Q: 2015 Retina Macbook Screen Flicker

i have the same problem. I've been to an Apple Store yesterday and they run some tests and said there is no issue with the hardware..They have reinstalled Yosemite and send it back to me. The issue still exist, nothing has changed. It's a shame how Apple handles this issue...

Sorry not posting this earlier but I did take videos of my 2015 Retina Macbook flickering and showed those to the tech at the apple store when I took it in.  He then sent it in for having the mother board replaced.  Since getting it back I may have seen a few flickers or might have blinked, but overall it is working fine.

So the solution is to take video of your laptop flickering, schedule a repair at an apple store and then show them the video and mention that others with this same problem at a minimum required a new mother board.

Note:  When I sent it in via mail to apple all I got was a reinstall of the OS and told that it passed all the tests.  And that does not fix this.

I also took videos of my Mac Flickering.. and I even showed them in the Store how it flickers and they saw it..and I also told them that others have this issue in the internet but all they said was there is no Hardware issue..I lost trust in Apple's Support from now on..

I bought the 13.3" Pro Retina 128GB less than a month ago, and I already experienced this flickering issue twice. Both times, I was on Netflix on Safari. I don't know maybe that had something to do with it, but if it happens again, I'm not going to be a happy camper

I bought 13.3 pro retina last august 2015 then i experienced the same issue. I went to an authorize apple service center and they said that they were able to fix it by reinstalling the osx and charge us for it but after we got home I test it again and the same problem persist. do authorize apple center really charge a fee for reinstalling the osx?

That's unacceptable that they charged you. Get that money back. BHPhotoVideo replaced my whole computer and it didn't totally fix it. Usually happened when I went on eBay but it has seemed better lately.

I have the same issue for my brand new 15 inch macbook retina with amd GPU it is coast 2.500$ . it has been 2.5 months since I bought my mac. Flicker has just started. I have talked to apple call center and they did some software tests on the phone and told me that, your problem is software, reinstall the OS X. I formatted my comp. and reinstall my OS X. Problem is still here. Macbook pros have this problem since 2012 and this is 2015 !! This is stupid. I am going to take my macbook pro 15'' to apple tomorrow and demand new one

I have the same issue that i describe here

                 Mid 2015 rMBP 15 with AMD : Screen quickly Fade Out / Fade in            

Could you test it by navigate between the tabs of apple web page about iPhone 6S (3D touch - Design - etc...) ?

At this time my mac is at the apple store and the genius said to me that he will test a new logic board.

Thank you

This flick problem is not from software. Hardware causes that. Apple tech. tests the software and after some tests, they understand. The solution apple does is that changing the main board , screen panel etc.. This problem is so bad and apple know that. we buy 2.500$ macbook and there is stupid problem still apple have not started a change program for macbook pros

I have the same problem with my macbook pro 15 late 2013.

It also flickers on windows!!!

i tried everything from forums. Reset PRAM, Reinstalled OS X, resolve colorsync problems but none of it works.

It's not a wifi problem either.it sometimes flicker when i am not even on wifi!

i don't know what to do!!

Ok guys,

Back from Genius Bar, the New mother board doesn't solved my problem but El Capitan does !!!!!!!!!!!

El Capitan didn't solved mine on my MBPR15" mid 2015.

Actually the situation is identical, the logs show the same problem, some sort of error while switching between graphic cards, it could be drivers' issue?

02/10/15 21:21:04,517 WindowServer[168]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4280bc2

02/10/15 21:21:04,536 WindowServer[168]: Found 27 modes for display 0x04280bc2 [27, 0]

02/10/15 21:21:04,553 WindowServer[168]: CGXMuxAcknowledge: Posting glitchless acknowledge

02/10/15 21:21:04,562 com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[210]: Read hardware overrides for display 0x7bd7f43d

02/10/15 21:21:04,564 com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[210]: Read hardware overrides for display 0x7bd7f43d

02/10/15 21:21:04,565 WindowServer[168]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x04280bc2 device: 0x7fd5e2e06730  isBackBuffered: 0 numComp: 1 numDisp: 3

02/10/15 21:21:04,599 WindowServer[168]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4280bc2

02/10/15 21:21:04,599 WindowServer[168]: Found 1 modes for display 0x04280bc2 [1, 0]

02/10/15 21:21:04,599 WindowServer[168]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003f

02/10/15 21:21:04,599 WindowServer[168]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003f [1, 0]

02/10/15 21:21:04,599 WindowServer[168]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f0040

02/10/15 21:21:04,599 WindowServer[168]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f0040 [1, 0]

02/10/15 21:21:04,599 WindowServer[168]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f0041

02/10/15 21:21:04,600 WindowServer[168]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f0041 [1, 0]

02/10/15 21:21:04,600 WindowServer[168]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f0042

02/10/15 21:21:04,600 WindowServer[168]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f0042 [1, 0]

02/10/15 21:21:04,600 WindowServer[168]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f0043

02/10/15 21:21:04,600 WindowServer[168]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f0043 [1, 0]

For my issue ,the genius said that the problem happens when switching graphic card. (on yosemite)

Have you got a fresh install of El Capitan or you just upgraded from Yosemite?

Fresh install