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Q: Display flickering in Safari-Retina MacBook Pro

Certain pictures and spots on webpages flicker, disappear, get locked up, etc., on webpages on Safari on Retina MacBook Pro.  The whole display has never been affected.  It seems to only happen in Safari on websites such as Facebook.  I'd take it to an Apple Genius but I can't get it to do it.  It seems completely random.  What could be causing this?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Oct 6, 2012 4:06 PM

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Q: Display flickering in Safari-Retina MacBook Pro

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  • by jilltre,

    jilltre jilltre Jun 4, 2013 2:20 PM in response to jilltre
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    Jun 4, 2013 2:20 PM in response to jilltre

    Updating to the OSx 10.8.3 fixed my issues, but I'm on a mac mini that's at least three years old - so the video card is not the same as what's used in the retina (newer) devices....

  • by patfromtravelers rest,

    patfromtravelers rest patfromtravelers rest Jun 4, 2013 4:07 PM in response to patfromtravelers rest
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    Jun 4, 2013 4:07 PM in response to patfromtravelers rest

    I've now noticed that it's worse if I pick up the laptop by one hand, holding it between my thumb and fingers of one hand, by a corner.

     

    That implies that there's a physical component to the issue.

     

    Right now, there's no flickering.  Hasn't been for an hour or so, but it will start again at some point.

     

    One wonders, will Apple correct this problem, or let us solve it for them?

  • by Suckerd,

    Suckerd Suckerd Jun 5, 2013 12:36 PM in response to patfromtravelers rest
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    Jun 5, 2013 12:36 PM in response to patfromtravelers rest

    My new computer MacBook Pro retina is developed flickering light going throw the screen Is anybody else having these problems Apple says that I'm the only one. What should I do? you know how I can fix it?

  • by Suckerd,

    Suckerd Suckerd Jun 5, 2013 12:56 PM in response to person197
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    Jun 5, 2013 12:56 PM in response to person197

    This might be helpful it's a link that shows some of the different programs with it still flickeringhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTOx8BgT_7Q&feature=share&list=PLiiASQax4JifDniTm RUO6OfhoNtX70cZR

  • by a2zidxdotcom,

    a2zidxdotcom a2zidxdotcom Aug 10, 2015 1:34 AM in response to person197
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    Aug 10, 2015 1:34 AM in response to person197

    I have been having the same problem on my Macbook Pro. As I develop websites, I found that this was very frustrating as it only appeared to happen sometimes and I could not track down why. Reading through this discussion I had an idea and tried making a few coding changes. What I found was if I included the code line <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" /> (in case this is not displayed as code correctly in the post it is, less than meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" / greater than) on a page it sometimes flickers when I move to this page from another page but only when I was using Safari. Typically it flickers a few times and is then ok. By removing this line the flickering stops on my laptop. I am not sure if this is the same on all Macs and would love to know if anyone gets flickering on their Macs when using Safari. Please let me know if you see any flickering when viewing the following site

     

    http://www.myromanticstories.com

     

    For the record I am using Safari Version 6.1.6 (7537.78.2) on a Macbook Pro with Mac OS X Version 10.7.5 Build 11G63b

     

    I agree with the previous comments that this looks like a software bug in Safari that Apple need to address. As the line of code I removed is fairly standard it is possible that some of the sites others have had problems with also have the same or similar code line in the pages html code.

     

    With some LUCK Apple will now be able to track down the problem and fix it.

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