how to clean your $19 Apple cleaning cloth

[Mike Mercury]

Shockingly, the process doesn’t involve using another polishing cloth

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Here’s the scenario: you managed to get your hands on Apple’s hottest product, its $19 polishing cloth meant for cleaning nano-texture screens and other Apple devices. But oh no! Instead of hanging it up with the rest of your priceless artifacts, you accidentally used it to actually clean something, and now it’s dirty. Thankfully, Apple has bestowed us with a guide on how to make our cloth good as new, and 9to5Mac has brought those instructions to our attention.

Are you ready? Here’s how Apple’s “How to clean the nano-texture glass on your Apple display” support article describes the process:

1. Hand wash the polishing cloth with dish soap and water.

2. Rinse thoroughly.

3. Allow the polishing cloth to air dry for at least 24 hours.

The instructions have been on Apple’s website for at least a few months, according to the WayBack Machine, but despite a handful of reviews or articles mentioning them, I hadn’t come across them. That’s really a shame — other people who also hadn’t known about the instructions might’ve been throwing away their priceless polishers all because of a little grime, wasting $20 simply because the cleaning instructions are buried on a support page instead of being included on a tag, or embossed on the cloth itself. (I would also settle for prime placement on the Apple home page, where all people of the cloth spend their day.)

[DJ_Critterus]

another over priced apple gimmick

[MadInNc]

WTF $20 for a cloth? are you kidding me

IDIOTS abound

[Mike Mercury]

I'll wait until Harbor Freight sells a pack of 3 for $1.99 (includes a free flashlight).

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

WTF $20 for a cloth? are you kidding me

IDIOTS abound

There's a reason Apple is the richest company in the world.

[Stangkiller]

Well, for some its not even a rounding error and a status symbol.

[Aerovette]

Apple products. The template for getting people to wear masks.

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

There's a reason Apple is the richest company in the world.

Yep...it's because a lot of idiots are throwing their money away at crApple's over priced shit...complete shit pieces of junk.

[Mike Mercury]

[StaticCling]

Ballers use these to clean up after rubbing one out.

[theandies]

I laugh at the crAPPLE cult. I buy a two year old android phone for $200 and it has more features etc. than crAPPLES latest and greatest $1000+ phone. Now they are marketing a cleaning cloth for $20 bucks.
One thing I'll say crAPPLE knows their customers and know those idiots will overpay for anything with the crAPPLE logo on it.

[the new me]

Originally Posted by theandies

I laugh at the crAPPLE cult. I buy a two year old android phone for $200 and it has more features etc. than crAPPLES latest and greatest $1000+ phone. Now they are marketing a cleaning cloth for $20 bucks.
One thing I'll say crAPPLE knows their customers and know those idiots will overpay for anything with the crAPPLE logo on it.

What two year old android for $200 are you recommending? I tried an iPhone recently. Had to return it. Total junk, hard to use. But I need to replace my "current" Samsung Note 4.

[Rodnok1]

Originally Posted by the new me

What two year old android for $200 are you recommending? I tried an iPhone recently. Had to return it. Total junk, hard to use. But I need to replace my "current" Samsung Note 4.

A51 Samsung is very nice, i have a50 difference is camera and think processor faster, both under 200.

[73sbVert]

I've been super happy with my S10, had for a few years. I think you can get at least S9 for under $200.

[ZipZap]

I wait long enough between phones so that they are virtually free. iPhone 13 Pro is no upfront, and only $10 per month extra for switching to a 5G plan.

[the new me]

Originally Posted by Rodnok1

A51 Samsung is very nice, i have a50 difference is camera and think processor faster, both under 200.

Originally Posted by 73sbVert

I've been super happy with my S10, had for a few years. I think you can get at least S9 for under $200.

Thank you both. I'll check those out.

Originally Posted by ZipZap

I wait long enough between phones so that they are virtually free. iPhone 13 Pro is no upfront, and only $10 per month extra for switching to a 5G plan.

I wait a long time too. My current Note 4 came out in 2014. I probably acquired it cheaply circa 2017. I wouldn't bother replacing it age-wise but it's been acting a little quirky lately so I'd like to get ahead of the failure curve.