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How to remove grey box appeared at the corner on screen of mac?

Hi, this little grey box appeared at the corner on the screen of macbook pro. Does anyone know what is it and how to remove it?

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Mar 16, 2022 2:12 AM

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Posted on Mar 16, 2022 4:57 AM

momolaly wrote:

Hi, this little grey box appeared at the corner on the screen of macbook pro. Does anyone know what is it and how to remove it?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/f7154cf4-8e2c-4a28-bade-62e9e8525183



To trouble shoot further you can:


—Try a SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support



Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a reboot will put it back to normal mode.


This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.



—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 



Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS



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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Mar 16, 2022 4:57 AM in response to momolaly

momolaly wrote:

Hi, this little grey box appeared at the corner on the screen of macbook pro. Does anyone know what is it and how to remove it?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/f7154cf4-8e2c-4a28-bade-62e9e8525183



To trouble shoot further you can:


—Try a SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support



Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a reboot will put it back to normal mode.


This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.



—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 



Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS



How to remove grey box appeared at the corner on screen of mac?

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