12lin wrote:
i opened my mac a few mins ago and noticed that there’s a vertical line on the screen that’s slightly brighter than the rest of the desktop. i tried restarting my mac but that line is still there
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It would be telling if you can plug into an external monitor and test— if the line appear externally it points to a GPU issue.
If no lines externally it point to a Display issue.
Vertical artifacts are typically a issue with the display itself
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either way it is a hardware issue we can not resolve here.
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