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Clamshell mode brightness

I plugged in my new Macbook Air to a monitor for the first time yesterday.

I noticed that white pages, like this one, had a more orange hue than I expected. That didn't bother me so I just moved on.

But just now I closed the lid of my Air to try clamshell mode. The external screen instantly went to a brighter, bluer hue of white.

When I open the lid, swuitches back to more orangy.

What's happening? Can I change the settings to make it consistent.

(Apologies for my very technical terms: bluer, orangy etc.)

MacBook Air

Posted on Mar 25, 2020 12:53 PM

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Posted on Mar 25, 2020 1:04 PM

Just figured it out!

It's "True Tone", which can't work with the clamshell closed.

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