Mac Os Catalina - Photos flickering when scrolling

Just wondering if there was ever an update? The same thing just happened to me last night for the first time when I was transferring photos over from my SD card to my 2017 MacBook Pro(15inch). So it’s obviously still an on going issue, could this be a glitch with the new Catalina OS?

Same issue here. MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) on 10.15.3, Foto.App Versie 5.0 (131.17.170).

It's described perfectly above, looks exactly the same. Only during scrolling the issue occurs.

Same problem here. Annoying squares flcikering over thumbnails and strangely not associated to update to Catalina, just sudden flaw out of nowhere. I've only had my MacBook Pro for a couple of months.

I've been experiencing this issue too for quite a while now.

Probably over 6 months, I just didn't have the time to investigate further.

I've done everything suggested here, including rebuilding the Photos Library, resetting NVRAM, etc.

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB

Running 10.15.3 (19D76)

I do notice the checkering gets worse if while doing multi-finger scroll, you leave the fingers resting on trackpad after the swipe motion.

I have the same problem on my MacBook Pro 2019 13", Just noticed it today... 2 days before I updated to the new Version 10.15.4 Please give me a suggestion on what to do... is it an update bug ?

I have been seeing these previous posts are from a few months and they were updated this month as well.

So if you could please solve this problem or suggest what to do.

It would be very helpful as it is very irritating and a disturbing problem.

Hi Team,

Am also facing the same problem - Photos flickering when scrolling. Any resolution for this. I have MacBookPro 2017 13inch running Catalina with latest updates.

Its really annoying so much when viewing and scrolling the photos app.

Please provide any resolution to this.

Thanks In-Advance.

Just wondering: does everyone that have this issue also notice than on Netflix full screen, adding subtitles (and removing anything else in the screen) will cause slightly similar issues (especially on the white, when the subtitle changes)?

i’ve noticed that since an update way back on all my macs.

Ok so this works for me until I change the brightness after the color profile switch and then it starts back up with the glitching while scrolling. This MacBook is new as of yesterday 5/4/20 2019 MacBook pro 13 256GB. Must be a software glitch. It only effects about 1/4 of all the photos in my library. Looking for an apple update solution.

I have started to see the flickering and checkerboard pattern while scrolling through my pictures in Photo on my MacBook Pro. It has gotten worse over the past several weeks. I am also starting to get error messages on certain pictures about not being able to edit. And, indeed, these pictures can’t be edited and are shown in a low-resolution format. When I go to Photos on my iPhone X, I don’t see the flickering when scrolling and I am able to edit the pictures that I can’t edit on my Mac. So, the problem seems to be specific to my MacBook Pro. I have the most up-to-date software on my Mac. Any additional help or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Same think happens in my brand new macbook pro 2020. I imported some photos and find out its displaying the same patterns when scrolling. Its only happening in small thumbnail previews. But it stranged, on external display it is working fine. Should I return my macbook or it is normal for everyone?

I'm trying to return to our local distributor/ authorized service center. But they insist that I just need wait for update because its not a hardware failure, but an OS glitch. Guess ill just wait for next OS version.

Hi Ranoano,

How did you go with the suggested fix? Did it work?

Please let me know. I have noticed it on my mac and honestly, it is pretty annoying.

Cheers

just wanted update this. I have tried with and without dark mode and it still happens. I have tried under different albums and it happens everywhere.

Hi, I have exactly the same problem with the flicking, also after updating to Catalina. How do I fix it? I have also tried all the above. Nothing.

I have the exact same problem after updating to the latest Catalina (10.15.1) with a MacBook Pro 2019. My photos look exactly like onceadevil's.