Eye strain on MacBook and iPad

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Eye strain on MacBook and iPad

I just got a new M1 MacBook Pro. Look at the screen is hurting my eyes. I thought it was the smallish font or the brightness but i adjusted both and didn't find any improvement.

Back in December I bought an iPad but ended up giving it to my son for Christmas. I found I was spending too much screen time on arbitrary BS, but also it seemed to hurt my eyes. I thought the eye strain was related to the excessive screen time but it's the same with the MacBook.

I'm an Psych ER nurse and on slow nights I might be on my work PC 12 hours without any eye strain whatsoever. I also spend hours on my iPhone with no problems. I also own an HP PC and have never had this problem.

Anyone else experiencing the same thing?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Feb 1, 2021 10:26 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 8, 2021 1:20 AM in response to BrownSpiderCLE

I have the iPad Pro 2020 11” and it’s doing the same thing to me. It’s the screen technology which is pwm, pulse width modulation. It’s a very rapid refresh rate frequency that causes eye fatigue. I guess maybe some aren't being effected by it but there are some that are.

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Answer 2

Feb 2, 2021 7:03 AM in response to BrownSpiderCLE

BrownSpiderCLE wrote:

Anyone else experiencing the same thing?

It does not matter if anyone else is experiencing the same thing. You need to get your eyes checked by a doctor. If something was causing my eyes distress I would stop engaging in that activity until I saw a professional. It is like that old comedy routine where one commedian says to the other, it hurts when I poke myself in the eye with a stick. The other comedian tells the first to stop poking himself in the eye then.

Oh, and to answer your question, yes others experience eye fatigue/eye strain when using a computer.

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Eye strain on MacBook and iPad

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