Slider on my Mac's "Color Temperature" continues to adjust color even when Night Shift is turned off.

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Slider on my Mac's "Color Temperature" continues to adjust color even when Night Shift is turned off.

1. Schedule: set to "Off"

2. Manual: unchecked

3. Color Temperature still affects display color and my display does not default to the native color temperature but sticks to the color associated with whatever position I have left the slider at (with Night Shift set to Off).

I have tried deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.pl but still same result.

I am also not running other apps that can

alter the colour temperature of the display, such as Flux or Night Owl.

same result on other user profiles.

OS issue that can be resolved by reinstalling or is it my display?

Brand new Macbook M1

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Apr 5, 2021 2:13 AM

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Answer 1

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Luis Sequeira1

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Apr 5, 2021 6:15 AM in response to gman66707

Try this:

In the Finder, press command-shift-G and paste

~/Library/Preferences/ContextStoreAgent.plist

Drag the file outside of the folder (park on the Desktop, for example), then logout and login again.

See if the settings now behave as expected. If they do you can trash the file from the Desktop.

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Answer 2

Apr 5, 2021 4:29 AM in response to gman66707

I am not sure I understand your problem. That’s what the slider is there for. You should just set it and forget it. Do you have the “true tone” selected (assuming it is supported in your model)? If you do, then turn it off and then your display should not change again without your intervention.

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