RMBP Screen Blemish

Hi Apple Community,
I have an annoying Screen blemish on white tited pixels on my retina display Macbook pro. Should I get this checked out???? Do I deserve a new one???
Inch from bottom bessel. 1.75inch from left bessel.

Take it to your Apple dealer. We can't tell a thing from photos, not that it would matter.

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White screen blemish

Hi there,
To add to my USB problems i have an issue with white screen programmes, such as word, email adobe etc etc.
There is a small blemish, to describe it is difficult but there is a 1p coin sized spot that looks 'whiter' than the rest of the screen. Other colours are not affected but it is very annoying when using word etc, which i do all the time writing journals etc.
Any similar experiences out there? shall i take it too the shop? and will they repair it under their applecare programme?
Cheers,
Iain

Take it to your Apple dealer. We can't tell a thing from photos, not that it would matter.

RMBP screen - more 'matte' like than prior MBPs?

I really like the screen on this new 15" rMBP. Retina is amazingly sharp. Looking at the exact same webpage and max brightness side by side w/ 2010 MBP (glossy screen) and this rMBP looks a bit more 'matte' like. Does anyone else feel the same way? I really like it!

Hi
I don't think you need to worry about the 'trueness' of the colour of the glossy screens it is very good. One of the digicam sites tested the glossy screen of the MacBook Pro, and OK he didn't like the fact it was glossy, he did like very much the results it gave.
I take a lot of photo's and use a Spyder calibration device to calibrate the colour of my MacBook Pro, my PowerBook G4 and a Formac Raven screen connected to a Shuttle PC. Looking at all three I can't see how anyone could say that the colour of the MacBook Pro glossy screen has been 'enhanced'.
I was prejudiced against a glossy screen but in the end I wanted a Mac so went for it glossy screen and all. I don't regret it I think it is easier to adjust for exposure using the glossy screen mac than the matt screen PowerBook or PC. I also like the way pictures look when on a glossy screen.
Yes if you are going to use your laptop outside in the sun or in brightly lit places where you have no control over the lighting then a glossy screen maybe a liability. But if you are going to use a glossy screen MacBook in a controlled environment when performing tasks such as picture editing then I think the glossy screen is great.
I don't use my MacBook out and about much so it has never been an issue for me, but I am more than pleased with the results I see on it in my home office.
You can see some of my photo's here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/philthebirdbrain/
The majority are digital but there are some slide film which I scanned using a Nikon slide scanner.
Regards
Phil

Ipod nano screen blemishes

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I'd recomend one of the many cleaner products feated like idrops or I used Brasso found in any hardware store to remove scuff marks or scratches. I did it.. it took me 15 minutes and I was satisfied.

Is the rMBP extra sensitive to scratches?

Hello everybody,
When I bought my rMBP all was fine and dandy. Within a week I bought the Crumpler 15" Slip, hoping it would protect my screen from any scratches and stuff. After I bought and started using the slip I suddenly found some scratches on my screen. At first I thought it was a dead pixel but the guys from the Premium Reseller said it was a scratch. They wouldn't replace my screen, because scratches on the screen weren't part of the garantee.
Frustrated I went home, I payed 2500 euro's for my rMBP (incl. AppleCare). That said, a week later (still using the Slip) a big *** black beam running from the top to the bottom of the screen:
So now they would replace the screen at my Reseller. I was happy, the scratched "pixel" was replaced too.
A month later the same thing happened, a scratch in my screen. I didn't use my kitchen knife and started scratching the surface of my screen... This all started to raise some questions in my head. I found this article from Apple for example:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4384
Prior to this rMBP I had a MBP 13" and it survived a nuclear disaster without leaving a scratch (a "little" bit exaggerated). For real: I had it for 3 years, no scratch on my screen.
Now I'm a graphic designer and I need my screen to be spot on clean. The scratch is located in the middle of my canvas in i.e. Adobe Illustrator. To check if my colors are right, I always have to move the canvas around. Very frustrating!!
My question(s) to you all:
Are the rMBP screen more sensitive to scratches. Is a breadcrumb enough to create such a deep scratch that shows that well (like I said, looking like dead pixel)?
Is a scratch, that withholds me from doing my job efficiently, part of the AppleCare garantee?
Thanks everyone,
Merijn

I also have a dead pixel sized scratch on my rMBP. Just found it today. Middle of my screen and anyoning. I'm sure I will get used to it but after paying $3000USD for it just 3.5 months ago has got me fustrated. I got this screen because I am photographer and wanted that extra resolution. This screen does seem more sensitive than others I have had. My previous laptops seem like they went at least a year without a nick in the screen.
As for the AppleCare portion of the question, I am not sure. Would love to know.
Best,
P

RMBP Late 2013 external monitor glitch with Dell UP2715K

I recently picked up the new Dell UP2715K absolutely beautiful 4K monitor, I have however just encountered a problem specifically when using Photoshop mainly when doing skin retouching work with brushes.
When I move the brush or cursor during Photoshop I get black box instead of the cursor and sometimes black lines on the screen. The machine does become slightly laggy also.
These are the specs i'm running on so not an old machine, I also want to add i'm not trying to use the Dell Monitor at 4K either, I was at 2880px wide I think.
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I have noticed the black box over the cursor on Photoshop CC 2014 only when I have the monitor plugged in. When I unplug the screen it works as normal on the rMBP screen.
I'm not entirely sure what that means, but someone with more knowledge would be able to shed some light on this?

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I don't think the window is the secondary preview, because when I enable that I get a different, smaller window. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it.

I have exactly the same problem. Main display on rMBP, secondary display on external Samsung LED and the annoying visitor second secondary display also on rMBP screen:
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No Scaling Option for Dell WQHD IPS Monitor

I have a Dell UltraSharp U2713HM which have a Native Resolution2560 x 1440 at 60 Hz .
I used MDP to DP cable ant my new macbook pro retina is driving it @Native Resolution2560 x 1440 at 60 Hz just fine.
My RMBP's "Colour LCD" is scaling perfectly. but my U2713HM have no scaling options like RMBP screen.
I can Downgrade resolution to 1080p or something other than that there is no option.
I see some videos on youtube that OS X support 4k display with same scaling options on my RMBP display.
On my U2713HM native resolution looks good but difficult to browse Facebook etc.
it is too small. if i downscale resolution it is not as good as 2560 x 1440.
How to solve this problem?
This is my first mac

Hi Rich,
Normally I wouldn't recommend cross-posting, but if this isn't a MBP hardware issue, there is also a Windows Compatibility forum you may want to post in. Good luck.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=687

One grey pixel v faster internal hard drive

Hi everyone
I bought my first ever imac 7 weeks ago and loving it. I bought the top end 27 inch i5 imac. But I have a question to put forward to (perhaps) some long time users here. What would you do? What is reasonable? What should I expect? Re......
I have one very small grey spot on my display. Not sure if its one pixel or one small cluster but it us one very small spot towards the top left corner of the screen. Now it's not getting in the way of things but I do know it's there and when you know it's there you can't miss it. Especially when viewing pics.
Let me also say what from reading other forums that I am not bagging apple or criticising their screens but I am just looking to put this one screen blemish into perspective re what I/you should expect. Any opinions re what would you do would be appreciated (re having it swapped).
One other point is I'm aware that on the 27 inch macs you may get either one of two hard drives (I think it's written up by macworld from testing they did). My imac has the seagate drive which had slightly stronger figures and performance (eg 32 v 64 cache).
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Thanks for any opinions, reassurances and statements of comfort
Peter t

so im reading that i'm not being too "retentive" and its not too much to expect to receive a perfect screen?
i'm not one of "those" customers with unreasonable expectations?
right?
cheers
peter t

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Thanks for uploading the image. Thanks also to Eme for the link - I didn't know this site existed. I have to come out of my computer cave more often.
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I use a Dell 27" (2560x1440) monitor as my primary monitor on the left., connected via mini displayport. On the right I have my 15" rmbp (2012). The problem happens when I fullscreen apps on the rmbp screen. Here are some screenshots:

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Video quality on macbook with retina

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1. Netflix quality
2. YouTube and other websites
3. iTunes downloads and other downloaded media.
I've heard some say that they need a higher bitrate to experience the same quality of video, subjectively. You'd be unlikely to find 1800p video from these sources (for maxing out the Retina resolution). I'd be concerned if blowing up lower-quality video (like 720p DVD quality) looks bad, because that's what you're most likely to view in 2012. Curious what your experience has been.

Maybe I should make my question clearer: I have read many reports of non-Retina apps looking worse on the rMBP screen, due to the pixel doubling+interpolation that the Retina does for these apps. My question is specifically whether this same issue could make video look worse on the rMBP than on a normal MBP laptop.
For example, does 720p video look blurrier on a rMBP screen than 720p video on a non-rMBP screen?
The issue is well known for apps, for example in Chrome until recently as shown here: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/31/google-chrome-21-stable-release-adds-retina-m acbook-pro-support/.
My impression is this could also happen with video, and the problem is that "Retina-ready" video is not really available since it would have to be an extreme resolution.

Black boot screen and startup manager on mid 2014 rMBP after upgrading to Yosemite

After upgrading to Yosemite I'm experiencing black booting process. Moreover, I noticed that the startup manager, which we access by holding the option key, has the black background too. I didn't like the Yosemite, so I downgraded back to Mavericks, but I still have the startup manager with the black background and the initial screen during the startup sound is black too, and after that the grey screen with the Apple logo comes up, which is typical for Mavericks. I want my startup manager to have the grey background as before. And also, before there was the grey screen during the startup sound, not the black one. How to revert all this to the previous state? I'm experiencing all this on my rMBP, 13-inch, mid-2014.
I want to revert because after downgrading back to Mavericks my rMBP started freezing terribly, especially on youtube, ebay and app store. And it's not just the web browsing, it's freezing when navigating in finder too. I know there are many experienced users here, so I hope that somebody can help me with this. Before upgrading to Yosemite my machine was running flawlessly.

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Win7 black-screen-hanging-cursor problem on brand new rMBP

I am sorry but a face a problem similar to (surprisingly) many in this thread.
I have a brand new rMBP 15'' with bootcamp Win7 installed (90GB partition). Installation went painless ONLY with a fresh Yosemite 10.10.3 installation, otherwise I fell into said black screen-hanging cursor trap already during installation. After installation I could enter Windows and install some software there. Upon re-boot, black-screen-hanging cursor in top left problem.
Here is what sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0 says:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=1000555581440; sectorsize=512; blocks=1954210120
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1954210119
       start        size index contents
           0           1         MBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640 1772843400      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1773253040     1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1774522576        1840
1774524416   179685376      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1954209792         295
1954210087          32         Sec GPT table
1954210119           1         Sec GPT header
And here for sudo fdisk /dev/disk0:
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 121643/255/63 [1954210120 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AC 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 1772843400] <Unknown ID>
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1773253040 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
*4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1774524416 - 179685376] HPFS/QNX/AUX
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a. Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support
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RMBP - external screen turns black for a few seconds every once in a while

My external screen (Dell U2711) connected via Thunderbolt to Displayport cable turns black every once in a while. The rMBP is in clamshell mode. When it starts it randomly blackens the screen for 2 seconds with an interval of 10 seconds to 5 minutes. A restart usually fixes the issue but it keeps coming back after some time.
Has anybody here experienced something similar?
What can be the cause of that?
This really starts to annoy me, because it seems I have to do reboot everytime I connect my laptop to my screen.

Never had the sort of problem - but then I've an Apple Thunderbolt Display and it just 'works'.
Could be that you're adapter is shot. You could buy a (or some) new ones from Monoprice (much cheaper than what Apple's third-party solutions sell for) and see if that's the problem.
Sorry I can't offer a more helpful solution...
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