MacBook Pro screen flickering solution

Apple support had me try this:

How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac

Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac

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My second macbook and second problem with screen!!!

Boss, Does resetting the SMC , fixed your issue? I am facing the same issue, suddenly MacBook Pro 15,Mid 2017(with touch bar) screen started flickering and I am like, ***?

Thanks.

This has been happening to me too, I've exchanged and it continues happening. I get a turquoise screen when opening before the wallpaper loads.

Hey,

How is it going with the new MacOS update (10.13.6)? Have you tried to revert switching for graphics back?

I've been having the exact same issue and have returned 2 laptops because of this issue, thought I was the only one! I've been told it's a software issue and to keep returning the laptop

I've exchanged 3 times now. Consistent issues with both the keys and the display on all of them. I'm heading back to the Apple Store AGAIN tonight. Its becoming glaringly obvious that this model was a complete lemon. I'm in a class of about 20 students that all got brand new MacBook Pro's 2017 model in January and most of the class has had issues.

I had the entire MacBook replaced for a brand new one sealed in the box, the issues started again immediately on the new one. I didn't restore a backup either in order to try and avoid transferring any software issues that may have been saved in my backup.

Just started having this problem as well.

Prior to this my macbook pro 15" touchbar had a "kernel panic" within a few days of owning it.

Took it to the macstore to fix, they replaced a part and it was fine for a while.

couple months later it started making a popping sound randomly in the screen.... got it fixed system wiped.

Now it keeps suddenly crashing for no reason or when i open my laptop from sleep mode after a few minutes, it will crash again.

Got an appointment to get it fixed again and it just started flickering today.

Hope they figure this out. This model has just been a nightmare ridden with issues.

Macbook pro retina, did the high sierra update 2 weeks ago, now have screen flicker on connected monitor making it unusable. Apple is dropping the ball on this with no published fix or update.

I use my macbook at my business and can not afford any down time....disappointed for sure.

Update. Bad News.

I did a full wipe/re-install last night, and it began flickering this morning. No dice. I’m done trying to fix this thing.

I’m taking it to the store this morning and will speak to the store manager. I’ve had it less than ninety (90) days since the last repair, it hasn’t gone more than four (4) months since I got it last July without needing a repair. Not a scratch or dent on this machine, it’s carried in a neoprene sleeve, in a padded bag.

So far, the butcher’s tally has me at...

- Display

- Main Logic Board

- Top Case with Battery

Anecdotal to this issue, this 2017 MacBook Pro was a replacement for my original 2015 model that the Apple Store and/or AppleCare was seemingly unable to fix as it kept coming back with problems: kernel panics, dead video, crooked MagSafe, and display hinge. At one point, it came in and went right back out the same day—what a circus.

I don’t lend myself to hyperbole but I think I am willing to give an iPad Pro or a competitor Windows laptop a try at this point. If I didn’t dislike Windows so much, I probably would’ve already bought something else by now. I’ll see what happens today. Wish me luck at the store.

Just got home a little bit ago from the store. They are going to check it in and run “stress testing” on it. No explanations yet but a promise for a diagnosis and an update in two days.

In the meantime, my backup is my wife’s old 2009 unibody 13” white MacBook that hasn’t skipped a beat in nine years. My fear is they’ll send it to depot and it’ll just come back worse-not-better like before. I’m disappointed but not surprised given the circus my 2015 model went through.

I was hoping to at least get three years out of this thing before needing any major work but it looks like it won’t go more than four months without failure of some kind. I have AppleCare+ on it but it does nothing to ameliorate or compensate for the lost time of being without a computer, and makes me want to throw in the towel on the whole thing.

I’ll be at Costco later today so I’ll stop and look at what they have for a 15” screen that can last at least a few hours on battery. One thing I did like about this MacBook Pro was the battery life so that’ll definitely be a concession I’ll have to make if I jump ship and buy a Windows notebook. 😐

Hi,

Any solution to this issue?

I went to apple store 3 times and they keep sending me back saying that they were unable to reproduce it.

The apple service is really bad with this issue.

They should definitely recall these laptops or atleast replace the required parts to fix this issue.

I am also experiencing this problem (screen flickering), purchased my 2017 MacBook Pro back in March 2018. I noticed a lot of other people are experiencing this problem also, I hope Apple owns up to the fact that there is a major problem here and fixes the issue one way or another.

Finally someone else with the pink screen issue. I have had the pink screen when opening the lid for months, never sure what was causing this but its been around for a while. Looking online I was never able to find a reference and was thinking to book a genius appointment. However just now my screen also started flickering and would come back on when pushing the trackpad, but would go off agin in an instant. I have recorded a video as proof, but am curious. Did anything work for you, if so what was the outcome?