The new cloth is different. It's softer and thinner, but the same size.

If you want to spend 12 minutes on what changed, AppleInsider made a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL-4kCkvEvQ

This is actually the 4th Apple Polishing Cloth. Here are all the variants I know:

  * Original one (reference size)
  * New one (reference size; softer/thinner)
  * Apple Vision Pro (slightly smaller, square, different colour)
  * Nanotexture Display (much smaller, rectangular)

I have a Wallstreet Powerbook G3 and an Apple IIe. I ordered the updated cloth and will report back on compatibility issues with those old machines that aren't on the list or workarounds necessary to get the cloth to function.

The new model has more parallel threads.

I guess anyone wanting to polish their iPhone 4 is SOL.

This cloth was originally for Pro Display that needed to be only cleaned with care using a good microfiber to not ruin the antireflection coating. Apple then started including everything on their catalogue as compatible with it(is it compatible with itself?).

Softer, thinner, just as small.

https://512pixels.net/2026/08/new-polishing-cloth-review/

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49434830

I clean my Apple mobile stuff daily with 70% Isopropyl Alcohol. A 1L bottle is pretty cheap and it lasts a long time. I just spray it on a cloth and wipe with that.

I use a glassware/window type Microfiber that I got from the Supermarket. For the Apple Watch, I use a cheap cotton handkerchief from eBay because a Microfiber snags too much on the metal mesh bracelet.

It’s been really effective. The IPA does mean the Oleophobic coating will wear off faster, but it doesn’t last that long anyway and the IPA stops dirt and smudges building up.

I always wonder what the rationale is inside Apple to sell a separate cleaning cloth.

There’s no way this is even a drop in the bucket for their business, and neither is this some strategic judo move where they can undercut a competitor’s business.

You'd think apple would be incentivised to sell it at as low a price as possible, perhaps even as a loss leader. More polishing cloths sold means more polished iDevices, which improves brand perception.

New Apple Polishing Cloth folds, unquestionably ultra lux.

Does it stack up to Apple Polishing Cloth 1 though? [0][1]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvyTXacSzg

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEpe6RdEFxk

You can pick up polishing cloths at half the price and that are compatible with all computing devices, including all current, former, and future Apple devices. Not just those in the “compatible devices list” of this $9 polishigncloth.

People buy a special cloth to wipe their phones? I just use my handkerchief.

Amazingly compatible with Lenovo. How did they achieve that!?

The price reduction has absolutely tanked the resale market for these. Thanks a lot Tim Apple

Can this fit between the keyboard and the screen with closed lid in a Macbook Air?

Interesting, but I need to check macrumors to make sure this is a good time to purchase.

Finally! A cloth that will work on my iPhone 5C!

Hold on -- mine's blue... will it still work?

Is it any good for running local AI?

Nothing beats KORG's muslin swaddling cloths that they were handing out at Superbooth a few years ago, for cleaning those knobs and hard to get at clavier keyboards.

It was such a great bit of Superbooth swag that I went down the rabbit hole on Japanese swaddling cloths, muslin, and the like[1], and am now a convert to the muslin clan. I don't use anything else for swims these days, its that great. The fact that I can slick off the water with the same towel I use to keep my synths shiny is just sweet.

[1] - https://kongessloejd.com/en-at/collections/muslin-cloths-swa...

What is happening to HN? What is it about anymore? Posts and comments critical of any tech CEO doing shitty things or technologies that affect millions of lives are routinely flagged, while posts about a dumb piece of fabric with no special characteristics that almost no one will buy hit the front page multiple times.

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