Apple gadgets are expensive . The accessories for those gadgetsare also expensive . This we know , and yet , the company seems to always recover raw ways to make us go : waitress , you need us to give how much now ?
The latest is a polishing cloth . Yes , a shining textile that you bribe separately from a machine . You know , one of those “ diffused , nonabrasive ” materials for cleaning meth and screen . Specifically , Apple say it cleans “ any Apple display , including nano - texture field glass , safely and in effect . ” Under the compatibility section , the intersection page then goes to list every Apple equipment under the sun .
It costs $ 19 .
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Granted , I have not held one of these particular polishing clothes in my hands . However , my editor Caitlin McGarry has and it is supposedly “ fine . ” At a glance , it looks like a microfiber cloth with an Apple logotype stamped on it . I am agog , I am aghast . you’re able to get a 24 - large number of Amazon Basics microfiber scavenge cloths for $ 14 . Microfiber cloth specifically made for glass also come in 6 - packs for anywhere between $ 6 - 9 .
To be 100 % fair , it appears this textile is for Apple ’s Pro Display XDR and the27 - column inch 2020 iMac . These displays sport the aforesaid nano - texture glass . According to Apple ’s support pageon clean nano - grain crank , you should “ habituate only the smooth cloth that come with your Pro Display XDR or iMac . ” purportedly , this is because the nano - texture meth is incredibly delicate and can be damage by other cleaning fabric . Mmhmm . The cleaning material also comes for free with these show , which are expensive as all blaze . Previously , if you lost the holy Polishing Cloth , you had to contact Apple support to get a renewal . Now , it appears you could just purchase a replacement online for … $ 19 .
Given that a Pro Display XDR with a nano - texture glass display cost a nerveless $ 5,999 , mayhaps you do n’t need to risk borking it up with just any former cloth . To which I would say , just do n’t get the nano - texture looking glass and save yourself $ 1,000 . But being generous , certain , those phratry can buy the $ 19 cloth . ( Though please , if you have plop six grand for that nano - texture methamphetamine hydrochloride and used a unconstipated microfiber fabric , feel costless to tell us how it feels living on the godforsaken side . ) But for every other Apple machine under the sun , hold back it . Just stop . I have cleaned my MacBook Pros , iPads , Apple Watches , and iPhones with the liberal microfiber material that come with every pair of glasses I grease one’s palms . I assure you , it works just fine .
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