I have a MBA 2012
After I´ve installed Mav I get random glitches with the graphics. I have re-booted several times. I occurs both in dual screen use as normal laptop use. Sometimes its only in the dock but some times all over the screen as in the attached picture... Is there any solution or fix? Does anyone else have the same issue?
MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
After a few days with nothing to report, the graphics "glitched", again, this morning. Conditions were the same. It happened upon waking from sleep and when the integrated GPU was active. Toggling gfxCardStatus corrected it.
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Hello,
I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro (2.53 GHz i5 model). A week ago I upgraded my OS to Mavericks. On a couple of occasions, I have noticed graphics glitches. In my case, the glitches have occurred upon waking my computer from sleep and when the integrated GPU is active.
Please peruse the following support discussions to see the issues that myself and other users are having:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5468958?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5491143?start=0&tstart=0
The issues I've seen are present in the screenshots that several users have posted. In my case, I have seen a corrupted "shadow" effect around the outside of open app or finder windows. Several Dashboard widgets have appeared to be glitchy with lines or "static" in the graphic. I have also noticed that the names of apps in the Dock appear as a "static"-like noise and are unreadable when moused over.
I use the menubar app called gfxCardStatus which allows for easy switching between the GPUs. If the graphics problem presents itself, simply, toggling between the GPUs is enough to correct it. Based on others who have posted in the support forums, disabling "Automatic Graphics Switching" in the Energy Saver preferences also appears to correct the problem.
Graphics glitches are a hindrance to anyone's workflow. I wanted to bring this to your attention (as others, surely, have). I'm hoping a fix is on the way. I appreciate your diligence in resolving this issue.
Thank you.
I noticed something that seems to help, but I'm not really sure why it does.
I have "Memory Clean" installed from the app store, and I noticed my graphics were acting up again. After running it and cleaning the memory, the graphics went back to normal. I wonder if there's some connection.
I am also seeing these strange glitches on my mid-2010 MacBook Pro since running Mavericks.
The problem shows most of the time when my MacBook wakes from sleep modus (and my MacBook always 'sleeps' when I am not using it. I rarely use shutdown but just close the lid). Restarting my Macbook fixes the problem.
This seems to be a os x bug to me.... I am waiting for a fix in 10.9.1 😝
I see that there is many people using dedicated graphic cards having Issues but is there anyone else having problem with MBA with intel 4000 graphics ?
Also having flickering problem, AND my mouse jumps occasionally like someone else is controling it. I'm not a techie - so I don't even understand if the "graphics card" answer refers to hardware or software.
I just had to get an ENTIRE new Hardrive after my Macbook Pro fried itself - 2 weeks after it's 1 year old birthday! VERY expensive!!!
Now this massive upgrade is taking 2-4 hours a day in reading all these discussions to understand how to fix the Display problem. i just did a "calibration", all the steps did not work, and my display is worse now and different between my Monitor and my laptop display - great, now what?
My "upgraded" iMovie is a complete headache - wouldn't let me import my videos until I figured out ANOTHER work around. I'm training myself in videography, so was hopeful Mavericks and new iMovie would be a big help - NO, just a BIG headache!
If I can't get a good display when I am editing, how do I know what the final product will be? Mavericks should be called "Massive Wipeout through the Boneyard". If Apple really knows what Mavericks IS, you should also know what the "Boneyard" means!!! Madbook Not a Pro
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Seem´s to be a lot of discussion about this with a lot of different products affected... But the only thing I know thats changed is the amount of memory allocated for the Intel HD 4000 chip it went from 768 to 1024 does anyone know if that could couse these things? as well as a change of the open cl?
Reporting that I get the graphical glitches as well:
Mac Mini 2009 - Nvidia 9400
I have this same issue. My workaround so far has been to change the resolution settings to a lower resolution, then change it back.
I am having exactly the same problem. Only started after installing Maverick. Never had the problem before.
Yes, I am having similar issues, only since installing Maverick.
Anyone heard/seen a fix, I´m going crazy trying to work with all these glitches...
I also get these glitches since lasts OS X updates.
I have a MacBook Pro 15" mid-2010.
Same issues here after installing 10.9 - MacBook Pro 15" mid-2010.
late 2010 mac book pro - experienceing same problem.
Registering the same problem. Mine looks like Lpavs. The first notice of something wrong came about a week after installing Mavericks. The problem is worsening as time passes.
I'm wishing I had seen Graham Cluley's article and followed his lead: http://grahamcluley.com/2013/10/mac-os-x-mavericks-free-install/. Too late!
Come on, Apple, this is getting more than merely annoying! Time to get this fixed!
Graphical glitches after installing mavericks
