MacBook 16 screen flicker except when full screen

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MacBook 16 screen flicker except when full screen

Hello. My 16" M2 Max has screen flicker that goes away when a window is full screen. I don't know what causes it. It will flicker slightly slower than once a second. I have tried:

Covering the ambient light sensor
Disabling auto-brightness
Disabling True Tone
Changing the refresh rate from ProMotion to 60hz
Increasing brightness
Hiding the menu bar (only thing on the screen that was updating roughly once a second)

The only thing that eliminates the flicker is making a window full screen. Anyone have any clue what might be happening? I'm using Ventura.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.6

Posted on May 17, 2024 12:46 PM

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a brody

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May 18, 2024 11:37 AM in response to Mac_SE

Check your graphics acceleration setting. Sometimes toggling it and rebooting can help. It is in your system preferences/settings.

EasyRes is an App that gives you more finite control over your video in the menubar that you can download from the App Store.

SwitchResX and DisplayConfigX are even more extensive.

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