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Q: Since installing OS X Mavericks on my Mid-2010 Macbook Pro, occasionally there is distortion on the display- lots of coloured lines

Since installing OS X Mavericks on my Mid-2010 Macbook Pro, occasionally there is distortion on the display- lots of coloured lines but not covering everything, just in places of text, icons, sometimes one side of a desktop background, etc.

 

I have found a temporary solution:

 

- Go over any icons in the dock with the mouse, click on any folders in the dock, make every place where this distortion has occurred appear on the screen (almost, as if making it known?)

- change my display resolution and then change it back.

 

This does the trick and takes away the distortion, but after a while, they start again. So it isn't a problem with my actual screen, but it must be something to do with the OS, because this has only started ever since I upgraded to OS X Mavericks.

 

Any suggestions on what I should do? My Macbook Pro is in very good condition, and has never had any problems like this before.

 

Has anybody else had this problem?

 

Thank you for your help

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 26, 2013 7:06 AM

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  • by Irish Floyd,

    Irish Floyd Irish Floyd Nov 12, 2013 1:13 PM in response to fozbozz
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    Nov 12, 2013 1:13 PM in response to fozbozz

    Same problem. I have a 15-inch, Mid 2010 2.66 GHz i7 with Intel HD Graphixs 288 MB.

     

    Seems like this would be an unhappy coincidence if all of our graphics cards went out at the same time immediately folloing installation of Mavericks.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 12, 2013 4:50 PM in response to Irish Floyd
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    Nov 12, 2013 4:50 PM in response to Irish Floyd

    Irish Floyd wrote:

     

    Same problem. I have a 15-inch, Mid 2010 2.66 GHz i7 with Intel HD Graphixs 288 MB.

     

    Seems like this would be an unhappy coincidence if all of our graphics cards went out at the same time immediately folloing installation of Mavericks.

    The only coincidence is the known faulty GPU installed on the Mid 2010 15" Macbook Pro. Lion, Mountain Lion, and now Mavericks drives your GPU much harder, causing the fault to appear.

  • by antichristian,

    antichristian antichristian Nov 12, 2013 9:45 PM in response to Irish Floyd
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    Nov 12, 2013 9:45 PM in response to Irish Floyd

    Same computer, same issue here. I think my computer is on bath salts... afraid to sleep at night.

  • by Deadguy,

    Deadguy Deadguy Nov 24, 2013 6:30 PM in response to fozbozz
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    Nov 24, 2013 6:30 PM in response to fozbozz

    I also have a MacBook Pro Mid 2010 Intel Core i5 2.53 GHz running Mavericks.

    This problem occured after updating to Mavericks.  It did not occur with Mountain Lion.

    In addition to the same lines, I also see the desktop icons distort.  By changing the Display resolution in Preferences it goes away temporarily.

  • by antichristian,

    antichristian antichristian Nov 25, 2013 6:05 PM in response to fozbozz
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    Nov 25, 2013 6:05 PM in response to fozbozz

    I ran the AHT and took mine into the store I bought it at and none of the tests showed it as a hardware problem,

     

    however, danthemanuk wrote here https://discussions.apple.com/message/23917507#23917507 about this:

     

    http://9to5mac.com/2013/11/15/apple-seeds-first-os-x-mavericks-10-9-1-beta-to-de velopers-with-focuses-on-mail-graphics/

  • by Daniel Croll,

    Daniel Croll Daniel Croll Nov 28, 2013 12:12 PM in response to fozbozz
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    Nov 28, 2013 12:12 PM in response to fozbozz

    Hi,

     

    I have a MacBook Pro i7 (2010) with the HiDepth display. I had the exact same issue since installing Mavericks (never had it before). It got worse over time, it seemed. I found that this here instantly solved my problem: Force to use the discrete graphics card.

     

    1. Download gfxCardStatus tool: http://gfx.io

    2. Run it and switch to "Discrete only".

     

    The problem went away instantly. The downside of this is that it will drain the battery faster.

     

    Hope this helps you as well!

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  • by skitten,

    skitten skitten Dec 2, 2013 8:26 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Dec 2, 2013 8:26 PM in response to Barney-15E

    It's not TS4088 - I had that issue with my macbook (2010 15") and Apple replaced the system board.  This is definitely something with mavericks and intel graphics.

  • by JuanMauricio,

    JuanMauricio JuanMauricio Dec 3, 2013 6:21 PM in response to EdgarKenobi
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    Dec 3, 2013 6:21 PM in response to EdgarKenobi

    I have the same problem.

  • by Uillihans Dias,

    Uillihans Dias Uillihans Dias Dec 4, 2013 2:09 PM in response to fozbozz
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    Dec 4, 2013 2:09 PM in response to fozbozz

    Yes, it is not a hardware thing it is more software related (OS X Mavericks) and it really needs a fix. It normally crashes your system when there's transition between the integrated to the discrete graphic card. Here's the fix: Download "gfxCardStatus" and every time before you start any app set it to Discrete Only and that should keep you going till up come up with a better solution. I hope it will hope you as it really worked for me.

  • by iMod86,

    iMod86 iMod86 Dec 5, 2013 4:05 PM in response to fozbozz
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    Dec 5, 2013 4:05 PM in response to fozbozz

    I've got the same Problem with horizontal and vertical artifacts.

     

    MBP Mid 2010 17" (1920 x 1200)

    Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 288 MB

     

    Problem occurs since Mavericks update.

    Specially after starting out of standby.

     

    A temporary solution that worked for me 10 minutes ago, was changing the resolution, to a lower and switching back instantly.

  • by Innovative DMM,

    Innovative DMM Innovative DMM Dec 6, 2013 3:46 PM in response to fozbozz
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    Dec 6, 2013 3:46 PM in response to fozbozz

    YES I AM HAVING THIS PROBLEM...and now it has become totally unusable.This is exactly how mine started, only to worsen.

    mid 2012 17" macbook pro

  • by iMod86,

    iMod86 iMod86 Dec 9, 2013 4:28 AM in response to Innovative DMM
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    Dec 9, 2013 4:28 AM in response to Innovative DMM

    What seems to be a longer working fix of that issue is:

     

    go to the safe energies tab in system settings and disable this "switch between graphic modes" settings.

     

    that worked fine for me since three days now... but battery time is reduced drastically.

  • by BartSpain,

    BartSpain BartSpain Dec 16, 2013 7:31 AM in response to iMod86
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    Dec 16, 2013 7:31 AM in response to iMod86

    It has started after installing Mavericks, the exact same problem.

    Than I have done the same as mentioned iMod86 and the issue disappeared inmediately.

  • by mdignam,

    mdignam mdignam Dec 23, 2013 10:22 PM in response to BartSpain
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    Dec 23, 2013 10:22 PM in response to BartSpain

    Same exact problem after installing Mavericks - particularly bad when I'm flicking between detailed pictures.  Fix?????

  • by JuanMauricio,

    JuanMauricio JuanMauricio Dec 24, 2013 7:14 AM in response to fozbozz
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    Dec 24, 2013 7:14 AM in response to fozbozz

    I am just tired that apple think we are stupid.

    Since 2000 I have had 10 different apple products and never had this software issue. I think apple is limiting the hardware with their software and that they want you to replace a U$ 2300 of 3 years of use for a new one.

     

    I have decided that I will burn my mbp 2010 because is useless even though it is still new.

    I see my friends working on old windows computers faster than I do in my mbp and I don't like that, its so embarrassing.

     

    I think I will buy a Surface pro 2 of 256 GB, any comments about it?

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