MBP screen has become darker - anybody else experience this?
My MBP 17" is about 15 months old.
I had so far been using it comfortably with screen brightness level set at 7 out of 16 bars (just 1 bar below mid level.)
Suddenly, since the past few days, brightness level of 7 bars seems slightly dark for me. Now I have to set the brightness level at 8 or 9 bars to feel comfortable.
Has anyone else experienced this sort of decline in screen brightness? Is it even technically possible? A hardware deterioration somewhere? (I wish I had a light meter.)
I almost always use the MBP plugged into the wall. The option to automatically adjust brightness according to ambient light is disabled. The option to slightly dim when using battery is disabled.
I clean the screen very carefully and scrupulously (once every 2 months?) using isopropyl alcohol. The screen is the glossy glass version.
When you say that it detects your movement as zoom, do you mean as you move your fingers it is increasing or decreasing the zoom? If that is the case, then zoom is turned on in Accessibility. If you are able to enter Settings, go to General>Accessibility>Zoom and turn that off.
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