macbook pro core i7 high res anti-glare screen garbled graphics

During one year I had Safari and Flash installed, under Leopard, and there wasn't any problem, ZERO problems. Grabled graphics started after install Snow Leopard. Why I have to think that Flash is the problem??????

cjasonbr wrote:
and like i said. Even if you're not getting graphics problems i still think that Safari and Flash don't play nice together. Chrome seems MUCH faster than Safari seemed to be. I think that's because Safari was slowed down by incompatibilities with Flash. I seem to remember Safari starting out fast, then it slows down and ends up with graphics glitching, and crashing, and bomb screens.

It's not just a few garbled graphics. It totally F'ed up my whole computer. Now it runs lightening fast. and error free.

i have 38 posts and every 3 of those probably say the same thing.

I would have to agree with you, I find that Safari and Flash do not play well together at all. Infact using a particular website I like (Channel 4's video on demand service 4OD, which by the way is a reputable website from a major UK broadcaster) would hard crash my machine when using all versions of flash except Flash Plug-In 10.0.45.2 ---

Literally visiting the site in Safari and playing a video with any other version would 100% consistently cause my machine to lockup and force reboot.


The way I ended up diagnosing the issue was the fact that Chrome (which I think has a built in flash player rather than a plug in) didn't cause the issue.


I'm not saying everyone who has a problem with the graphics on this thread is seeing it because of flash, just agreeing that the only time I have lockups or garbled graphics is not when I'm playing intensive graphical apps (i.e. HalfLife 2/ Left for Dead 2 on steam) but only when I am using Safari and Flash.


Hope this helps,

Regards,
John

because Mac OS is an OPERATING SYSTEM.

I don't see why people have this backwards opinion that it's Apples responsibility to make sure all third party applications work on the Mac OS.

If Adobe wants to make a program for Mac OS isn't it Adobe's responsibility to make it work right?????????????

Don't people see this is EXACTLY why steve jobs can't support Flash??????????????????????

If someone used windows XP and upgraded to Vista i think it would be really dumb to just assume all your XP programs will work perfectly after the upgrade to Vista. So would would anyone assume all their leopard apps will work perfectly after they upgrade to snow leopard????? Does it mean the new OS must be broken because all your old XP apps don't work perfect. Obviously not.

This is exactly how i resolved the issue on my computer. 😉

People get too attached to Safari and don't want to let go. I was the same way. But boy was i glad i switched when i did. Haven't looked back.

If you actually read the thread everyone that suggests simply switching browsers hasn't visited the thread since they switched. I'm sure they haven't looked back.

Now all the people that are left posting here with problems are the people that don't care to give up Safari + Flash. It seems to be a huge trend that everyone with problems uses Safari+Flash as their browser.

Hi

I have exactly the same problem with my 2 months old Macbook Pro. Had the graphic card replaced but the problem is still there. Apple won't replace the machine, so I don't know what to do.

i did what you advised but im still having problems. was realy hoping that after reading the luck u have had this would work for me but it hasnt. after reinstall i didn use safari and used firefox ( dont like chrome as google keep every piece of info even in private browsing) after few hours started getting choppy images for few seconds ( still also only using nvida chip) after 2 wks of this im back using safari as if im gna have the probles id rather have it in safari 😟
i did try using chrome before i went back to safari but was having more problems than with firefox. am gna go to genius again nxt wk hopeully but have no faith that they are gna fix it.
i really think this has to be a bigger problem then flash and hopefully it'l come to light soon

"choppy images" isn't a symptom experienced by people i don't think. "choppy" is more of a term given to video and not images :\

Did you go into the "erase" section and made sure you did a completely clean install? Or did you just reinstall the OS?

Now that i think about it:

How did you download Firefox without using Safari?

I don't believe Safari is the issue at all. If you do a clean wipe and reinstall, then you should be left with Safari as your only browser but WITHOUT Flash. If you don't install Flash on Safari, then it should work fine i would think. If you want to use Flash then i would download Firefox or Chrome.

One thing with Firefox i'd be worried about is installing Flash onto the SYSTEM and not exclusively on Firefox. With Chrome the Flash is incorporated so i wouldn't think the Flash working in Chrome would affect any other program.

IMO Flash is the problem. The flash installer may be the problem, i don't know. But i'd be wary downloading Flash specifically and installing it on my computer. I would think that simply downloading Chrome would be safer since Flash is incorporated.

let us know what happens please.

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There might be hope yet:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/18/appleseeds_fifth_beta_of_mac_os_x_10_6_7_to_developers_focused_onsafari.html

use the restore cd. Restart the computer and hold down the "c" key as it's starting up. Go to the disk utility and go into the "erase" section choose the simplest erase method and then do a clean install where everything is erased and the OS reinstalled.

I cannot say if it is flash, safari, the gpu or a combo of each, but turning off the auto graphics switching always fixes the issue for me.

IMO it just fixes the symptom. Akin to cutting off your nose to fix your cold. 😉

I did that for a while and it did fix the graphics garbeling but it still crashed fairly often and Safari was still relatively slow.

Haven't crashed or had the slightest problem since ditching Flash and Safari and starting over just using Chrome.

so far, still using safari but turned off graphics switching. Yes, I agree, not the best, but I am very use to the was safari works and as long as it's fixed with what I am doing, that works for me. It looks like 10.6.7 might (possibly) be addressing this whole thing. This way, when it is fixed (for sure), I just turn graphics switching back on and continue on my way.
It would seem that one has several options to choose from for a temporary fix, and depending on one's opinion, they are all acceptable for now.

Add another user with this same problem to this list. Having had the logics board replaced and everything installed again, the issue isn't as bad as it has been and when it does get bad I just turn off graphics switching for awhile. I'm tired of this bandage and hope that this does get resolved in the next update.

Try a erase/ and a fresh OS install.

Don't install any flash or anything else.

Open safari and download Chrome, close safari open chrome, use chrome as your browser and see if your problem is fixed.