What I Found
A practical walkthrough of installing a textured dbrand skin on a 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro, including cleaning.
I wanted to give my 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro a little more grip and a different look without putting it in a bulky case. I had a dbrand skin on my old M1 MacBook Pro for about two years, and when I removed it, I was surprised by how well it had protected the machine.
Installing the dbrand skin on the M3 MacBook Pro was straightforward, but the alignment matters. For the top cover, the easiest method was to peel back the backing just past the Apple logo, cut that backing section off, and use the Apple logo cutout as the main alignment point before smoothing the rest into place.
What this video covers
- What I Used
- The Skin Itself
- Cleaning First
- Installing the Top Skin
- The Edge Trick
The short version
Installing the dbrand skin on the M3 MacBook Pro was straightforward, but the alignment matters. For the top cover, the easiest method was to peel back the backing just past the Apple logo, cut that backing section off, and use the Apple logo cutout as the main alignment point before smoothing the rest into place.
