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How To Get Rid of Ants From Mac Book and Laptop

How To Get Rid of Ants From Mac Book and Laptop

Afraid that you’re mac book or laptop has been occupied with ants? Luckily there are ways to get rid of these ants before they end up causing damage.

By following preventive measures, you’ll be able to stop them from ever coming back or getting in, that is if you were lucky enough to not have had them invade your laptop or mac book yet.

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REMOVING ANTS FROM MAC BOOK AND LAPTOP WITH CHEMICALS
REMOVING ANTS FROM  MAC BOOK AND LAPTOP NATURALLY
PREVENTING ANTS FROM GETTING INTO YOUR MAC BOOK AND LAPTOP AGAIN

REMOVING ANTS FROM MAC BOOK AND LAPTOP WITH CHEMICALS

It’s definitely a pain if you have ants in your mac book or laptop but even more so if you leave them alone. Like every other ant, it’s not impossible to get rid of them, if house ants can be removed then ants staying in your laptop can definitely have a chance to be ant free.

If you’ve removed ants in your home from the past then this trick might not be new to you, although it has something different as to cater to your laptop. Since there are multiple possible entrance and exits for ants in a laptop, get a plastic bag that you can seal your laptop in and have a small pathway for them to pass through in the laptop bag. By mixing the chemical borax with a sweet substance such as honey or sugar, create a syrup like consistency using the two ingredients. After you’ve done that, place it near your ants and they should probably latch on it when they forage for food. This method might also take a while before you can use your laptop again.

We all know the trick, place your laptop on the surface while its screen and keyboard are facing downwards. Well, if that trick seems to not work for you, here’s one that will. First, place an insecticide dust or powder around a newspaper and place your laptop on top of it. This should tire the ants out and make them evacuate your laptop.

REMOVING ANTS FROM  MAC BOOK AND LAPTOP NATURALLY

Ants crawling out of your mac book or laptop is definitely a nuisance, not just because they’re gonna come out of your keyboard while you are typing but these ants will also cause damages if they don’t come out soon and infest your laptop. But, if there was a way in for these ants, then there will always be a way out. All you have to do is help these ants to get out from your laptops and in order to do that, you could either use the warranty you’ve got or use items that could probably be readily available at your home to get them out.

Some methods can be longer than the others, that method is the Sun method. By using the natural light of the sun, place your laptop on a spot where the light hits it. The ants should willingly get out of your laptop because of the heat.

In general, ants won’t like the heat. Therefore, you could also continue using your laptop, you can play a game or even run a program until it’s hot enough for it to make the tiny little ants feel hot inside of your laptop, with that kind of heat, they’ll probably get outside of your laptop before they’re able to be cooked to death.

Lastly, an old school trick is to place your laptop in a V shape and making sure that the screen and keyboard are facing downwards, this will help the ants get off.

PREVENTING ANTS FROM GETTING INTO YOUR MAC BOOK AND LAPTOP AGAIN

Each and every ant has one thing in common, whether they’re the small ones or the big ones, they will always forage for food.  The main cause for those ants in your mac book and laptop are all of those food residues after you’ve eaten on top of it. Food residues could come from your hand when you’ve wiped your greasy hands on your laptop rather than getting a tissue, or all those tiny flakes from when you’ve eaten in front of your laptop while watching your favorite videos online.

Well, to prevent those ants from ever getting into your mac book and laptop again, all you have to follow are these simple tips:

Tip 1. You shouldn’t really eat in front of your laptops. But we all known that isn’t going to happen so rather, be sure to clean it up after any meal you’ve done, don’t let any residue remain on your mac book or laptop.

Tip 2. Wipe any sticky residue such as chocolate that had clung to your laptop by using a damp cloth or wet wipes.

Tip 3. Clean the surrounding area of where your laptop, make sure that there aren’t any food near it as it could attract ants and then they might move into your laptop along with the food.

In terms of preventing ants from getting into your mac book and laptop again, it’s always best to keep everything clean and sanitized just as you would do with your home.

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