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Apple Studio Display - Owners Thread
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I got that working, ordered the Anker one I saw here somewhere.
Anker USB C to 2.5 Gbps Ethernet... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B097N5WJY9
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The AppleCare probably wouldn't help in this case because the process would still dictate that they repair it twice before replacing it. Would have just saved me some time on the phone negotiating for them to waive the cost. If it breaks and you have AppleCare you're probably just as screwed as I am.
Ah, but when has a monitor done software upgrades? We're definitely in different territory with the ASD.
Yeah. You get all the potential problems of owning a computer, without it being one.
It seems like the crammed in way too much technology for the sake of center stage (which just makes you look like a self-centered jerk if you leave it turned on) and "spatial audio," when stereo would have been perfectly fine for the level of speakers that it has.
Does anyone else have their ASDs fans turn on when the Mac is sleeping?
I can never hear my Mac Mini (M2 Pro) but I hear the ASDs fans all the time.
And even though the Mac is sleeping, the ASDs fans constantly go on and off.
I thought, perhaps the Mac isn't sleeping but doing things in the background, which could automatically trigger on the fans of the ASD?
In that case though I'd be very curious why 1) it has to trigger the fans on, and 2) why the hell the Mac is pretty much constantly working in the background.
I don't have that many things to keep up to date or to sync. If the turned on fans = Mac is doing something, then it's doing a lot for sure.
I can never hear my Mac Mini (M2 Pro) but I hear the ASDs fans all the time.
And even though the Mac is sleeping, the ASDs fans constantly go on and off.
I thought, perhaps the Mac isn't sleeping but doing things in the background, which could automatically trigger on the fans of the ASD?
In that case though I'd be very curious why 1) it has to trigger the fans on, and 2) why the hell the Mac is pretty much constantly working in the background.
I don't have that many things to keep up to date or to sync. If the turned on fans = Mac is doing something, then it's doing a lot for sure.
That's the exact same one I have right now and I'm still having issues :\
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Interesting. Mine has worked flawlessly since day one. It even worked when I connected a PC to my ASD.
No need to waste your time at the Apple Store. The issue is Ventura and Sonoma do not work well with the studio display firmware upgrade process due to the fact it need to ask permission to approve the display when it fails during the update as when its in recovery mode as its seen suddenly seen as a new device, but because its not syncing video it kinda freaks out and just keeps power cycling.
had this exact issue
the ONLY fix was oddly Creating a new volume in Disk Utility, then download Older Mac OS Monterey:
macOS Monterey
macOS Monterey lets you connect, share and create like never before. Enjoy new FaceTime audio and video enhancements, including spatial audio and Portrait mode. Get more done with powerful productivity tools like Focus, Quick Note and Tab Groups in Safari. Work fluidly across your devices with...
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After downloading
Then plugin a USB/SD card into your Mac, run Open terminal, and replace MyVolume below with the name of your thumb drive
Code:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Monterey.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolumeThis will create a bootable thumb drive for Monterey, then if on a M1 Pro MacBook reboot the MacBook hold the power button, boot into the Monterey bootable drive you just made, and then install Monterey on the new volume you created in disk utility. (this will not erase your current OS as its going onto a new volume)
After the install was done I just went though setup quickly and BAM, the studio display was actually able to restore itself after 15 mins to the prior Display OS version.
I then power cycled the Mac, went back into Sonoma and was then able todo the firmware update again without an issue ensuring I never unplugged it.
I only tried first this method as I saw someone else in apple support forums saying the Apple Store was only able to fix it after using a Mac with Monterey on it.
I know a lot of hoops but it WILL fix it, and it will save you. Like I said the major issue with Ventura and Sonoma is when the studio display is in recovery mode its not portly prompting the Mac to allow it permission to connect to it, where Monterey does have this stupid privacy accept stuff. You can then delete the Monterey volume if you like.
I was a genius at apple for 6 years, and have work with enterprise Macs the last 7 years at a major entertainment company, and we had a few brick, and the fix was me having the older Mac OS on Monterey plugging it into my MacBook and letting it figure its life out for 15-20 mins lol
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I was hoping to get some feedback from Studio Display owners. I currently have a 2015 5K iMac. I ordered a 24 inch M3 iMac and returned it the first day due to really bad IPS glow and overall bad uniformity. I was thinking of getting a Studio Display with a Mac mini. I have seen some complain about backlight bleed on the Studio Display and I know all LED panels have that to some degree. Would most say the Studio Display is as good as the 5k iMac? My current iMac has very little backlight bleed, in fact it looked so much better than the M3 iMac there was no way I could keep the iMac. Thanks in advance for any help.
It's always a panel lottery when buying any display, however my studio display has little to no backlight bleed. This is a slightly improved LG panel over the older 5k panel, the contrast is better as well as an extra 100 nits of brightness. I suspect the pass/fail requirements for the studio display is higher for quality than the 24", as the 24" is seen as an entry level desktop, vs studio display which is being advertised as calibrated at the factory and being marketing towards pro-users. Not to mention 27" is a more mature panel in terms of manufacturing, they just tweeked the display for studio, and made improvements contrast and brightness. the 24" iMac panel is recycled from LG 24" 4.5k Thunderbolt Display that did not sell well.
I order mine during launch and arrived about month later so had it for while now and there no light bleed. It is my first 5K monitor, previous was iMac 21.5 inch Retina display nearly 10 year old so never had 5k iMac. So far no issues, all working fine and screen looks great!
It's panel lottery as others have said. First one I ordered from Apple directly had red/purple tint and noticeable bleeding along the top borders with dark content, which I returned. The second ASD I bought from Bestbuy (easier return logistics just in case) is almost perfect - great whites, excellent contrast/colors - and very minimal bleeding on the bottom left corner not noticeable during normal use at about 60-70% brightness. My 2014 5k iMac screen was perfect with very even lighting and after using that I could just not use any other non-5k Apple monitor.
I have two Studio Displays. They are both definitely better than my 2015 iMac, and not any worse than my 2017 iMac, which I was really happy with.
Thank you I will try this at work. We have a fleet of macs that being updated to Ventura 13.6.1 or Sonoma so I should still have some Monterrey M silicon laptops available.No need to waste your time at the Apple Store. The issue is Ventura and Sonoma do not work well with the studio display firmware upgrade process due to the fact it need to ask permission to approve the display when it fails during the update as when its in recovery mode as its seen suddenly seen as a new device, but because its not syncing video it kinda freaks out and just keeps power cycling.
had this exact issue
the ONLY fix was oddly Creating a new volume in Disk Utility, then download Older Mac OS Monterey:
macOS Monterey
macOS Monterey lets you connect, share and create like never before. Enjoy new FaceTime audio and video enhancements, including spatial audio and Portrait mode. Get more done with powerful productivity tools like Focus, Quick Note and Tab Groups in Safari. Work fluidly across your devices with...
After downloading
Then plugin a USB/SD card into your Mac, run Open terminal, and replace MyVolume below with the name of your thumb drive
Code:sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Monterey.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
This will create a bootable thumb drive for Monterey, then if on a M1 Pro MacBook reboot the MacBook hold the power button, boot into the Monterey bootable drive you just made, and then install Monterey on the new volume you created in disk utility. (this will not erase your current OS as its going onto a new volume)
After the install was done I just went though setup quickly and BAM, the studio display was actually able to restore itself after 15 mins to the prior Display OS version.
I then power cycled the Mac, went back into Sonoma and was then able todo the firmware update again without an issue ensuring I never unplugged it.
I only tried first this method as I saw someone else in apple support forums saying the Apple Store was only able to fix it after using a Mac with Monterey on it.
I know a lot of hoops but it WILL fix it, and it will save you. Like I said the major issue with Ventura and Sonoma is when the studio display is in recovery mode its not portly prompting the Mac to allow it permission to connect to it, where Monterey does have this stupid privacy accept stuff. You can then delete the Monterey volume if you like.
I was a genius at apple for 6 years, and have work with enterprise Macs the last 7 years at a major entertainment company, and we had a few brick, and the fix was me having the older Mac OS on Monterey plugging it into my MacBook and letting it figure its life out for 15-20 mins lol
The LG Ultrafine stopped working for me after a year-ish. The TB port seemed to come loose from normal desktop usage.
This video seems to infer that the TB port is design fault on the LG Ultrafine 5K and will eventually fail.
I'm not trying to put anybody off just maybe worth taking a look if you're thinking about getting the LG Ultrafine 5K.
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Can confirm. For the price, just go with the Studio Display.
So, question for all of you owners. Do you really think the webcam is acceptable in the ASD? I thought I was pretty ready to pick up a new ASD with a M2 Mac Studio next month. The plan was to also use the display with my Dell work laptop on the days I work from home. My coworker is doing the same thing right now and it's working well for him on his side. His picture image seems to look fine, no better or worse than the others we work with using their Dell built-in cameras. So today I went to Best Buy to mess around with stuff, sure the ASD webcam looks somewhat grainy, especially if you try to go full screen with a self video, but then I tried out FaceTime with the new M3 iMac, holy crap the webcam looks bright and sharp! Like my beard didn't look like it was drawn on with crayon. It's making me question whether i want to invest in the screen if it has components that seem pretty outdated. I know this has been discussed on here ad nauseam, but it did really get me rethinking my decision. Coming from a 2014 27" retina iMac so everything is technically an upgrade. Thoughts???
Ad nauseam, have received compliments on how well my ASD camera works, no complaints here.
I had the exact same experience at Best Buy the other day. Tried out the Studio Display, thought the camera looked fine, then tried an iMac M3 and the camera was A LOT better. It does make the pricing hard to swallow knowing that there is some dated tech in it.
That said, I still bought the Studio Display and I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep it. The screen is really nice, everything just works, and the setup is very clean. A side thing I didn't expect is that the display turns on immediately vs waiting 3-5 seconds when my Macbook is connected to 4K monitors at work. It's a little thing, but delightful.
Oh and after using the webcam for a few days, it's certainly not the best, but it's a solid upgrade from the one in my 5K iMac and still better than most of my coworkers on the other end of video calls. I also like that the latest update allows you to manually zoom and pan to frame yourself exactly how you want.
I would email Tim Cook, I have done before and someone from his team contacted me and things got sorted very quickly compared to the store who were messing me about
Anybody with a Studio Display have a pair of HomePod Mini's as well? If so, are they better sounding than the built-in speakers?