MacBook Pro Liquid Retina XDR display hurts my eyes

I just got a 2023 Mac Book pro 14 as a gift for my birthday and having real issues with eye problems. I wear proper glasses and just had my eye exam so I know thats not it. My 3 other apple products Intel with retina screens (prior to XDR ). Gave me really huge eye problems. Had to stop using screens for a few days. This is a huge issue. Many others have also experienced. What do I do with a very expensive laptop I cant use. Plugging in external monitor yes. But this is a "Laptop" / "Notebook" what is the point. I believe apple needs to rewrite their drivers for the screen or / and these screens are not good enough and there is a major issue with refresh rate or dithering.

What would you suggest apple folks?

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Posted on May 30, 2023 1:32 PM

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sallid

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Posted on Jun 4, 2024 5:38 PM

yegor78, Google "Stillcolor for macOS."

Stillcolor is uploaded to Github and licensed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It is free.

Stillcolor disables temporal dithering. Temporal dithering might be triggering issues for you and others currently using Apple's XDR display.

I have not found a solution for newer iPhone models with XDR (iPhone X and higher).

On Stillcolor's Github page, there is a link to a YouTube video to test sensitivity to temporal dithering. WARNING to anyone with light sensitive migraines or a light sensitive seizure disorder. The YouTube video may trigger your disorder.

yegor78, you are definitely not the only person experiencing some type of issue with XDR. XDR is OLED (narrow band LED). I hope Stillcolor is a solution for you.

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