When I wake up my mac from sleep, the screen glitches and displays static, but it's only a flash (0.5 seconds). I've seen posts about this happening in macbook pro as well, after we've updated to High Sierra. I've seen examples about screens with weird colors, but in my case is just a greyish static. This lasts for only a few seconds.
MacBook Air, High Sierra Version 10.13.4
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Yep, I'm another one with "Two to three seconds of pinkish-purple static screen" when my computer wakes after a long nap. I'm using 13-inch, 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. It doesn't sound like an anomaly. If it is, then we ought to just get new computers from that that don't have said anomaly.
In addition to the momentary static screen, my MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016) running 10.13.6 has the following on wake.
1 Open clamshell
2 begin to type in password
3 typing freezes after a few characters
4 close clamshell
5 if password was right, when you open it it's unlocked and running, mouse freezes in a moment
6 if not typing is available again to enter pw go back to 3
7 close and reopen clamshell
8 normal operation, ready to go, only took you two minutes to wake your computer Yay!
Open up finder and make sure the desktop png file is your correct background and now the snowy glitch
Library/Caches/com.apple.desktop.admin.png
That file was a snowy screen instead of my actual desktop background, once I changed my desktop image and restarted my computer all was well, hope this helps
Have you tried the new Mojave OS? Has anyone experienced a screen flicker when waking their Macs from sleep while running Mojave??? I would like to know before upgrading to Mojave as I've seen a lot of people having problems trying to install it.
I have seriously had my Mac book pro 13 inch sent 4-5 times to “get fixed” and the problem is still there. Home with the static openin screen they say nothing wrong. I had it completely replaced and it’s still doing the same thing! Sooooo annoying, I also get a free screen when watching youtube, and a ticking noice as well as glitching with Netflix. I have no idea what to do anymore
I seriously did all of this, had my computer sent in 4-5 times which being in college and not having a Laptop. Completely replaced it for a brand new one after changing the logic board and display and checking software and a brand new one does the same!
Strangely... but good, the past week the computer seems to be working better.
I disabled Energy Settings -> Power Nap for both battery and AC two weeks ago. It didn't seem to change anything.
I'm still on 10.13.6, haven't added any software or removed anything in ages and faithfully restart at least once a week, usually because the computer doesn't want to connect to internet even though it shows it's connected to internet and the rest of my connected world is fine using it at the moment.
Has anyone had this issue with MacOS Mojave 10.14? I'm running a MB Pro 13", and I have noticed that quitting Google Chrome before putting my laptop on standby helps a bit, but it still happens every now and then. I have yet to observe it with Mojave, but maybe I just jinxed myself...
I have this same trending problem with my MBP 13"2016, Touch Bar, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports, flash storage, Retina display, running Mojave 10.14 that I purchased May 2017. This only started for me AFTER upgrading to Mojave. However, intermittently, the screen will be a grayish bars-and-lines similar to a small type grid paper. I have never seen any colors. I'll open it 5-8 times with no progress, but the mouse cursor always shows up as another white-ish block... Then will randomly open fine, and I can carry on.
The only thing that seems to help it is unplugging the power. Seems fairly quick to work after that.
I'm not a tech guy. So, hopefully this helps to some degree.
Best,
M.
I just experienced this on a mid-2015 (actually manufactured 2017) 15" retina Macbook Pro. It woke from a very short sleep and there was momentarily green and pink static before displaying correctly. I am running MacOS Mojave -v 10.14.1 (18B75). I hope it was a one-time glitch, but a permanent resolution would be helpful.
I have a similar issue but it only happens after logging in. I can run the computer in safe mode and I can run my windows 10 boot camp without an issue but after I type in my password and hit enter I get the static and it just remains on screen making my computer useless. It’s a 2015 12” MacBook with Mojave installed on it.
Brought it to Apple and despite diagnostics saying no hardware has failed, they want to charge me $475 to replace the logic board even though they don’t know what’s wrong with it. Beyond frustrated.
Hi,
I just received my new MacBook Pro yesterday and have already seen this screen 3 times, in less than 24 hours. Thinking about returning it. Otherwise the computer works perfectly but my last MacBook, mid 2014 just completely crashed. Starting to questing the longevity of Mac products and wondering if I should get a dell instead.
Hi,
I just received my new MacBook Pro yesterday and have already seen this screen 3 times, in less than 24 hours. Thinking about returning it. Otherwise the computer works perfectly but my last MacBook, mid 2014 just completely crashed. Starting to question the longevity of Mac products and wondering if I should get a dell instead.
Hi,
I just received my new MacBook Pro yesterday and have already seen this screen 3 times, in less than 24 hours. Thinking about returning it. Otherwise the computer works perfectly but my last MacBook pro, (mid2014) just completely crashed. Starting to question the longevity of Mac products and wondering if I should get a dell instead. But can't deny that I love using Mac products and am not sure if I am ready to move to windows just yet.
The static screen on start up has stopped on my 2017 12" Mac. But other problems such as inconsistent keys and static screen on the secondary monitor when on first start (have to reconnect HDMI for static to stop), has taken away the allure of the Mac. Hard to move away from Mac because of things like iMessage, mail, air drop and Numbers unique to Mac, but disappointed in Apple's failure to maintain basic functionality -- they can't say it just works. For work, I've had to use the pre-2018 MacBook Air, and it had the static screen on start.
Mac Wake Up Screen Glitch
