Screen Burn in Issue...

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Screen Burn in Issue...

I have an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) and for the past few years I've noticed that I am getting alot of burn in around the edges of the screen. For example, when I moved the files I had here below, they left this burn in behind. It last a few min and then disappears. I am pretty positive I never had this happen for the first 5 or more years of owning the iMac and wondering why it's happening now? I have the same thing happen for title bars or apps etc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Posted on Jul 21, 2022 8:35 AM

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den.thed

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Jul 21, 2022 11:00 AM in response to Peter O'Toole

Apple refers to it as Image Persistences.

see > Avoiding image persistence on Apple LCD displays - Apple Support (DE)

Most of the time it can be reduced by setting the display to sleep after 10 minutes and by moving windows around more often instead of in-gauging the screensaver.

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ku4hx

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Jul 21, 2022 9:27 AM in response to Peter O'Toole

If it faded away, it's not "burn in". Burn in is where an image, or images, have been permanently burned into the screen; they don't fade away.

My guess is this is simple aging of the screen and it no longer responds as it once did.

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Jul 21, 2022 9:48 AM in response to ku4hx

Yeah it didn’t make full sense to me now either as my understanding of burn in was the same. I didn’t realise screens aged like this however but it sounds like it could be the case.

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