I bought an M1 Mini Back in Nov and had nothing but problems with pink squares and not waking from sleep. Are these issues still prevalent? Anyone have an intermittent blank screen on their Mini for a few seconds at random...or any other display issue?
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Does anyone have display problems such as intermittent blank screen?
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Yep, just had another one today. Not pink squares, just a black second screen. Happens about once a week. Use my MacMini M1 daily. Last week I got a green screen.
I have this problem with my 2012 mini. I think the blackout happens when the mac is unsure about what resolution should be used for the monitor and tries to renegotiate with the monitor.
I don't have a workaround for newer OS than 10.9.5. but this may give you an idea.
My workaround is to go to Displays Preferences and set the resolution to Scaled with the same resolution as native, i.e., my monitor is 1920x1080 native, so I choose Scaled 1920x1080 to get optimal viewing quality.
But normally the mac won't easily stick to that setting and will revert to "Best for display" when I quit the Displays Preferences. Probably it thinks why not use Best For Display when that Scaled resolution is the same as native.
The trick is to choose a lower resolution such as 1600x900 then change to Scaled 1920x1080 back and forth for a few times. I will know it has stuck when the screen goes black for a longer period (a few seconds) than usual during switching back to Scaled 1920x1080. After that the screen won't go dark by itself anymore until I boot from other macOS (or reset PRAM, perhaps).
IME, this trick doesn't work with newer macOS because the setting just won't stick.
I don't have a workaround for newer OS than 10.9.5. but this may give you an idea.
My workaround is to go to Displays Preferences and set the resolution to Scaled with the same resolution as native, i.e., my monitor is 1920x1080 native, so I choose Scaled 1920x1080 to get optimal viewing quality.
But normally the mac won't easily stick to that setting and will revert to "Best for display" when I quit the Displays Preferences. Probably it thinks why not use Best For Display when that Scaled resolution is the same as native.
The trick is to choose a lower resolution such as 1600x900 then change to Scaled 1920x1080 back and forth for a few times. I will know it has stuck when the screen goes black for a longer period (a few seconds) than usual during switching back to Scaled 1920x1080. After that the screen won't go dark by itself anymore until I boot from other macOS (or reset PRAM, perhaps).
IME, this trick doesn't work with newer macOS because the setting just won't stick.
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I’ve had my M1 Mini for about a month now, hooked up via USBC to a 4k LG 27” monitor.
Maybe I’m lucky, but haven’t had a single issue with this setup.
Maybe I’m lucky, but haven’t had a single issue with this setup.
I had video problems when I had my Mac mini m1 connected through old HDMI and DisplayPort cables. once I updated the cables, I have toe monitors one through the usb c to display port cable, and the other one through the HDMI to HDMI cable. No video o monitor problems whatsoever. Mac even wakes up through the Apple Watch with no problem. very happy with te setup.
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The following two cables helped me change the connections to the Mac mini m1.
The HDMI to hdmi cable used is the one that came with the monitor.
usb to display port cable this cable stopped all the video problems
usb c to usb b cable this permitted an old usb 3 hub to be connected to the usb c port of the Mac mini.
The HDMI to hdmi cable used is the one that came with the monitor.
usb to display port cable this cable stopped all the video problems
usb c to usb b cable this permitted an old usb 3 hub to be connected to the usb c port of the Mac mini.
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