suspect it being due to my just putting it on a table, the table must have at times, had little crumbs or debris or something that could have caused it to scratch? I don't know.
The scratches are minimal - they are, for the most part, cosmetic.
My fear is that these will fall off. I've read that Apple keeps the MBP overnight and wants $50 to replace the feet, and that the feet actually screw into the case.
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You can get them from the Apple store. I know the geniuses definitely have them, or they used to. Don't know about the people actually working on the floor.
For the new model with the wide black feet? Already?
I take it you now have a paper-punch-sized hole where the foot was, correct?
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I'm not sure how they are installed on the MB AL case, but it'd seem you got a poorly glued one.
So far we're fine. If enough people report foot loss here's hoping Apple'l put up a tech note about it.
It's conceiveable that your foot failed so early because the MB was exposed to an unusual temperature/humidity environment, or an out-of-spec glue job slipped through QA.
Every one of these new MB's & MB Pros are warrantied till at least October of the coming year, so it shouldn't cost you anything if there are enough instances of foot loss reported.
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