On Nov 21, 2023, at 12:49?PM, jimrobertson via groups.io <jimrobertson@...> wrote:

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On Nov 20, 2023, at 7:06 AM, JAMES ROBERTSON <jimrobertson@...> wrote:

Two examples of the painful interaction between a sand-embedded “Magic” keyboard and Apple’s “predictive” spell assassin.

Yesterday, I was able, using jackhammer force on my “Magic” keyboard, to generate close-to-correct finger-to-screen capture of my intended text (wounded keyboard, brand new 4th gen iPad Pro 11”).

This morning, I spent about 10 minutes making multiple passes over that keyboard with a household vacuum cleaner, and it’s now functioning ALMOST normally (the “o” key is still sometimes under-responsive).

I’m SO impressed with that improvement that I’ll make a few MORE passes, but now I’m considering the same “therapy" for the injured tablet itself. I suspect that’s MUCH more risky; I worry that the suction may actually lift bits (or larger pieces) of glass right off the cracked and corner-fractured screen itself. Currently, the screen is attached firmly to the case only at its bottom. I can pry it away from the case at the top, and see that the screen remains attached to the electronics board by its routed ribbon cable.

My hope is that getting the remaining sand fragments away from the electronics MIGHT stop the random wandering of the cursor around the screen that starts and stops unpredictably, but I'm concerned that my attempt could actually make it impossible to find out if the electronics themselves are OK, if my “therapy” causes more dramatic screen damage. I don’t think I have a whole lot to lose, however.

Any people willing to vote?

Meanwhile, I think I’ve saved about $300 (more than I paid for that household vacuum cleaner)!

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Jim Robertson