Donux

Avoid 14" M2 MBP at all costs.

They're talking about the 13" (USB-C only, with Touch Bar) M2 MBP model, which is different.

13" used to be sold in the refurbished store a few months ago, but not anymore. You'll have to buy used.

Make sure the seller has a return policy, because there is a screen lottery. Only 13" M2 units that show many 00000000 in the LCD panel ID have potential to be more comfortable. The ones with more "random" looking panel IDs are bad.

      smilem was the dither test on the s62 pro done on different colors/gradients ?

        DisplaysShouldNotBeTVs Ok, I recall, this was kind of one leg in a past type of model, so perhaps they have used some older supply chain parts for it.

          Could someone help me with installing this application? When I download it and try to open it, this is the message I get: "Safari can’t open the file “Stillcolor” because no available application can open it."

            Hello Guys!
            I need a new laptop. Is there any Macbook Air that is flicker free and dither free (even with apps like stillcolor)?

            Thanks!

              dnm3 Is there any Macbook Air that is flicker free and dither free (even with apps like stillcolor)?

              Nope

              (Unless you only ever want to use it with an external monitor and never look at the internal screen, but that defeats the point of a laptop)

              The closest thing I've been able to achieve to a "portable" "Mac" that doesn't mess with my eyes - is just streaming a Mac (with it's display closed) to a really old and comfortable Windows 8 laptop via the NoMachine app, and then using the Windows laptop as both the monitor and the keyboard/mouse

                  Hello! Is there any way to disable dithering on iOS or iPadOS using apps like Stillcolor?

                    ipsumdolor Did you figure it out? Trying to figure out how to install it as well.

                      DisplaysShouldNotBeTVs Isn't the whole issue is about people not wanting to get back to a less convenient device? i.e. intel based, let say from 2018 macbook pro 13 inch. To me this was last known best device, I was flying with it, it was just like s smooth butter.

                        I have summarized a method to make the 14/16 miniled screen look easier. After the tutorial, which is not yellow agian，and you can change the screen color. I have a m3 max macbookpro, and feeling dazzled by the screen, so i have consulted a lot of information。It may help you to enjoy the miniled mac. This is the answer github: https://github.com/tangjiahui-cn/blbl-examples/blob/master/MBP16_miniled_resolved/README.md

                          madmozg before make the setting, i feel very tied while coding with the miniled screen over a hour, and the Color temperature (6500k) look so yellow. while i change to sRGB or DCI-65 and change the color temperatur to over 6500K, and disable GPU dithering, it looks easier like my MacBookPro13 M1，so i write a tutorial for summary.

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                            Hi guys, just want to note that I'll be adding some new CLI features to BetterDisplay in an upcoming release that will make getting and changing the connection bit depth (8bpc, 10bpc etc.) on the fly somewhat easier for external displays on Apple Silicon. Setting 8bpc (instead of the typically default 10bpc on some displays) together with disabling temporal dithering at GPU side might help with some displays.

                            More info:

                            https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/issues/3229#issuecomment-2254253307

                            https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/issues/3225#issuecomment-2254095143

                              Added a proper UI for this + moved the GPU dithering option to that section (from Image Adjustments) so the connection between color mode and GPU dithering should be more obvious.

                                jordan Weirdly I had very little eye strain out of the box with the M2 mini and the Apple Studio display. Most other modern Apple stuff doesn't work out of the box without causing strain for me. Not sure why the Mini was different. The M1 iMac was also similarly pretty good for me with minor settings changes.

                                  waydabber In what version you could expect to have these features? And whether those will be available for all users (free + paid) ?

                                      Donux It's gonna be available in the new v3.x version. I still need to do some things until I can do a proper (pre-)release. I don't think changing the color mode will be a paid feature (should it be?). The associated configuration protection feature will be (as the case with other configuration protection features) - that should come handy as macOS tends to revert to some other color mode one it likes best on a restart or major mode change (refresh rate, HDR etc).

                                      I now posted an internal pre-release build for testing here (open the Assets section and navigate to the bottom of the list for the latest internal pre-release).

                                        waydabber this sounds incredible!! Actually changing connection bit depth (and bandwidth) without messing around with wires or EDID? I can't wait to test it my monitors. Just out of curiosity what is the underlying mechanism?

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