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  1. M

    iM 4,1-14,4 Screen Dim in Corners

    Hi Got an iMac 4,1 to use as a donor screen for my G5 iMac which was the last and fastest G5 iMac so worth preserving. But my donor screen is dim in the corners, very noticably on white boot up screens where it looks greyed. I am guessing its related to LED lighting at edges but wondering if...
  2. BGPL

    Dim images on Desktop

    I started noticing this in Ventura and it continues in Sonoma, and now I'm seeing if anyone can provide an explanation for some odd behavior. I can't find anything on this elsewhere and I've searched several times. Scenario: Some image thumbnails on my Desktop are dim and others are not. I...
  3. S

    Can't stop auto dim brightness

    Hi all, I have a completely unimportant but deeply annoying issue that is taking up way too much of my mental space. Hoping some mac genius can assist! I'm on a MacBook Pro (14 inch 2021) Monterey 12.6. The screen auto dims by half whenever unplugged from the battery. Under system...
  4. G

    2017 iMac Display -Please Help!

    I’ve got a difficult one... (I joined the forum simply to ask this question so I’m hoping you all can help me!) I have a 2017 5k iMac 580 8gb 3.8 i5 with 2Tb Fusion Drive that I upgraded. I put in a 4Tb Samsung 870 SSD, a 2Tb Samsung nvme and a 4.2ghz i7 After installation, everything worked...
  5. erenreena

    Ipad Air 4 intermittently become dim and shows black blank screen

    Issue; Ipad Air 4 become dim and shows black blank screen intermittently. My purchase Ipad Air 4 inspected that when running multiples application, the unit display brightness will become dim and turn to blank black screen intermittently. The unit also unresponsive to touch intermittently...
  6. shaan104

    I want to prevent the Touch Bar from sleeping when left inactive

    I just bought a new MacBook with Touch Bar and when ever I'm watching something, or the Touch Bar is left inactive, it dims and sleeps which is really annoying to me. Is there any terminal command or apple script through which I can disable this feature. I searched all the settings and it isn't...
  7. Sovon Halder

    HDR Content Looks Dim & Dull On Retina Display

    Trying to play Avengers HEVC HDR 10bit encode (12.1G) on my 2017 Macbook Pro & it looks very dim. I've checked multiple times with regular non dr h264 encodes, which look far brighter and vibrant. Any solution?
  8. Aguaman

    HomeKit Siri Can Now Fade Hue Lights Using Shortcuts

    I've been struggling to find any helpful use for Siri Shortcuts, but I finally... finally found one! I don't know why shortcuts works and HomeKit doesn't, but at this moment Shortucts allows us to use Siri voice commands to activate a Hue lighting scene that has been edited to include transition...
  9. nouveau_redneck

    iPhone 8/Plus New iPhone 8+ screen dimmer than 6S+

    I just received my new 8+ 256 and am very disappointed in the display being slightly less bright, and noticeably more yellow. I do have it turned up all the way, true tone off, and auto brightness turned off too. Yes, I can get used to it, but... the advertised 25% brighter display was 1 of the...
  10. G

    iPhone 7 and 7+ Screen Brightness Boosting in Bright Light Test

    Hi everyone. So in light of Displaymate testing the iPhone 7 and saying that the brightness boosts higher in bright ambient conditions with auto brightness on, I've been meaning to try and replicate that on my phone. Unfortunately I haven't yet been able to do that with any success. I've even...