I Did something really stupid, I spilled syrup on my keyboard is there anyway I can clean it out ?

My little brother was handing me a plate and i wasn't paying attention and some of the syrup got into the keys. I was able to get some out but you can tell where the syrup is stuck. I really need help getting it out !

Disassembling the MacBook Pro to even get to the keyboard (pretty much the whole MacBook needs to be taken apart) to clean only that component is not an easy task...I know first hand because I've done it (I have many years of building & maintaining PCs beginning from the early 80's).
About the best thing you can do is make a free Genius Bar reservation to get an idea of the repair cost. If you have no warranty left, be prepared for some serious sticker-shock...$300 - $500 I would assume. They will replace the entire top-case (CNC machined Aluminum top case & keyboard)...this is why the repair is so expensive. The keyboard is literally screwed to the aluminum top case using some where around 100 teeny-tiny screws. Be aware that other components of the MacBook may be damaged as well.
https://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
You also have the option of finding a local non-Apple repair facility. A repair will likely be cheaper there but any warranty you have left will by voided by going this route.

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I need help. Desperately. I was trying to change my short name for my computer. Okay...stupid idea already, I know. So I changed the name of my home folder (from Betsy to Kate). So the only thing that happened was the name change. So then I change my mind and try to change it back to Betsy...then it says that the name Betsy is already used. I have no idea what that means. So I foolishly restart my computer and now everything is screwed up. I still have all of my old files under Machintosh HD > Users > Kate
I'm freaking out right now, did I make a new user? How can I make everything the way it was? And just how badly did I screw up?
Thank you for any help at all. I'm super scared that I'm going to lose everything!

Henry G4 wrote:
Restart, change the home folder back to Betsy, and restart again.
... and DON'T do that again...

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Totally lost mom,

There are different variants of names for this malware but the steps of removal should be the same unless it has advanced.
http://www.macoscompatible.com/news/story/how_to_remove_mac_defender_malware.htm l
http://www.securemac.com/MAC-Defender-Rouge-Anti-Virus-Analysis-Removal.php
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3032201?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3042885?start=0&tstart=0
http://www.reedcorner.net/news.php/news.php?s=macdefender

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Trevor.Dennis wrote:
So you don't have anything like Shadow Protect running in the background?
Video editing software only needs to save the steps taken to achieve the edit, and references the actual video files from the hard drive. So the saved files are only tiny, and it takes very little drive space to auto save to incrementing file names. Obviously, Photoshop files can be huge by comparison, so the only way to save with a different file name is to do it manually.
I think most regular posters to this forum make a point of updating the file name of a large project every hour or so, and as a direct response to reading so many horror stories like your own. The worst story I remember was from a poster whose computer had crashed half way through saving a large PSD file. After several response, questions and answers, it turned out he was using a laptop with a failing battery. He told us that he could see the battery was getting low, but left it and left it before finally hitting Ctrl s and running off to find the laptop's power lead. When he got back the laptop had run out of power and shut down, and his PSD file was lost forever. He may have been a prime candidate to a computing Darwin Award, but his stupidity still did the rest of us a service so we could learn from his mistake.
Ouch.
My digital audio workstation works on the same principle; it creates a backup save just in case things go wrong (which--knock on wood--hasn't happened to me) and only references audio/MIDI files that are related to the project.
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Change your passwords for accounts on the iPhone.

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By right clicking on something, I accidentally blocked photos at a website--I want them back but can't figure out how to do it

By right clicking on something, I accidentally blocked photos at a website-- want them back but can't figure out how to do it
== This happened ==
Not sure how often
== I right clicked on block images at a site or something like that.

Check the image exceptions: Tools > Options > Content: Load Images: Exceptions - See [[Options window - Content panel]]
A way to see which images are blocked is to click the favicon (''Site Identification'' icon) on the left side of the location bar and click the "More Information" button.
This will open the Security tab of the ''Page Info'' window (also accessible via Tools > Page Info).
Go to the ''Media'' tab of that Page Info window.
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If an image in the list is grayed and there is a check-mark in the box ''Block Images from...'' then remove that mark to unblock the images from that domain.
See also [[Images or animations do not show]] and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Images_or_animations_do_not_load

I Did something really stupid, I spilled syrup on my keyboard is there anyway I can clean it out ?

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