A true Phillips head screw's slots are rounded at their inner corners, to allow the screwdriver to 'cam out' (pop out) of the screw head before you apply too much torque and strip the threads in the part that you're torqueing the screw into. However, the screws used in the Macbook don't have those rounded inner corners, so they're not Phillips. Instead, they may be a Japanese standard known as JIS B 1012, or a Frearson (also known as a Reed & Prince), but that's a less common design. Maybe technically these non-Phillips screws should be used with a screwdriver that was specifically designed for them, but they can be properly removed and reinstalled using a truly precision-made Phillips #00 (some people find a #000 sometimes works even better) whose tip comes to a sharp point--not the lousy fake 'precision' screwdrivers that are sold in too many places. See my next comment for more. Many screwdriver manufacturers get away with marketing fake 'precision' screwdrivers because, in the words of the Wikipedia article at: 'Most heads come in a range of sizes, typically distinguished by a number, such as 'Phillips #00' or 'Torx T5.'

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