Keyboard and trackpad spare parts + replacement instructions

@thierrysou38862 Hold that thought!

This series has a more difficult keyboard to remove even if you where to try to clean it I’ve very rarely seen any success as the keyboard is like a sponge!

The older Unibody systems used screws to hold the keyboard the current Retina series (which this is) use both screws and plastic rivet's which you can’t pop out on their own you need to literally need to grab the edge of the metal frame and rip it out in a quick and powerful pull to get as many of the plastic rivets to come out with the metal frame after you’ve pulled all of the screws out first not forgetting any.

So far I’ve not see this series of keyboard offered by the backdoor of the factory and Apple has been very aggressive to combat the leaking of parts out of the back door of the official makers of the parts. Today many people are using either used parts where it can be done (Apple has ramped up parts pairing which limits what is possible - very anti repair!) Or you need to get the parts directly from Apple under their Self Repair option.

Now for the last shoe to fall! Apple also hates discrete parts forcing one to buy full assemblies. Which is the case here sadly. If we look at the Apple Self Repair site Apple Self Repair we can dig down to the manual and review the parts listing 2023 15” MacBook Air we find the full uppercase needs to be bought (25) Parts listing

It sounds like the trackpad also needs replacing and/or the two cables between it and the keyboard to the logic board if they are corroded.

So see what the cost is as Apple doesn't list the parts costs as each region uses different funds and supply sources. Yes this is 💩 and Apple has been called out on it. Some movement is expected with the parts pairing but sadly the supply chain is still not corrected.