when watching videos on YouTube, apple tv+ and others in full-screen mode, the screen starts to flicker in some places. when watching videos in a smaller player and during daily work, such problems do not arise. what could it be?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.2
Hi zhuravliov,
When trying to watch a video full screen, a flickering screen makes anything difficult to watch. Let’s try to find out what’s causing this behavior.
You didn’t mention any steps you have tried, so we recommend starting here.
First, see if this flickering continues in safe mode. When starting up in safe mode, it is normal to take longer than a normal start up. Safe mode is doing a check like First Aid. See How to use safe mode on your Mac for details.
If the flickering continues in safe mode, see How to reset the SMC of your Mac.
Should the behavior continue, try setting up another account on your MacBook Air to see if this happens only in your account or both accounts. See Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac for details.
Reach back out if you still need help.
Have a great week!
Hi zhuravliov,
When trying to watch a video full screen, a flickering screen makes anything difficult to watch. Let’s try to find out what’s causing this behavior.
You didn’t mention any steps you have tried, so we recommend starting here.
First, see if this flickering continues in safe mode. When starting up in safe mode, it is normal to take longer than a normal start up. Safe mode is doing a check like First Aid. See How to use safe mode on your Mac for details.
If the flickering continues in safe mode, see How to reset the SMC of your Mac.
Should the behavior continue, try setting up another account on your MacBook Air to see if this happens only in your account or both accounts. See Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac for details.
Reach back out if you still need help.
Have a great week!
Hello! I'm so sorry I didn't mention details. I've tried to watch YouTube through Google Chrome browser and everything going good. Screen didn't flickered. I think that this happens when I'm using Apple software such as Safari and built-in Apple TV app.
zhuravliov,
We appreciate the additional details. If you haven't already, give those three steps a try in the previous post.
After giving those steps a try, let us know if you still need help.
Take care!
The screen flickers when watching a video
