Desktop Screen losing color

The desktop screen on my laptop when it turns on the photo in the backdrop has the color bleeding through a red color, and it makes the saturation failing around it. Is my screen about to die, or are there ways for me to fix this probelm. Anyone else expereincing the lose of color on their desktops for a laptop. It also wil have wavey lines that will move slightly up and down as well. Please let me know what some of my options are thank you.

regarding bsteely's comment...
don't use a screensaver???
i have the middle macbook c2d...bought dec. 2006. i guess i have an lcd screen....so you're saying i shouldn't use a screensaver?? i have it set to run for 30 mins or 1 hr then sleep. it's of all my pictures...i really like it.
i was taught to ALWAYS use a screensaver to prevent the screen from burning out.
so what would you suggest as an alternative?
what does anyone else think??
--car

Similar Messages

My Imac desktop screen suddenly started to change colors and pattern appeared

My Imac desktop screen started to "flip out", things were moving around and strange patterns filled everything on the screen. After a minute it stopped. Is this a warning sign of a hard drive meltdown?

Contact Apple Service, iMac Service or Apple's Express Lane. Do note that if you have AppleCare's protection plan and you're within 50 miles (80 KM) of an Apple repair station, you're eligible for onsite repair since yours is a desktop machine.
BTW, 10.6.1?

Screen background color

I'm looking for a way of getting the RGB value of the screen background color (a solid color selected in System Preferences). Possible via Terminal?

I can't see how you can do it in Terminal 'cause none of these show actual RGB value:
doug-penningtons-power-mac-g4:~ dougp$ file /Library/Desktop\ Pictures/Solid\ Colors/Solid\ White.png
/Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors/Solid White.png: PNG image data, 128 x 128, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced
doug-penningtons-power-mac-g4:~ dougp$ file /Library/Desktop\ Pictures/Solid\ Colors/Solid\ Kelp.png
/Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors/Solid Kelp.png: PNG image data, 128 x 128, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced
doug-penningtons-power-mac-g4:~ dougp$ file /Library/Desktop\ Pictures/Solid\ Colors/Solid\ Kelp.png | hexdump -C
00000000 2f 4c 69 62 72 61 72 79 2f 44 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 |/Library/Desktop|
00000010 20 50 69 63 74 75 72 65 73 2f 53 6f 6c 69 64 20 | Pictures/Solid |
00000020 43 6f 6c 6f 72 73 2f 53 6f 6c 69 64 20 4b 65 6c |Colors/Solid Kel|
00000030 70 2e 70 6e 67 3a 20 50 4e 47 20 69 6d 61 67 65 |p.png: PNG image|
00000040 20 64 61 74 61 2c 20 31 32 38 20 78 20 31 32 38 | data, 128 x 128|
00000050 2c 20 38 2d 62 69 74 2f 63 6f 6c 6f 72 20 52 47 |, 8-bit/color RG|
00000060 42 41 2c 20 6e 6f 6e 2d 69 6e 74 65 72 6c 61 63 |BA, non-interlac|
00000070 65 64 0a |ed.|
00000073
But there is a non Terminal ray of hope with open Apps/Util/DigitalColor Meter. Go to /Library/Desktop\ Pictures/Solid\ Colors/Solid\ Kelp.png(or whatever solid.png), click to open it in Preview, hold cursor on solid opened color sample and with DColMeter you will get a reading of RGB value. See image.

Leopard Desktop Display - How to Size Photo Centered on Desktop Screen ? ?

6/14/2008. Since I installed Leopard two days ago, I have a challenge that I did not have on OS X 10.3.9. A "minor" one. I changed the color on my desktop screen, via System Preferences and Desktop and Screen Savor. I chose to use an imported photo, .jpg type, which I had imported into the Pictures or Picture Folder. I picked out the color for the screen. I selected "center" of where it should appear on the screen. Voila. It happened. I'm often ecstatic when computers and their directions work correctly and simply and directed. But the .jpg photo is only 2 high x 4 inches wide. The OS X 10.3.9 held it at 4 x 5 inches. How can I adjust Leopard or the photo to show it larger, so I don't have to squint to try to view the photo on the center of the desktop screen ? ? I will be happy for any suggestions and answers. Best wishes and thank you. C. Yopst, Chicago

when you choose this option, the image is displayed at its actual size, whatever it is. you can use the option "fit to screen" to make it larger. alternatively, resize the original to the size you want (for example, iphoto can adjust the size when you are exporting a pic, it's even easier in Preview) and use that as your background picture.
Message was edited by: V.K.

Desktop screen hides safari web pages. How correct this?

I made the mistake of fiddling with display resolution. After I did, my desktop screen hides Safari web pages and most of the address bar.
In addition when using Safari and now Foxfire (which is not hidden) there is a border on the screen (fainter color than the rest of screen) which results in cursor hitting the border too often making the web page disappear. Apple Support, for which I paid, could not figure out how to fix this. Why would the border
have developed.

Do you mean running Firefox in full screen mode?
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-to-use-full-screen
If you are in full screen mode then you can hover the mouse to the top to make the Navigation Toolbar and Tab bar appear.<br />
You can click the Maximize button at the top right to leave full screen mode or right click empty space on a toolbar and use "Exit Full Screen Mode" or press F11.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-to-use-full-screen
You can also run Firefox in a maximized window to have easier access to the Menu bar and Navigation Toolbar.

How do I adjust my page so it fits on my desktop without losing data?

How do I adjust my pages so they fit on my desktop without losing data?

Hi Gemma,
Which Mac? What app do you mean? What size screen do you have?
Have you tried clicking the little green dot at he top left of the windows?

Fitting a desktop background into my desktop screen

Hi.
Say i have a 1995 X 2993 picture that i want to fit into my desktop background. How do i do it?
Cos the options given in Desktop & Screen Saver in System Preferences are pathetic. It only has fill screen, fit to fill screen, center and tile. Which doesn't work the way it does. How do i edit this without altering the quality and size of the original picture?
Thanks in advance. I do reward points!

Yes. Do not uncheck the box at the bottom that asks for recalculating. ("bicubic" is okay for that purpose.) You might have to crop the picture after that to get the best part of it. Or you have to add some solid color as a background. Both can be done by using the canvas menu item.
To avoid color edges in the gradients you can use the "add noise" filter with 2% or 3%.
When saving it, use JPG with the best quality. Save it to the pictures folder in your home directory and you can choose it easily.
P.S.: The image dimensions you've given represent the worst case! It would be much easier to rotate the screen device!!

G4 Quicksilver freezes at desktop screen requiring PRAM reset.

Hi,
I recently got a used G4 dual 1 GHZ Quicksilver with two internal hard drives(80 & 40GB). I made some mistakes when I first received it, being used to running OS 9 on a blueberry G3 with one hard drive, and now it frequently freezes after a cold start at the desktop screen.
When I first got it, it had two HDs installed. The slave HD had OS 9.2.2 loaded on it and the master had OSX 10.4.7. Unfortunately, being used to OS9 right away I tried to open an application (Internet Explorer) on the OS 9(slave) hard drive from the desk top while running the OSX hard drive(master HD). As a result, the computer sarted opening a huge file.
My wife came home for luch and I needed to leave. I tried to stop the program, I couldn't. I tried to shut down the computer, it wouldn't. So, I unplugged the computer. Second mistake.
When I got home I couldn't turn the computer on. With some research I discovered how to reset the PMU. That did it.
Unfortunately, I still hadn't learned to not try to open one hard drive while running the other without selecting it as a startup item. As a result, late that night I tried a half dozen more times to open an application on the OS 9 (slave) hard drive while not understanding that I was running the master HD. All with the same result. It took 15 minutes to open ending with a text block about the "21 day trial period for IPNetSentry" having expired then total lock up. Then I restarted and repeated the same mistake. The only thing that stopped me was that it was 2:30 in the morning. Sounds pretty stupid now. I then tried to find all the threads of this IPNet Sentry and trash them.
The next morning my current problem seemed to begin. The screen freezes once I get to the desktop screen. I can reset the PRAM and all is fine again until the next time I turn the computer off and start it up again. It doesn't happen every time. It will happen for a few days, go away then after a week or so start acting up again. I also noticed that it doesn't lock up when I use restart, only when it is all the way off and turned on again.
Here's what I have done to try to resolve the problem. I scrubbed both hard drives using the restore software, and I replaced the PRAM or back up battery. The apple hardware test disk passes everything.
One more big clue. When I was reloading the restore software on the master HD I got the messages "!Could not restore the restricted-segment image. Reading block 00174A440." and then "The restore failed. The volume 'MacIntosh HD' may be unusable." Another time the first text block was the same except the reading block was 002141B0. Major bummer. It took four or five tries before I get get all five of the restore disks to install.
In another forum I found someone else with a similar message and a responder said that the hard drive may have gotten scratched. His thinking was that in trying to open a big file (in this case, the application on the slave HD while running the master HD) that the memory got used up and spilled into virtual memory and somehow scratched the master HD.
If anyone has any ideas of things to try before I go out and by another hard drive I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
G4 Dual 1 GHZ Quicksilver Mac OS X (10.4.8) 80GB HD + 40 GB HD

G4RAY,
So, it sounds like you are saying that the Ultra ATA-100 will work in my machine.
Yes, an Ultra ATA-100 or Ultra ATA-133 hard drive should work just fine, and your G4 does not have a 128GB size limitation so you can use any size you desire as long as you format the drive with OS X 10.2 or a later version of OS X Disk Utility. There's no real practical performance difference between using an ATA-100 versus ATA-133 drive with the drive bus on your Mac. One thing that does help drive performance, however, is the drive buffer size. Given the choice, get a drive with an 8MB buffer over one with a 2MB buffer. If you will be looking in the 300GB and larger range, some drives are available with a 16MB buffer.
A new drive typically comes with a new 80-wire, 40-pin, Ultra DMA ribbon cable; drive pin jumpers, and a set of mounting screws. I'd use the new cable and jumper the drives as master and slave. You should have no issues with new slave drive of any size, either. Also, with a two-drive setup on a single ribbon cable, it does not matter which drive is connected to the inline or end connector, as long as one is jumpered as master and the other as slave.
Crucial arguably produces the highest quality RAM, although it's pricey. I've been using RAM from OWC and Kingston without issue. Regardless of where you might decide to get more RAM, I'd suggest doing hardware additions in phases, rather than all at once. It gives one an opportunity to test the configuration before making the next addition; and if there's a problem, it's often much easier to pinpoint. I'd straighten out my drive issues, run the Mac for a couple of weeks, then order/install new RAM, for example.
BTW - If you do get a new drive(s) and need some help with drive pin settings, or perhaps might be looking for some tips on setting them up with a backup plan, there are plenty of folks here who can offer helpful advice.
Gary

Why No Desktop / Screen Saver Photos After Upgrade to 3.3.1?

After upgrading to Aperture 3.3.1, no Aperture Desktop / Screen Saver images appear. Message "Unable to locate XXX" comes on. When I went into System Preferences, I find my iPhoto Library I have but NO Aperture Library & resulting Projects & Albums.
I can open Aperture, import new photos, scroll thru all my Projects, Albums, Folders etc just NOT see them in Desktop / Screensaver.
Thanks / Gene

I went into Aperture and clicked on Render Previews and all the Aperture Projects etc appeared and solved the problem : -)
Gene

How can you use AirPlay Mirroring to always show one of your open desktop screens?

I have Mountain Lion on a 2011 Mac, and have a number of desktop screens which I use regularly.
My question is, how do I choose only one of those open desktop screens to beam to Apple TV via mirroring? For example, so that I can show a presentation on the projector screen (via Apple TV) and read the slide notes directly from a word document on the Mac screen (which the audience cannot see) or for example, to beam a full screen DVD to my TV so that the family can watch it, whilst I continue to actually work on the Mac on a different desktop screen?
Hope that makes sense...
Thanks
Jonathan

I understand your problem but don't think it's possible:( My only solution is to play my tutorials from the networked drive to my ATV2 while following along with the exercise materials. If you've found a solution please let me know? I thought it'd be possible to assign mirroring to one desktop, like I think you said in the original post, with some type of terminal command but no luck yet. Thanks

Time Machine on my iMac won't open iPhoto. It goes to desktop screen automatically. When I select User/Picture/Iphoto library it only brings up the preview page with the size of the folder. I can't get into the library to look for lost photos.

Time Machine on my iMac won't open iPhoto. It goes to desktop screen automatically. When I select User/Picture/Iphoto library it only brings up the preview page with the size of the folder. I can't get into the library to look for lost photos.

Thank You. This helps me alot to get into the masters and to see events and photos in a utilitarian way, but it is not as easy as viewing the normal iphoto format to find photos. Can I do something else or did I not do something right to not see normal iphoto in Time Machine ?

My external hard drive doesn't show up on my desktop screen

I have a 1TB external drive that connects by USB. I use it as a Time Machine and for other storage. It worked fine until a few weeks ago. Now, when I connect it, the drive starts spinning, but it doesn't show up on the desktop screen or in Disk Utility.
Other USB drives and devices work fine when plugged into either of my USB ports. Also, this particular 1TB drive works fine with my older MacBook. It's just that this particular external drive and this particular MacBook Pro don't seem to be working together.
Thoughts?

Does it show up in disk utility
remove and reconnect the USB connector on the drive end., check Finder > prefences > general ....is hard disks checked?
Have you used this HD on that Mac before?
Does this HD show in another machine/ Mac?
Work the process of elmination. Report back.

HT3964 Late 2008 white MacBook backlight on for 10 sec. HDMI cable to TV, only see cursor and generic desktop screen will not mirror!

...MACBOOK back light dead.....realized is only back light, after purchasing new battery, new power cord..
Now ,I am using a light-source to see in the screen ,husband purchased appropriate cord, to hook up to HDMI.    So I hopped to see what is on this
, my first MACBOOK, and choose what I want for external hard drive..... but
will not externally mirror, only see the generic desktop screen saver image and
I can
operate the curser   but, thus far no matter what , I could only genie effect the dash...... and bring up systems pref....BUT   IT WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO CHOOSE ANYTHING
nr can I move that systems pref   so to see better?
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO/ Understand?
know zero short cuts?
it is running batteries full...
how do i get this moving along....to choose   items to save them?
Please   its 2 am I'm nutty ...argggggg
thank u linda ann

OS X sets an external display in extended mode automatically. If you want to mirror your MacBook's display onto the TV, press Command and F1 keys. For more information, see > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5019

Desktop screen keeps flashing black and dock has disappeared. iMAC X Yosemite 10.10.1

Recently I updated my iMac to OS X Yosemite 10.10.1. All was operating smoothly for a few weeks until one day i started up and logged in my dock was nowhere to be seen. The desktop screen started flashing black replacing my desktop image. None of my desktop icons disappear when this happens. screen keeps flashing black every few seconds. Also the dock has disappeared.
I have restarted in safe boot and it makes no changes.
iMAC X Yosemite 10.10.1
Please help!

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Step 1
For this step, the title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter the name of the crashed application or process. For example, if Safari crashed, you would enter "Safari" (without the quotes.)
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
In the Console window, select
          DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ User Diagnostic Reports
(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of crash reports. The name of each report starts with the name of the process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report related to the process in question. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.
I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.
If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a crash, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.
In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report—they're very long and rarely helpful.

My site looks great on the laptop, but does not transfer to desktop screen...

I designed my site to be on long scrolling page that features several full browser width slidehows. It looks great on the laptop, and I used the scroll motion trick to keep it from sliding horizontally, but when I published my trial version and checked it on the large desktop screen it's all screwed up. Help!! I have been working on this for weeks! is there any way to design a site that holds it shape in different sized browsers???

This tutorial may be helpful:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/muse-feature-tour/muse-design-for-flexible-browser-width/

Desktop Screen losing color

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for