Extremely Blurry Screen M1 MacBook Pro 16

Hello! I’ve got an M1 MacBook Pro 16 from my work. I’ve been using it just fine, but recently the internal display just randomly got insanely blurry (it’s practically a black screen). I generally use my Mac with an external display connected via thunderbolt usb c, and that works fine. It’s just the internal display.

Is there any way to fix this, or is this just a screen hardware issue? I’ve attached a photo that shows what this looks like during boot, where you might usually see the apple logo and a loading bar. It’s clearly distorted and just barely recognizable. I can still control the laptop, but when I get to the login screen it’s just a big gray blob.

Posted on Mar 8, 2023 06:33 PM

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Posted on Apr 15, 2023 07:25 PM

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…

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Dec 11, 2023 01:23 AM in response to Cupid_Bot

Same issue here.

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Dec 16, 2023 07:27 PM in response to Alexandref7

Mine looks exactly the same

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Dec 19, 2023 01:46 PM in response to Cupid_Bot

it happens to me today!

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Dec 20, 2023 01:12 PM in response to Cupid_Bot

mine too!

Dec 29, 2023 04:13 AM in response to Cupid_Bot

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Apr 19, 2024 10:12 AM in response to Cupid_Bot

I have the same issue - December M3 Pro 14” -

full blur - is there a solution to this ?

it turned on again - I signed in and then it - blurred again

could this be hackers ?

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Apr 24, 2024 11:09 AM in response to Yuri Zakalyuzhny

The same issue everyone has in this thread. They told me on the phone that if it is going to be more than 10k people ish having the same issue they will recall this laptop