macOS display rotation reset on wake

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macOS display rotation reset on wake

This problem started occurring immediately after upgrading to macOS 10.15.7.

I have two external displays (both dell U2414H) one of which is set to 90 rotation in the MacOS display settings under system preferences and I use this display in ‘portrait’.

When I wake my MacBook Pro from sleep the screen rotation setting on my portrait monitor is reset to ‘standard’, and I have to go through the display settings to change it back to 90 degrees.

Both displays use a displayport cable (on the display end) that plug into each of the two thunderbolt ports on my 13" MacBook Pro Retina, Late 2015.

I have submitted a report using the feedback assistant.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Oct 8, 2020 1:13 AM

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Oliver Jobson Author

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Oct 13, 2020 8:38 AM in response to Nicholas_B2

Utterly unhelpful reply there. Wondering if it is a bot? I think it would be fairly easy for a human to understand from my post that I had already had figured out how to rotate the screen.

After several restarts and resetting the PRAM and SMC this issue seems to have resolved itself.

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Oct 13, 2020 8:22 AM in response to Oliver Jobson

Greetings Oliver Jobson,

We understand that you are having some difficulty with the Display preferences on your Mac when using an external display, and we'd like to help. Begin by following the guidance found here:

Rotate the image on your Mac display

If any issues remain, Contact Apple Support for further assistance.

Take care.

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macOS display rotation reset on wake

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