Your Apple notebook is a thing of beauty, so protect its looks - and shield its sensitive parts from damage - with the help of these accessories.

A handy list of some protective films and cases that will help to keep your MacBook and its keyboard safe from spills and other mishaps. I especially recommend a keyboard covering membrane to keep crumbs, dust, drool, and those inevitably spilled drinks out of the keyboard.

- Ricky Buchanan

(Via MacLife.)

VisiKey, makers of large print keyboards, have introduced VisiSkin - keyboard skins for Mac and Windows laptops that feature extra large lettering for people who might have trouble seeing the printing on the keyboard. They cost US$24.95 each, and come in sizes designed to fit MacBooks, MacBook Pros and PowerBook G4s.

Each VisiSkin is made of silicone, and fits over the keyboard without using any clips or adhesives. VisiSkins are colored white, with black lettering that's extra large, to help reduce eye strain. The VisiSkin can be removed when not in use and is hand-washable.

You can purchase them directly from VisiKey; the company says that VisiSkins can also be found in Staples stores this holiday season.

Website: VisiSkin

- Ricky Buchanan
(Via: MacWorld)

zCover keyboard skins are printed with the default US keyboard layout in regular or large print, the Dvorak layout used by OS X, or with keyboard shortcuts for common programs including Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, as well as blank translucent skins in many different colours.

Made of flexible silicone, the TypeOn skin is washable and durable; it helps protect the keyboard from spills, dust and crumbs.

So they won't make your keyboard completely waterproof, but they'll help protect it from crumbs, spills, and drool. The website lists skins available for the desktop keyboards, bluetooth keyboards, and for the PowerBook, iBook, MacBook, and MacBook Pro laptops.

- Ricky Buchanan

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