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MacOS Ventura Updated - MacBook Pro M1 Pro screen flickers now as my second monitor

I currently have my 14" MacBook Pro (M1 Pro) hooked up to an external monitor and I use the MacBook Pro's screen as my second monitor via a Thunderbolt 4 dock. However, after updating to MacOS Ventura, I noticed that MacBook Pro's screen starts to flicker intermittently. This never happened before and I was wondering if there was a fix for this?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Oct 26, 2022 5:25 AM

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Dec 12, 2022 1:00 PM in response to yauhen240

I tried upgrading to the Ventura 13.1 Release Candidate earlier today, no improvement at all, actually slightly worse than I have had the last few days with Ventura 13.0.1.


I sent in a new feedback to my existing ticket in the feedback application today with 13.1 RC installed, no response or any signs of activity from Apple's side since 26 October, also states zero similar reports.


I have just wiped the drive and reinstalled Monterey, and flickering is not any issue anymore. This happens exclusively with macOS Ventura.

Dec 20, 2022 1:15 AM in response to Cosmo M3

Actually, the same is happening for me as well after the update (to 13.1 from Monterey). Mostly facing this issue while using RDP (Microsoft Remote Desktop). If RDP is opened on the external monitor and another app (in fullscreen mode) is placed on the MacBook - MacBook's display will be flickering. Disabling True Tone helps, but that's not the way. What's interesting: if I switch the app on my MacBook to the empty desktop - it won't be flickering. Also, it won't flicker if both displays are using RDP. Another interesting detail is that flickering depends on the display we are using, if we change RDP to the fullscreen app on external display and the fullscreen app to RDP on the MacBook - external display will be flickering. So, really weird behaviour. I'm 100% sure it's not related to hardware, but we also want to know some updates from Apple... The video of flickering is attached, it was created 2 months ago by someone and looks the same for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSYtXmngD4s&ab_channel=ShaquilleFuller

Jan 2, 2023 11:40 AM in response to Cosmo M3

I filed my feedback ticket to Apple on 26 October, and have updated it repeatedly since, with the issue still persisting on new Ventura updates, and it still persists to this date, happens on all versions of macOS Ventura for me.


I'm starting to get frustrated at this point, with no responses from Apple in any form or way for more than two months, it renders the MacBook almost unusable for me when running Ventura.

MacOS Ventura Updated - MacBook Pro M1 Pro screen flickers now as my second monitor

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