I have upgraded to Sierra on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010).
But I see images are broken / spoilt. (especially on Safari, but "sometimes" happens on dock icons and preview app also)
I tried to update Nvidia graphics driver but no help. How can I resolve the problem without going back to Yosemite?
MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12)
How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac
If the issue persists in a new user then we know it's system wide. My next suggestion is to reinstall macOS Sierra, it's possible the install file was interrupted while downloading. Reinstalling macOS will put a fresh copy of the operating system on your Mac and should resolve these errors.I created another user with same settings and I don't see the problem, so it's not system-wide. I thought a file or app corrupted while migrating to Sierra. Actually, I tried to close all running applications, but nothing changed.
Now the question,
1) How can I find the problematic app? I ran system diagnostics.
2) OR how can I copy my settings and documents from one user to another (easily)?
BTW, I saw a screen like BSOD in Windows (for the first time in Mac!). There was a message about GPU panic(?). Trace may help to fix:
Try safe mode if your Mac doesn‘t finish starting up
If it loads properly and you don't see any graphics glitches, let's try to disable login items. This article refers to Yosemite but is still valid information:OS X Yosemite: If you think you have incompatible login items
hi again.
I started in safe mode, then restarted in normal mode but it didn't help.
I removed all login items, restarted, I still see black backgrounds and distorted images.
On the other hand, the other user that i created doesn't face with this image problem.
I also checked activity monitor for a suspicious process, but didn't notice anything usual.
Any other suggestion?
I also tried to change driver selection to OS X Default Graphics driver instead of NVIDIA Web Driver for GeForce 330M, this didn't work too.
I suggest you run Etrecheck and post its report.
Since the problem does not occur in another account, it is unlikely to be a graphics driver issue; it appears to be a conflict with something that is running in your account but not the other.
Here is the report : http://pastebin.com/NYn4kFw1
Looks a double graphics. If yes, does the problem occur also with the discrete card.
In such cases I alway recommend what follows upon OS upgrades (both Main OSs and decimal - 12.12.0 ->10.12.1 for example): (assuming you have a complete backup although what folows never gave me problems in more tha 10 years)
- download (system's name) Cache Cleaner from Norther Softworks - Sierra cache Cleaner
- perform all Maintainance routines with exclusion of virus check and permissions
- reboot
- perform All and Deep Cache Cleaning (this is the mosty important)
- reboot (first will be longer)
- perform Disk Permission Repair - although this is not recommended by Apple and Sierra and "past friends" should have and internal automatic permission repair, IMHO, it does his job not completely
- reboot
No solution? Let's look elsewhere
Simon
Did all the steps, no help.
I realized this graphics problem stays if I use Safari. But I see the problem not only in Safari but also in other applications like Preview and screens like desktop icons.
If I use Chrome and keep it open, this problem doesn't occur.
Is there a way to check what happens or which processes started when I start Chrome?
Found something. If I disable automatic graphics switching in energy saver preferences, problem doesn't occur. I had to sacrifice battery life for "normal" graphics.
Graphics are broken on Sierra
