Pipe cleaners work pretty well. If you've got some serious munge down there, wet them with windex and run them between the rows of keys.

If you can find them, get the super fat "arts and crafts" ones, they seem to work the best for me.

Unless the debris is adhered to the surface beneath the keys (via a spilled drink, etc.) I find that a household vacuum cleaner with the hose attachments works very well. I do not use compressed air as it tends to further embed debris into crevices. I have a Ti and this works very well for me.

I wound up removing the keys from the keyboard and using a keyboard vacuum and brush. Pull from the top (near the screen) of the normal keys, and toward the side (left, as I recall, but it should be pretty clear as one side works and one side doesn't). "Gently but firmly" should get it to slip off. To put it back on you have to slide the bottom onto the mounting bracket and then clip the top back into place.

The longer keys have a special metal pin under them you also have to deal with (I don't remember how; it's fairly easy to figure out).

Doing this for the entire keyboard can and will take hours, especially if you also remove the mounting bracket (squeeze together near the bottom, then remove), and you do want to be careful so as to not break your keyboard. Wait, let me say that again: THIS CAN BREAK YOUR KEYBOARD. DO AT YOUR OWN RISK. BE VERY CAREFUL.

But it can be done...

I use "Canned Air" and blow it all out from under the keys.

The "in a pinch" solution is to use stickey notes to adhere the hair and debris to and then slowly pull the gunk out, operation style. If you have tape handy, that works much better. It's all about what you can find in your carry-on while on a long flight.

Take the keyboard of the ibook and vacuum it. aka sweep it.

be careful using a vacuum.

static electricity is not your friend

i find taking the keyboard off and using compressed air works well

Just add more hair to it for the feline X look.

A blow torch works wonders on grotty keyboards

I find that dipping my TiBook in a bathtub, while running, does wonders for removing dirt and hair from the keyboard.

You'd be amazed.

;)

okay, as of now I hereby give notice that I am copyrighting the word 'wonders' when used in conjunction with the cleaning of any computer input device.. it's mine I tell ya!.. all mine!

muhahahaa... wait.. is that an african swallow I see flying toward me?

My mother uses a long-bristled soft brush for her quilting. It did wonders.

that will be .000001 rubles Mike ]=P

For my cleaning of keyboards I use canned air and soft 1 1/2" paintbrushes. They usually do the job.

a bit of rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab works the best for cleaning keyboards and mice parts... by all means take it apart if it's necessary, just don't bend anything.