Flickering screen when scrolling

I have the new MacBook Air 13" and experience a problem with a flickering screen when scrolling when surfing the web (just regular web pages with text). This problem occurs both when using Google Chrome and Safari. When I do not scroll there is no problem; but when I use the trackpad to scroll down a page, there is distinct flickering (especially visible, and especially irritating, when scrolling down slowly). I have tried varying the light and varying the speed and acceleration settings of the trackpad, but these measures made no difference. Does anybody else experience this, and does anyone have an idea for a solution?

iMac 27" i7 processor, MacBook Air 13" (late 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Nov 12, 2010 7:34 AM

43 replies

-ixen-

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Jan 8, 2011 2:49 AM in response to nkh

How we can be so sure that this is only a problem of Mac's hardware or a Mac OS X? Does anyone test those boxes in a PC? As I remembered my Pc in my office has also some kind of trouble with Firefox.

frankyds

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Jul 25, 2011 10:38 AM in response to variousred

also with the macbook pro 15?

my macbook is now for repair and i'll get an answer within 3 days,

if it still exists, i'll return it

Jul 25, 2011 11:49 AM in response to frankyds

See my reply in your thread.

(briefly, no luck)

frankyds

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Jul 25, 2011 11:51 AM in response to variousred

thanks

frankyds

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Aug 11, 2011 5:11 AM in response to tigrakitten

are you sure you don't have that issue with your mouse? (same scroll speed?)

i didn't tested that

Aug 18, 2011 12:52 PM in response to nonicoclolasos

I'm having the same problem on a 15" MBP. I also use Serato DJ software and it does it on the horizontal waveform scrolling. Really annoying since I use this every weekend for DJ gigs!

Aug 29, 2011 7:24 AM in response to nonicoclolasos

I don't have Airplay so that can't be the issue.

Kirillz

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Feb 20, 2012 7:54 PM in response to nonicoclolasos

Bumping this. Any news/solutions? Having this same issue with a new MacBook Pro 15" (bought end of January 2012).

vizh

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Oct 19, 2013 1:48 AM in response to nonicoclolasos

Apple used cheapest screens on olmost $2000 MacBook Air (top 2013 air in europe). Shame.

Oct 19, 2013 5:15 AM in response to vizh

I garantee you that!

Nov 3, 2013 1:06 PM in response to Rinzwind

I have the same flicker on Pattern 3 also

goggio88

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Dec 19, 2013 3:23 AM in response to nonicoclolasos

Yesterday I bought a new macbook air with 8 gb of ram and have this problem. how you can fix? I have the same flicker on Pattern 3 also

Jul 7, 2014 4:36 PM in response to marthafromlas cruces

I just tested my Macbook pro screen on the website given and it was shaking and vibrating all over the place. It is stable on my iMac. Is that the test that indicates a problem?

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