I have two identical MacBook Air M1 models, they differ only by amount of memory, GPU cores and ssd size, however, one of them runs macOS Monterey and another runs macOS Ventura. When I compare their screens the one which runs Ventura looks warmer compared to Monterey, although display settings on both machines are identical. Is this normal? Thanks in advance.
One issue that may happen is the True Tone switch. I did test it on my MBA-13in (M1, 8gb, 13.3.1) and my display was "warmer" with True Tone on and "colder" without True Tone. Something else is the Night Shift switch, please make sure that when you are comparing, have the same settings. :)
Hope this helps!
One issue that may happen is the True Tone switch. I did test it on my MBA-13in (M1, 8gb, 13.3.1) and my display was "warmer" with True Tone on and "colder" without True Tone. Something else is the Night Shift switch, please make sure that when you are comparing, have the same settings. :)
Hope this helps!
Can you clarify for us what do you mean by 'looks warmer'? Are you referring to the screens color temperature, such as in more yellow, less blueish looking, or the actual temperature of the display as in degrees Celsius/Fahrenheit?
If the former I'm assuming both Macs are set to the same color profile and if so it could be due what company made the display. It used to be Apple sourced their screens from different companies thus the slight difference in screen color but what they do now I don't know. That said to get them to appear the same and display colours accurately they would need to be hardware/software color calibrated by a colorimeter.
Color temperature. Ventura is less bluish more yellow. Studio Display - same.
Monterey Mac looks slightly more "white" bluish.
I think it's normal and doesn't hurt anything, though if you concern about the Ventura display warmer, try to upgrade Monterey MacBook Air if its display is getting warmer and feedback to Apple.
Thank you for your reply.
I've made some tests and compared again. Interesting results.
I use both Macs with Apple Studio Display. Ventura Screen looks exactly like my Studio Display. However, when Studio Display is connected to Monterey machine, they look different: External Display looks warmer than MacBook Air Monterey screen.
This issue is happening to me as well. I'm using 2 Studio Displays on a 2021 Macbook Pro M1 Pro and one studio display is slightly warmer than the other.
The Macbook is closed being used in clamshell mode and only the 2 displays are being used. True Tone is off on both displays and they both have the same color profiles as well.
Thanks. That's what I thought you meant but had to confirm.
It's not true tone, but thanks.
One display is warmer than other
