Macbook pro retina flicker

FWIW, even at the WWDC Keynote, they had the flicker problem. At just over 41 minutes into the broadcast, right as he is wrapping up the segment on Calendar, you see a brief but familiar flicker. That is unless they go edit that out.

So i too have had the same problem and after browsing other websites I have found the root cause to the LCD flicker.

It's the WIFI. Turn off your WIFI and see if it goes away. Mine did which made me clue in to other possibilies. I then switched from 2.4ghz b/g/n to 5gz and the flicker rarely appears.

Let me know if your experiments yield the same results.

That's one trick, another is to place your thumb or some other object (I use a small battery) between the space where the screen and macbook hinge connect. It seems to be some sort of grounding issue. This whole thing is stupid anyways.

So I knew about the placing your finger around the F2 key and couldn't believe that was working. I got tired of doing that then discovered the WIFI thing I mentioned above. I also tried shoving electrical tape where my finger was and no results. You nailed it on the head.. grounding issue and the small battery is a great idea. Was thinking a small piece of tin foil might also do the trick and if place right would not be noticable.

I agree. this hole thing is a let down. I have most apple products including the Mac Pro and am upset they haven't done some sort of recall or free fix for this considering the cost of these notebooks.

Guys. It's a pinched wire, have them reset your screen and make sure it is set right. That IS all.

Somepeople say it crippled screen wire. I dont think thats the case on my retina.

My laptop stays open all the time, rearly close the lid and its flickering hundred miles an hour.

Also pressing where the f3 button is makes no difference.

I also restored the laptop to no effect.

Very very bad show from apple for a high end computer.

Looks like this one is going to be last of my Apple products. Back to PC!!!

I sent my macbook pro in for repairs 3weeks ago. Took about a week to get it back to me.

They replaced my logic board(at least that's what they said) under warranty and its not flickered once since.

The Apple Genius said he has seen 2 of these screen flicker problems before mine and they apparently seem to be caused by different issues. He said one was easily fixed by a logic board swap while another needed its entire screen replaced.

Have you taken your macbook pro back to the store?

What did they say?

I started to notice the flicker a couple weeks ago. It happened so quickly that I thought it was just my eyes. Over time, the flicker occured more and more frequently. One night, the screen went flicker crazy so I grabbed my phone and took a video of it. The next day, I took it to the Apple store, showed them the video and they replaced the screen, no questions asked.

Not yet Andy. I would have to send it in by post as unfortunately as big as Dublin city is, we have no genius store in ireland, and at the moment i just cant be without my laptop.

Apple only advised to restore the laptop, which obviously didnt help.

Once i get a replacment laptop i will send it in and see what happens.

Regards,

I understand the frustration.

I was lucky because I didn't need my computer for a week when I took it in and I live a few minutes drive from several Apple Stores.

Apple has wonderful customer support...when you can get to it. They completely replaced one of my prior macbooks after trying to repair it twice.

This definitely helped a lot, and the external monitor image is much much sharper as well.

also repair disk permissions with the disk utility, and reset your P ram.

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!

The screen flickering issue has been driving me nuts for a few months now. I was about to take in my MBP to the Apple Store for a second time. The last time I took it in the flickering didn't happen at the store, but I had a video. I didn't want to lose my MBP for a week plus, so I've been delaying the repair the Apple Store people suggested.

As I was preparing to take my MBP into the store, I took it off a clear acrylic stand that I use on my standing desk and the flickering dissappeared! Then I simply placed a magazine between the plastic stand and my MBP and the flickering issue is gone. So, I think you are correct with your static electricity theory.

My Mid 2012 Retina MacBook Pro screen started intermitantly flickering a few days ago also. I noticed it occured quite a bit while outside in the 80 degree F summer heat... Wondering if heat is an issue at all. I guess I'll buy Apple Care in case it is pending hardware failure.