Extremely Blurry Screen M1 MacBook Pro 16

Today I had the EXACT same thing. I was working and then my laptop went black. Tried every trick online, and when it would start up it was extremely blurry and all I would see is the blurred Apple logo.

After seeing this thread, I really hoped it wasn’t the same problem I was having.. but it was.

I got a diagnostic from Apple Genius Bar, and was told that because it was out of warranty by 2 months that I would need to pay £700+ to get it fixed.

Absolute joke, after buying a laptop that cost £1700, it shouldn’t be breaking like this after 2 years.

The Apple tech told me that it’s a hardware issue, and that other than that my machine was working completely fine.

So now I need to buy a new computer/laptop, or use an external monitor. Never buying an Apple Laptop again !

Got this issue this evening with my M1 MBP 16" in exactly 17 months since I've purchased it here in Ukraine.

I saw one post in this thread where the poster admits he was using it with the USB-supplied power, which is exactly my case. My Dell P2723QE provides 90W, but frankly, I doubt it has to do anything with the display issue.

I don't have any hope to resolve it via the reseller I've purchased it from, but sending email to Tim Cook's address has once magically helped in an almost identical case I had in 2014 with another MBP, early 2011's 15 inch one. Though, chances at this route are minuscule as well.

I have exactly the same issue today. My Macbook Pro M1 16" is 2 years old. I am taking good care of it.

Tried BetterDisplay without luck. I can't afford to replace the screen if that's only the solution.

One interesting finding I had was that when getting the MacBook into diagnosis mode and running the offline tests (by using an external mouse, keyboard & display to get through the dialogs while having the notebook closed), the screen works perfectly fine. But only during testing. So it seems weird that it is something with the screen or the lid angle sensor.

Maybe some others with the same problem could confirm whether this works on their machines or not? Then it would be something completely different (and I am not sure why replacing the screen would fix the issue as the screen is working perfectly fine).

Maybe something on the motherboard on the path to the lid angle sensor? Diagnosis says "everything works fine"...

Unless you're under warranty, I'm afraid your hefty fee will be US$ 900 to replace the screen. My screen's still like that after few weeks, and many of us are waiting for a product recall or something.

I experienced this issue with my M2 MBP a month after I spilled some liquid on the keyboard. I decided to repair it for around $900 for a screen replacement. But recently (after 6 months), it happened again. I was doing some work when the screen suddenly went dark, leaving only the mini-LED backlight, which shows dark and bright parts of the screen. By the way, probably, I found the same issue with the iPad Pro 12.9 with the mini-LED screen. Here is a possibly related thread:

Gen 5 iPad Pro 12.9, display very dim/blu… - Apple Community

I have the exact same problem. I signed on to tell others about how I was able to solve it myself. Since I could not see the screen, I connected an HDMI cable to my TV. I booted into recovery mode, which required, closing the screen, which would not let me access the keyboard and mouse, of course. I was able to use a Bluetooth mouse that I had paired while I had access when the TV was connected this let me select the first option in the recovery screen, and then I was able to open the screen and use the keyboard and mouse, to erase the partition and reinstall OS X, I did this in preparation for sending the computer in for service as I did not want to have my proprietary data at risk, but I was surprised to find that once the installation was complete, the screen came back. I’m completing the reinstall now, but the fact that the screen is back on likely means it will stay that way. Fingers crossed…

It happened to me again 🥺

I previously posted in this thread regarding my MBP M1 Pro that got the Death-Blur.

While waiting on some type of resolution I did buy a new Air M2 in January 2024 --- And guess what, 2 weeks ago the same thing now happened to it...

Theory:

Looking back at what i did just before this happened that correlate with things i did on my MBP, I do have a theory of what could be a trigger of this issue.

On both my Mac's that got this issue the common action is that repeatedly did placed my iPhone on the left side of the computer leaning towards the screen. Could this potentially be something that effected the screens magnetic lid sensor 😱 ?

as everyone who has posted here has said, THIS issue was not a MacOS issue for them, and hardware intervention was required to solve the problem.

I just had this happen with my m2 pro 16 in

Yes, but it costs about £700 in the UK to do so unfortunately.

I just received a new one, M3 Max, the maximum configuration. After 1 day my screen died. I'm just shocked, I took it to the service center, I'm waiting for repairs

so I have tried three times with apple in London and have been stonewalled they just say one damaged the screen and it must be my fault

I quoted consumer law and they just basically said no

It has nothing to do with sleeping, I rebooted Mac many times and the screen is still the same (occasionally getting normal, but only for couple of seconds).

it is definitely some software or hardware issue

So, no reinstall helped. The problem just kept coming back. I contacted Apple and they replaced it for free (2 months out of warranty, props to Apple) I just had to pay for the labor because I was using one of their approved service centers since I'm not close to an Apple Store, but since I'm in Thailand at the moment the labor was like $20 lol. Oh, and they did confirm it was a hardware issue.