Hi all,
I did some researching and wasn't able to find anyone else with this rather unique problem, so I thought I'd write a post to reassure others with the same issue know they're not alone.
Since Sonoma, there is a fairly significant bug with the auto brightness feature on the Studio Display. If the display tries to change the brightness of the panel, the entire display freezes for anything from 1-10 seconds. The bigger the brightness jump, the longer the freeze. While this happens, my 2nd display (an iPad air with sidecar) continues to work without any issue.
This issue can be replicated by covering the ambient light sensor with your hand, or turning on your phone's flashlight and shining it close by.
The "workaround" is to disable auto brightness, but why pay £1500 for a nice display if I have to turn off some of the features? It even micro stutters if you open control center and adjust the brightness this way.
I have reinstalled Sonoma 14.0 (release), even upgraded to 14.1 and it still happens. I am currently on the 14.2 beta 2, and the problem persists. I have sent a bug report to Apple, too.
HW: M2 Pro Mac Mini
I did some researching and wasn't able to find anyone else with this rather unique problem, so I thought I'd write a post to reassure others with the same issue know they're not alone.
Since Sonoma, there is a fairly significant bug with the auto brightness feature on the Studio Display. If the display tries to change the brightness of the panel, the entire display freezes for anything from 1-10 seconds. The bigger the brightness jump, the longer the freeze. While this happens, my 2nd display (an iPad air with sidecar) continues to work without any issue.
This issue can be replicated by covering the ambient light sensor with your hand, or turning on your phone's flashlight and shining it close by.
The "workaround" is to disable auto brightness, but why pay £1500 for a nice display if I have to turn off some of the features? It even micro stutters if you open control center and adjust the brightness this way.
I have reinstalled Sonoma 14.0 (release), even upgraded to 14.1 and it still happens. I am currently on the 14.2 beta 2, and the problem persists. I have sent a bug report to Apple, too.
HW: M2 Pro Mac Mini