My display has issues with transparency and its graphics

This problem has been frequent on my computer ever since I updated to OSX sierra and it affects the way my mac displays video and window transparency. I honestly feel it has something to do with my graphics card, but everything ran smoothly before the update .User uploaded fileUser uploaded fileUser uploaded fileUser uploaded file

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iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)

2.7 GHz Intel Core i5

8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512 MB

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), macOS Sierra (10.12.1)

Posted on Nov 6, 2016 1:02 PM

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Nov 6, 2016 2:01 PM in response to DhonneJ

There are a few resets you could try & see if they make a difference to symptoms.


• Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

• How to reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support


If these resets, tried more than once each, fail to change the situation, consider...



The hardware may need to have professional diagnostic performed, to see if there

is a component failure behind the symptoms you've seen; a visit to an Apple Store

with Genius bar may be helpful, in that they can check the machine & give referral.


A built-in diagnostic test or external test on original media are some items the Mac

has included with it; but these are often inconclusive or of no remedy to end users.


Good luck & happy trails! 🙂

Nov 7, 2016 11:42 AM in response to DhonneJ

If you had another installation of the software which you'd had running in

your Mac prior to the upgrade to this newest one, you could restart the

Mac in that to see if the issue was this new macOS/OS X. To have/had a

partition on the hard drive for the new install, as a trial balloon to see if

it was going to work out for you (& your mac) that usually is best.


For the purposes of troubleshooting, you could prepare an external hard

drive of sufficient specification to be used to re-install the older OS X; or

if there is adequate un-used free-space within the internal HDD, you could

partition that drive (using disk utility from OS X Recovery) and be sure it is

correct. However if you try this, there is a fair chance it may mess up what

now is running the computer. If not done correctly, & with adequate backup.


A backup of pre-upgrade, to revert to in such cases as this, or clone of the

former complete installation; (a great clone may also have the Recovery

partition with its own OS X Utilities, etc) would be a sign of preparedness.


Sorry that I've nothing much to add; hopefully someone who sees this can

reference something else (not sure if there were any firmware updates) to

try. If the Mac does not like the latest/greatest macOS/OS X, then revert.

Or take the computer in (where applicable) to see a Genius via appointment

reservation to see if they can make heads or tails of this situation.


Good luck in any event...! 🙂

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