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    From Martin S Taylor@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 8 13:56:08 2022
    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never
    becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new.

    Any got any thoughts?

    Martin S Taylor

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Martin S Taylor on Fri Jul 8 14:19:16 2022
    On 08/07/2022 13:56, Martin S Taylor wrote:
    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new.

    Any got any thoughts?


    Try starting your computer in Safe Boot mode, procedure here:-

    https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh21245/mac

    If, on restarting in normal mode, the problem persists, it is probably a hardware problem which won't get better on its own.

    Good luck!

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  • From Joerg Lorenz@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 8 15:40:10 2022
    Am 08.07.22 um 14:56 schrieb Martin S Taylor:
    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new.

    Any got any thoughts?



    Settings - Display - Automatic Brightness (I use a German Mac OS)


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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to Joerg Lorenz on Fri Jul 8 13:50:55 2022
    On 8 Jul 2022 at 14:40:10 BST, "Joerg Lorenz" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Am 08.07.22 um 14:56 schrieb Martin S Taylor:
    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never
    becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be
    distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually
    through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new. >>
    Any got any thoughts?



    Settings - Display - Automatic Brightness (I use a German Mac OS)

    I have seen that disabled but still doing it, so worth ticking and
    unticking the box.

    Fairly sure only on beta OS releases, but it's a bit of an endemic issue
    with settings. I got quite snippy about it in my last bug report of one
    of those - one of easily a dozen I've made on the topic.

    Cheers - Jaimie
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    "Even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all"
    -- Hypatia of Alexandria

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  • From Liz Tuddenham@21:1/5 to Martin S Taylor on Fri Jul 8 14:24:20 2022
    Martin S Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new.

    Any got any thoughts?

    A spider or ant in front of the sensor?


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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to Jaimie Vandenbergh on Fri Jul 8 18:56:03 2022
    On 2022-07-08, Jaimie Vandenbergh <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 8 Jul 2022 at 14:40:10 BST, "Joerg Lorenz" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Am 08.07.22 um 14:56 schrieb Martin S Taylor:
    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never
    becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be >>> distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually >>> through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new.

    Any got any thoughts?



    Settings - Display - Automatic Brightness (I use a German Mac OS)

    I have seen that disabled but still doing it, so worth ticking and
    unticking the box.

    Fairly sure only on beta OS releases, but it's a bit of an endemic issue
    with settings. I got quite snippy about it in my last bug report of one
    of those - one of easily a dozen I've made on the topic.

    I've had similar brightness behaviour with my M1 MBP, so I've now unticked, ticked and unticked the automatic brightness option and let's see what happens.

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    Cheers, Alan

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Liz Tuddenham on Fri Jul 8 21:48:51 2022
    On 08/07/2022 14:24, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
    Martin S Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never
    becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be
    distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually
    through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new. >>
    Any got any thoughts?

    A spider or ant in front of the sensor?


    I like the way you think 'outside the box', Liz! :-D

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to Alan B on Fri Jul 8 21:13:39 2022
    On 2022-07-08, Alan B <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 2022-07-08, Jaimie Vandenbergh <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 8 Jul 2022 at 14:40:10 BST, "Joerg Lorenz" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Am 08.07.22 um 14:56 schrieb Martin S Taylor:
    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never >>>> becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be >>>> distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually >>>> through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new.

    Any got any thoughts?



    Settings - Display - Automatic Brightness (I use a German Mac OS)

    I have seen that disabled but still doing it, so worth ticking and
    unticking the box.

    Fairly sure only on beta OS releases, but it's a bit of an endemic issue
    with settings. I got quite snippy about it in my last bug report of one
    of those - one of easily a dozen I've made on the topic.

    I've had similar brightness behaviour with my M1 MBP, so I've now unticked, ticked and unticked the automatic brightness option and let's see what happens.

    Yes, that seems to have worked for me :)

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    Cheers, Alan

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jul 8 21:48:32 2022
    On 8 Jul 2022 at 22:13:39 BST, "Alan B" <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2022-07-08, Alan B <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 2022-07-08, Jaimie Vandenbergh <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 8 Jul 2022 at 14:40:10 BST, "Joerg Lorenz" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Am 08.07.22 um 14:56 schrieb Martin S Taylor:
    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never >>>>> becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be >>>>> distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually >>>>> through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new.

    Any got any thoughts?



    Settings - Display - Automatic Brightness (I use a German Mac OS)

    I have seen that disabled but still doing it, so worth ticking and
    unticking the box.

    Fairly sure only on beta OS releases, but it's a bit of an endemic issue >>> with settings. I got quite snippy about it in my last bug report of one
    of those - one of easily a dozen I've made on the topic.

    I've had similar brightness behaviour with my M1 MBP, so I've now unticked, >> ticked and unticked the automatic brightness option and let's see what happens.

    Yes, that seems to have worked for me :)

    Irritating, isn't it? Glad it helped!

    Cheers - Jaimie
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    "You could say that Apple charges for incremental
    upgrades while Microsoft charges for excremental
    ones" -- Daniel James, uk.c.h

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to Jaimie Vandenbergh on Sat Jul 9 13:43:49 2022
    Jaimie Vandenbergh <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 8 Jul 2022 at 22:13:39 BST, "Alan B" <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2022-07-08, Alan B <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 2022-07-08, Jaimie Vandenbergh <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 8 Jul 2022 at 14:40:10 BST, "Joerg Lorenz" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>
    Am 08.07.22 um 14:56 schrieb Martin S Taylor:
    Hi:

    The brightness on my iMac Pro keeps changing. Not by much, and it never >>>>>> becomes too dark or too bright, but the change is noticeable enough to be
    distracting.

    It's never done this before. Sure, it's changed the brightness gradually >>>>>> through the day as evening draws on, but these sudden changes are quite new.

    Any got any thoughts?



    Settings - Display - Automatic Brightness (I use a German Mac OS)

    I have seen that disabled but still doing it, so worth ticking and
    unticking the box.

    Fairly sure only on beta OS releases, but it's a bit of an endemic issue >>>> with settings. I got quite snippy about it in my last bug report of one >>>> of those - one of easily a dozen I've made on the topic.

    I've had similar brightness behaviour with my M1 MBP, so I've now unticked, >>> ticked and unticked the automatic brightness option and let's see what happens.

    Yes, that seems to have worked for me :)

    Irritating, isn't it? Glad it helped!

    Yep, thanks. Just hope it persists also hope it works for MST.

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    Cheers, Alan

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