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Jess Lee
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How often do you clean your monitor(s)? ✨

I've been getting in the habit of doing this at least once a week! And while I'm at it, I'll clean my phone screen too 😄

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Andrew McKeever

Whenever a colleague points out how bad my screen is 😅

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Wachira

True to that 😂😂😂😂

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Laurie

Less often than I should? 🙃

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Stephen Belovarich • Edited

I clean mine maybe once every two weeks.

When you buy a monitor or use a new computer do you calibrate the color?

If on MacOS
Open System Preferences.
Click on Displays.
Click Color Tab.
Hold down Option and click Calibrate. (this gets you the Advanced editor)
Follow the steps in the wizard.

There you go! Some web designers don’t even do it. If you calibrate the screen the colors will be more true.

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Dave Follett

What do you use to clean the screen?

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Stephen Belovarich

Microfiber cloth.

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Stacy Cashmore

Not as often as I'd like!

I see it needs cleaning, but as it's touch I need to shut off my machine to clean it or interesting things happen.

So, I decide I'll clean it when I shut down at the end of the day.

I Forget. Of course.

Repeat 😊

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Mark Sta Ana

Once I can’t read the screen...

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Clara

Exactly same as you - we had these great wipes. Since I moved to Israel, I haven't found them though, so it has been less 🙈

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Thomas C. Haflich

Probably not enough. Oops.

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Thomas H Jones II

Perhaps the more critical question is, "how often do you clean your keyboard?"

It seems like most keyboards I encounter, were one to hold them upside down, tap them, and capture the contents into a cup, and add hot water, one could make a fairly hearty soup.

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anpos231

Once a month, or when it gets really dirty.