That someone was a man by the name of gavers; he used nail polish remover to do the trick. Here is what he said:
"I found that Non-acetone nail polish remover cleans it up nicely. Only problem, my fingers feel like sand paper after using it.
You should use clear, or blue colored Non-acetone nail polish remover. If you use another color it will slightly tint your MacBook that color. Do not use acetone based, or isopropyl alcohol, those may damage the plastic."
Many seem to say that it has worked although it hasn't worked for everyone. ACETONE or isopropyl alcohol based nail polish remover can melt plastic so stay clear of that.
UPDATE: A couple of commenters noted that in the previous paragraph I said non-acetone will melt plastic which contradicts all the previous stuff before it. Thank you to Mark 2000 and Anonymous for pointing that out so I could fix it. The truth is that ACETONE based nail polish remover will melt plastic and not the other way around.
Here are some before and after pics (an old iBook I know but this fix works just fine on Macbooks):
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6 comments:
Yeah, you have contradicted yourself in your explanation of what to use.
You two were right and it was a mistake on my part Acetone based will melt plastic and non-acetone based will not.
I apologize for the mistake and noted both of yours help in the update I made to the post.
My apologies and thank you for the correction.
One problem.
The laptop in the pics is not a Macbook.
Yea, I already mentioned that in the post in parenthesis.
WOW. I just tried this on my boyfriends MacBook. I used a slightly blue tinted non-acetone nail polish remover and guess what? This clear film started peeling off of it. Awesome. I'm going to die now. Thanks for the tip!
are u sure u used non-acetone nail polish remover?
if u did then u should check the Apple Discussions thread....i'm sorry for ur macbook but this was tip that I found in the Apple Discussions forum and i was just relaying it
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2529691#2529691
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