MacBook Air in Midnight attracts fingerprints and scratches too easily

Apple’s new MacBook Air M2 in this gorgeous midnight color attracts fingerprints and scratches too easily, as some people have complained on social media.

• If there’s one thing early adopters have noticed about Apple’s new M2-powered MacBook Air, it’s that it’s the same way fingerprints stick to the surface.
• As if that weren’t enough, some people have complained that the Midnight trim in particular is prone to cosmetic damage in the form of scratches, dents and scuffs.
• It’s not clear if scratching is a widespread problem, but Apple has a history of producing shiny lust items that scratch easily.

Is it a scratch on your MacBook Air?

The vast majority of reports describe dents and scuffs on the edges of USB-C ports. Some people have also reported scratches on the lid. These notches are mostly permanent, so if you’d rather your gear be in perfect condition, you’re probably better off choosing a different color option. The new MacBook Air comes in standard Silver and Space Gray, as well as two new colorways dubbed Starlight and Midnight. Each color option comes with a matching MagSafe charging cable.

The M2 MacBook Air looks more stunning!

Sadly, the new midnight color does scuff super easily. That’s the USB-C port after literally 1 use. pic.twitter.com/zG2TssMHrf

July 15, 2022

Judging by the social media posts, at the moment it seems that only the Midnight color leaves fingerprints and scratches too easily. Youtuber Marques Brownlee called the notebook a fingerprint magnet in his review. He says that fingerprints become visible “the moment you start using”the laptop, adding that it’s “impossible to keep it clean.”Read: How to clean your AirPods ear pads and charging case

And this is his comment on the scratches:

Normal wear in the trackpad area seems normal. But what we saw on a test device I had a couple of weeks ago – a first impression device – was all about those ports, the USB-C port, and the MagSafe ports. If you don’t plug it in enough times, you’ll scratch the paint, and it’s most noticeable on this dark laptop because there’s silver underneath.

Apple would probably say it’s okay.

Remember ScuffGate?

All this is not new. You still remember that super shiny Jet Black iPhone 7 Plus that won’t scratch. And in iPhone 5 days, small dents, scratches and scuffs were a fact of life. Early buyers of the iPhone 5 have complained about nicks on the beveled edges of their phones during normal use. Some people have even found scratches on their device right out of the box. The media dubbed the release ScuffGate. After sitting on the issue and doing nothing for a while, an Apple executive eventually admitted that ScuffGate existed, stating that any aluminum product “can scratch or chip in use,”revealing its natural silver color.

“It’s okay,”they added. Of course, this is not normal, by no means. It’s fair to say that ScuffGate was one of the purest forms of Apple’s known denials. But it’s 2022, not 2012, and products that scratch too easily are now frowned upon.

That’s not the only problem with the new Air. It also suffers from the base model’s slower 256GB flash storage (which also affects the 13-inch MacBook Pro M2).