Colormunki calibrates my MacBook Pro monitor too bright.

I'm trying to calibrate my 15" MacBook Pro's monitor using a Colormunki Photo. I've different setting but the results are always way too bright. Anyone have and success or tips?

Turn off Zoom option in System prefs/ universal access/ seeing tab. Or press cmdopt (+/-) to adjust.
I'd turn it off just in case you hit it again.

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M.

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So, I packed up the machine for a trip to the Apple Store and either an exchange or a return.

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http://danisco.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/monitors.png
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Okay - this issue seems to have resolved on it's own. Yea!
I did find a thread that suggested resetting the PRAM/NVRAM so I did this, restored the external monitor to factory settings and went into Disk Utility and repaired disk permissions and verified disk permissions.
Here is a link to reset the PRAM/NVRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
These things may have helped resolve this issue. I can't tell what worked because it was hours after I did all these things that my monitor and computer decided they liked each other again. If you have a similar issue, maybe these steps will help you resolve your problem too.
Hope this is helpful!

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Hi,
I'm re-purposing a quad core 2.8Ghz Mac Pro with Mac OS 10.6.8.
I'm having a problem in that the monitor/screen image is too bright, even with the monitor controls set to minimum.
When I use the monito calibrator in System Prefs, the black/grey/white oval graphic is very very very light and washed out and there's no way I can adjust the monitor to get the black bit black.
This monitors (2 of them) worked perfectly on the G5 it came from, black was black white was paper-white and it worked well for photo editing - printed results were a good match with the image on the monitors. However when I plug them into this MacPro they're virtually unusable.
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Both monitors can't suddently have become faulty, so I'm doscounting an issue with the monitors.
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Many thanks to both responders. Various points for both:
The graphics card is ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT.
The OS is a fresh install on a newly reformatted main drive. The old OS is on the secon'd drive but has been moved into a separate folder called "Old System".
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I know CS2 is old, but I don't have a choice and CS2 was running OK on the PPC Mac and these 2 monitors.
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I've noticed some strange behavior with my macbook pro lately. Occasionally the monitor will flicker just once really quickly. It will flicker between black and the regular screen. Maybe it happens about twice a day. When I'm surfing, I noticed some interference with the music that is playing in Itunes. For example, if I click on a link in Google Chrome, the audio signal from whatever is playing in Itunes will get cut for a split second. It's almost like the processor is working too hard to manage both surfing in Chrome and the music playing in Itunes, which is ridiculous. When I bought my computer (2008 or 2009 model), I upped the RAM to 4gb. My processor is 2.4 ghz. I have no idea what's going on. Is it a hard drive problem? Hope you can help.
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Do you have access to an Apple Store? If so, it may be worth making an appointment at the genius bar and having them run the test for the NVIDIA problem. Since your replacement logic board still has the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 M GT video chip, it could be starting to happen to your replacement logic board.
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@_Macuser wrote:
Also, i monitor RAM consumption using the Memory Clean app. there are like only 3.60 gb free space out of 8. is it ok?
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so, what i am asking: should i take my macbook to a store to get it fixed or this problem is just a software and not a hardware issue and i just have to wait?
Since you have a new MBP, your best option is an appointment at an Apple store genius bar and have them sort out the issues for you. Your MBP has a warranty, use it.
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My Macbook Pro is too slow!

I am only running Firefox, Papers2 and Pages and 3.99GB of my 4GB ram is being used up. A detailed description of my system I took with EtreCheck is below.
There is a kernel task that is using a lot of my memory, does anyone know what this is ?
I hope someone can help me !
Best,
Problem description:
my computer is too slow!
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RAM usage as such is not your problem since Mavericks is designed to use as much as is available. Read this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5890
Since you have Parallels installed, a RAM increase would be beneficial.
Ciao.

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Look in System Preferences ➜ Displays ➜ Arrangement. Is display mirroring turned on? If so, turn it off as the TV will then only be displaying at the same resolution as your 13" MBP and not utilising the full 1920x1080 resolution that it's capable of.

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I start-up or wake my MacBook Pro and the lid is down so the monitor is off - I'm using an external monitor. However, once the laptop wakes or fully starts-up - if I lift the lid, the built in monitor comes on (it would stay off, pre-Lion). I like to open my lid for better sound and I think for better ventilation.
Can someone tell my why this is happening, and is there a way to go back to the previous behavior where it would stay powered off?

This is already being debated here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15662934#15662934
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Didn't work with the old iMacs. Only works with the newer 27" iMac.

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