Updated to 11.6 and now I have a line in the middle of my display...

Updated to 11.6, and now I have a line down the middle of my display...

can this be solved?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 21, 2021 8:33 AM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2021 8:55 AM

A line down the middle of your display may be an indication of a hardware problem, maybe a display cable issue, GPU or RAM. That it has occurred at the time of an upgrade is probably coincidental.


As a troubleshooting measure, see if the problem still happens in Safe mode (hold the shift key down at startup). It can take much longer to safe boot (10 min) so be patient.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support 


Safe mode forces the OS to clear certain caches and logs and do other miscellaneous housekeeping. It's non-destructive to user data so is safe to do. Very often certain weird software behavior is corrected by simply logging in this way as a troubleshooting method. When you're in safe boot, the machine will not be at its best performance, especially with graphics, but that's expected.


Does the problem persist while in Safe mode?


Exit safe mode by restarting your Mac normally and re-evaluate the issue again.

If the problem is still unresolved, please return here and post a reply and we’ll see what else we can come up with for help.

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Sep 21, 2021 8:55 AM in response to ElvisTheFluff

A line down the middle of your display may be an indication of a hardware problem, maybe a display cable issue, GPU or RAM. That it has occurred at the time of an upgrade is probably coincidental.


As a troubleshooting measure, see if the problem still happens in Safe mode (hold the shift key down at startup). It can take much longer to safe boot (10 min) so be patient.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support 


Safe mode forces the OS to clear certain caches and logs and do other miscellaneous housekeeping. It's non-destructive to user data so is safe to do. Very often certain weird software behavior is corrected by simply logging in this way as a troubleshooting method. When you're in safe boot, the machine will not be at its best performance, especially with graphics, but that's expected.


Does the problem persist while in Safe mode?


Exit safe mode by restarting your Mac normally and re-evaluate the issue again.

If the problem is still unresolved, please return here and post a reply and we’ll see what else we can come up with for help.

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