Macbook pro retina flicker

Well guys, I've just confirmed that this has to be a hardware issue, not software. This is happening to me on Windows 8 installed via Boot Camp. That's not a good thing.

Me too... guess I'll be taking mine in soon. Thankfully still under warranty, but not looking forward to being without my computer for any length of time. I wish I didn't like Apple products, because lately I seem to always get defective Apple products. I had to have my Thunderbolt display replaced last month... I had a defective iPod a few years ago... and a defective Mac Pro... Their quality assurance isn't so hot.

I also had the same issue. I searched high and low to find the sollution, and i thought maybe i could be a hardware problem.. but then i ran Color Sync with the tool "verify".. And it found 2 software problems..

/System/Library/CoreServices/Resources/Profiles/HD 709-A.icc

Header message digest (MD5) is missing.

The file is locked. Could not be fixed.

/System/Library/CoreServices/Resources/Profiles/SD 170M-A.icc

Header message digest (MD5) is missing.

The file is locked. Could not be fixed.

This problem cannot be fixed unless you change the files rights and sharing.

If you locate those icc-files, right click on them, and choose "show info" you can change the rights on the specified files. Change them all to "read and write". Do this on both files. Then run "Repair" in Color Sync.

This fixed the problem for me (no flickering for 30 minutes, before i did this the screen flickered every 2 minutes)..

Remember to change back to "read only" in both files..

Hope this will fix your issue!

I'm skeptical that this will fix it, but I hope you are correct nonetheless. Unfortunately for me, my flicker is very inconsistant. I sometimes go a couple days without a single problem. Othertimes it is nearly constant. I haven't pinned down the steps to reproduce yet, and as such, haven't taken it to the Apple store yet.

I tried it, I'll keep you aware of if it's working or not.

I asked at an apple store how to repair it, and you have to call them and take a rendez-vous, then they will look on your mac with their tools to find what's wrong. If it is harware it can take up to 10 days to repair it, so quite long.

I still have the issue 😟

I have others issues on color sync with Adobe profile, but even if I change the authorizations, color sync can't fix the issues.

Hello,

I have the same issue with rMBP 13 with Windows 7. Did you take your computer to Apple? I would like to learn their solution.

I am having the exact same issue. I have also noticed that some graphical applications (3D editors and even movie players) sometimes produce very faint "snow" on the application screens. Also using gfxCardStatus seems to indicate that the problems only occur when the computer is using the discrete nVidia graphics - it doesn't appear for me when using the integrated graphics...

I am beginning to suspect the powersupply to be the culprit actually - I don't think I have yet experienced the issue when using my Macbook on batteries.. How are your experiences with this?

I am going to bring mine in to an Apple store soon, but since one user already has had the logic board replaced without solving the problem, I kinda want to know a bit more about the problem first...

Happening to a lot of people. Paid so much money for this computer and now it's doing this. Frustratingly intermittent.

Is anybody listening?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KVesfEA22g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko6WCqw20ZE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTOx8BgT_7Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDJcBc0PGNM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95IiP05js_g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljqBNR0l484

Any updates/fixes to this yet? I have the same issue and it seems to be getting worse.. Apple, you need to adress this issue right away. A lot of people have this problem, with a $2200 machine.

Took mine to an Apple Store and got the logic board replaced. Been running perfectly ever since.. Seems to me that it is a problem with the discrete graphics. Not much to do other than getting the logic board replaced...

Did you get to keep your data when they replaced the logicboard? The SSD isn't soldered on there is it?

I am still having the issue but took it to the Apple Sotre a few weeks back to have a look at it. The strange thing is that it only worked fine when we booted off of a clean copy of Mountain Lion. When I got my MPBr it came with Lion and I had to upgrade so we are thinking that it may be something not working right on the upgrade process. Will be trying a re-install this weekend to see if that fixes it.

I can reproduce the flickering issues when switching to/from full screen mode in Aperture : the transition is not smooth at all! (I'm pretty sure it was smooth a few weeks ago, maybe before the EFI update)

Is it also the case your you ?

I haven't posted here in a while, but I have an update. I had an LG screen on my rMBP, but it became faulty and I took the computer to the Apple Store. They replaced the screen. I received a Samsung screen this time without any issues now (no image retention, thank God). Since then, I haven't had the issue at all, not even once.

I read somewhere online, I'm not sure where, where someone claimed to have knowledge about this issue and claimed its a problem from a pinched cable from the screen to the motherboard. There's an issue there apparently. I'm not saying that's the exact issue, but maybe?

If I ever come across this issue on my new Samsung screen I'll be sure to post here.