How to repair a bent corner of the aluminum lid?

"You'll have to dismantle

it extensively... but you can use popsicle sticks and/or a small ball-peen hammer (for shaping the curve), soft mallets & pine blocks to work the metal. You may have to use c-clamps to hold it steady, and to hold down make a backing block of pine or other soft wood.

Be careful not to overwork or stretch the aluminum, you can make wrinkles or cause brittle tears if you do.

Good Luck,

N."

Buy a used panel in good condition on ebay. It's precision casting aluminum I don't think you can repair it particularly if aesthetic is important for you.

"Used a guitar capo with soft rubber ends to bend it back

I did this on my new 13” MacBook Pro and made the mistake of bending the corner back with a pair of needle nose pliers which scratched the aluminum before I could get it back into shape.

Then I dropped it AGAIN on the other corner and bent both sides back without dismantling with a Kyser KG12B guitar capo (runs maybe $12) which is designed to not scratch guitars. It's not perfect like it was but I'm over it and now closes without scraping the bottom case. I also purchased a black speck snap-on case and it looks great.

Disclaimer: If you go this route be very gentle when shaping the top case as not to put any stress on your screen or you'll turn a little problem into a big problem."

"When I read that a popsicle stick was used, I realized that I could use a cuticle stick that looks like a dow stick that was 5/8 inch in diameter and has an angled edge, as though sawed off at anangle and then sanded to perfection. These are easy to find, probably on Amazon.

I realized they used WOOD which is SOFT. The stick was very hard but all wood is soft, compared with the tank that a macbook pro is. These are tough and I watched 2 different people abuse the heck out of them, before I got one.

I dropped mine, immediately, on a tile floor. Oops. I just got the dent out of the top portion and am beginning to work on the tiny area that is on the side, between the top and bottom. This has a line, where it was originally closed by the maker.

I was a metal sculturist and intend to find the right object, if the cuticle stick does not work. They are sometimes called, ""orange sticks"" for some reason.

BTW - It took LOTS of pressure, BOTH hands. This is not aluminum foil folks!

LT"

I have the same problem with the corner of my 13" MacBook Pro. Dropped it twice like an idiot. After a few days I finally noticed and I'm worried now, any easy cheap ways to fix?

I am scared the I will ruin it even more