My new MacBook display has a pink-ish tint

Clarification: according to one of the comments in that thread, the bug causes the Color LCD profile to disappear until a reboot.

Anyway, whatever the details, this is something to look out for if you're seeing whacked-out colors.

AlumBook 15" Mac OS X (10.3.9) MacBook 1.83 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Very frustrating....I used iBook.

Sorry...lost some typing somehow...what I meant to say is that my old iBook never had this problem nor my partner's 12" Powerbook, so I doubt it's the integrated video card.
I hope this problem isn't too widspread...I haven't found it mentioned on many other message boards.

15" 2.0 MacBook Pro, 20" iMac G5, 2.1 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I've noticed that in the last day or so, the magenta tint has diminished to a degree...it's barely noticeable in photographs and is better in general (the metallic skin in Safari still has a slight tint). Just wondering if anyone else's had gotten better on it's on? Called Apple support and they said a display takes 3-4 days to break-in.

My MacBook 1.83 has the slight pinkish tint too. I tried calibrating with both Supercal and the built-in calibration utility, and it's still there. To be fair it's not really that noticeable in isolation, and it's only when I look at photos with large areas of white or grey that it becomes fairly noticeable.

I decided to return my original Macbook (there were a couple of other issues as well, so that was that) and received the replacement yesterday. The screen looks better and brigher overall, but still has a faint pink tint, but not quite as noticeable. I am hoping that it will get a little better as the screen "settles". Also, the speakers are much louder on this one (thank goodness, I could barely hear the other ones). This replacement came from a completely different warehouse, so it's from a different batch of Macbook's all together which leads me to think that they may all have this tint...perhaps it's because of the glossy screen coating. Truly, I never would have noticed it if it weren't for the fact that I have three other Macs to compare it to. I would imagine that most people don't or won't even notice it.

So, I've decided to keep this one barring other things cropping up (I have thirty days from date of purchase to return of replace). Everything else is great so far.

Susan, how is it going?

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So far, so good....no heat issues or display artifacts and it's holding up great so far finish-wise. The pink tint still persists with the factory installed LCD profile; however, I was smart enough to make a copy of the factory installed profile for my MacBook Pro that I just sold and shipped out this past week. I installed the MBP profile and all is well...no more pink tint. I also did a Google search and found other profiles that various folks have done with professional calibration software/hardware and downloaded a few...some were an improvement, others not. I finally decided I like my old MBP profile the best.

My RAM upgrade from OWC came yesterday and works beautifully...everything is super quick...very responsive-more so than my MBP. I don't have internet connection time-outs like I used to or any dropped signals to any degree...much better wireless reception.

Oh, and as far as fingerprints and the likes...no big deal to me. I just wipe it down with a soft microfiber towel and everything cleans right up. For the screen I ordered a ScreensavR from RadTech.com-works like a charm for cleaning the screen as well as the entire Macbook.

I have no regrets "downgrading" and so far I'm very pleased...it's a keeper! 🙂


Black 2.0 Macbook, 2.1 Ghz 20" iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Black 2.0 Macbook, 2.1 Ghz 20" iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I found this thread very helpful:

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/...m/500001739731


...try downloading the various profiles and I'll bet you'll find one that works for you. the MacBook Pro and the iBook profiles look good.

Thanks for the link.
I obtained the worst result on the ads with the MacBook_6500K profile :
I can clearly see pink rectangular areas which probably correspond to the compression zones.
With MacBook_native everything is "pink". Same with iBook profiles.

"Best" results obtained with Cinema display6500K ?!?

Susan, how is it going?

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So far, so good....no heat issues or display
artifacts and it's holding up great so far
finish-wise. The pink tint still persists with the
factory installed LCD profile; however, I was smart
enough to make a copy of the factory installed
profile for my MacBook Pro that I just sold and
shipped out this past week. I installed the MBP
profile and all is well...no more pink tint. I also
did a Google search and found other profiles that
various folks have done with professional calibration
software/hardware and downloaded a few...some were an
improvement, others not. I finally decided I like my
old MBP profile the best.

My RAM upgrade from OWC came yesterday and works
beautifully...everything is super quick...very
responsive-more so than my MBP. I don't have internet
connection time-outs like I used to or any dropped
signals to any degree...much better wireless
reception.

Oh, and as far as fingerprints and the likes...no big
deal to me. I just wipe it down with a soft
microfiber towel and everything cleans right up. For
the screen I ordered a ScreensavR from
RadTech.com-works like a charm for cleaning the
screen as well as the entire Macbook.

I have no regrets "downgrading" and so far I'm very
pleased...it's a keeper! 🙂


Black 2.0 Macbook, 2.1
Ghz 20" iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Black 2.0
Macbook, 2.1 Ghz 20" iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Is there any chance you could post the MacBook Pro profile somewhere (or email it to me at aaroncorsi@gmail.com) so that I may try them with my MacBook? I too have the pink screen problem and am having trouble calibrating it correctly myself and would like to try out the profiles you have had success with.

Is there any chance you could post the MacBook Pro
profile somewhere (or email it to me at
aaroncorsi@gmail.com ) so that I may try them with my
MacBook? I too have the pink screen problem and am
having trouble calibrating it correctly myself and
would like to try out the profiles you have had
success with.

Hi,

The profiles are actually available for download at the link I posted a couple of posts back in the thread (ArsTechnica).

Hope this helps!

Black 2.0 Macbook, 2.1 Ghz 20" iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Did the other MacBooks at the shop have the same pinkish color?

This may be a bit off the wall but does the colour change with varying viewing angle? My Dell 2405FPW goes pinkish when I'm viewing at an angle. Maybe there's a similar effect going on.

Let us know if the new one has the same thing. Hopefully this isn't a standard appearance.

Sounds like it must be a standard symptom then. You're right, you'll probably have to live with it.

Hopefully it isn't too bad though.

Perhaps you should try connecting your MacBook to an external display (if possible) and see how the colors appear on that as a comparison!

Just a suggestion.