Color profile reset after screensaver

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Color profile reset after screensaver

Running Leopard 10.5.1. Dual screen setup with my external monitor having configured as a custom color profile to compensate for a little bit of gamma. Strange thing that always when the screen saver comes on, and I move the mouse so that the screen comes back, the colors look blueish. When activating the screen options and moving to the color profile tab, the screen reverts to the correct settings again. I have to do this every time the screen comes out of the screensaver.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Nov 20, 2007 2:14 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 5, 2007 2:50 AM in response to avdvorst

Same Problem. Dual Screen with lcd profile on my macbook pro and custom color profile on my second screen (NEC 1760VM). When the screensaver quits, the macbook pro lcd resets itself to the custom color profile of the second screen. By entering the monitor preference pane, the color profile switches back to the right one. Seems like a bug.

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rboko

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Jan 12, 2008 9:16 PM in response to avdvorst

I'm also running 10.5.1 MacBook Pro with external ViewSonic monitor. Main screen is blueish when I move the mouse to exit screensaver. Looks like a bug to me. Work-arounds so far:
- Make screensaver longer than display sleep - so screensaver never happens.
- Correct color comes back if I put the system to sleep and then wake up again.
- Open System Preferences / Displays. As soon as the Display window appears, the color returns to normal.

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Answer 3

Jan 14, 2008 3:27 PM in response to avdvorst

I am also having the same problem (my second monitor is connected via DVI and is a Dell 20" monitor).

This problem only occurs for me when my second monitor is plugged in.

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Answer 4

Jan 17, 2008 12:16 PM in response to avdvorst

Yeah, same problem here. Originally I thought it only happened with the photomosaic screensaver and was trying to set a different color profile to make the photos look better or something. But yeah, after reading this, my main LCD is grabbing the secondary monitor's color profile.

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avdvorst Author

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Feb 14, 2008 12:27 AM in response to avdvorst

10.5.2 still has this problem. Any other solutions/workarounds?

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Answer 6

Feb 24, 2008 9:36 AM in response to avdvorst

Same exact problem here, it's a bit annoying having to open Displays.prefpane some times I come out of screensaver.

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ykms77

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Apr 3, 2008 4:17 PM in response to avdvorst

I run Parallels on an external HP monitor and OS X on the MBP screen. It's intermittent for me but sometimes I get a weird blue tint on the MBP screen coming out of screensaver. Opening screen prefs knocks it back to normal.

I tried this:

http://installingcats.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/fix-blue-tint-wake-from-screensav er-mac-macbook/

It seemed to work. It's been a few weeks since the last 'blue shift'.

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Answer 8

May 4, 2008 8:57 PM in response to ykms77

I'm seeing this issue as well on my top of the line 8Core , this is a real PIA , and should be fixed in 10.5.3 ...

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