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Do you get sued if you put a repair manual up? Or are the unrepairable? I have a bluetooth version 1 keyboard and want to take it apart.
The aluminum series is the unrepairable one - the polycarb ones they shipped with the G5 and early Intel machines are held together with screws. The early ones shipped with the G4 and older where easily repaired as well. The A1048 was the last repairable USB keyboard Apple ever sold. As far as why they’re excluded from the keyboard section, I cannot answer that. There’s probably a good reason, but it’s not entirely clear to me. My best EDUCATED guess is rather then mix it all in the same section, the admins would rather split it between platforms to make managing them easier.
They aren’t excluded! But you need to look at the right place to find them ;-} You’ll find what we have here: Apple Keyboard Repair Apple doesn’t treat external keyboards, mouses or trackpads as repairable items so there just isn’t any manuals from them by Apple. To add to it some of the designs are glued or welded shut so can’t open them without breaking something. And lastly, no parts!
Thanks, found the part of the site in Dan’s reply; Apple Keyboard Repair A little link here would make life easier:
