display
Why is my new display fuzzy?
21/03/23
I feel like the resolution on my screen is a bit blurry. Maybe it’s just not as good as my old Mac. The resolution is set to the recommended setting. Any ideas?
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Couple of things to check. First, you can play around with the resolution within the System Settings on your Mac. Select "displays" then select which display you want to affect. In this case, your external display.
You'll then see "show all resolutions". You may find one there that is better for you. Different displays support different qualities of resolution. I personally don't really care for the ultra wide displays such as the one you're using. I prefer a more standard size. Graphics chips in modern Macs also prefer more standard sizes. It can also come down to how much you spent on a monitor. Chances are, if you spent under $250 for the external monitor, there's a chance the maximum possible resolution may be below what you'd like. For instance, on a standard size monitor 1900x1200 would be considered fuzzy these days compared to the 300x2000 higher res.
The monitor itself will have settings on board as well. The interfaces to change those settings is usually controlled by a couple of small buttons on the display and the menu to navigate through those settings is usually pretty terrible also.
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Couple of things to check. First, you can play around with the resolution within the System Settings on your Mac. Select "displays" then select which display you want to affect. In this case, your external display.
You'll then see "show all resolutions". You may find one there that is better for you. Different displays support different qualities of resolution. I personally don't really care for the ultra wide displays such as the one you're using. I prefer a more standard size. Graphics chips in modern Macs also prefer more standard sizes. It can also come down to how much you spent on a monitor. Chances are, if you spent under $250 for the external monitor, there's a chance the maximum possible resolution may be below what you'd like. For instance, on a standard size monitor 1900x1200 would be considered fuzzy these days compared to the 300x2000 higher res.
The monitor itself will have settings on board as well. The interfaces to change those settings is usually controlled by a couple of small buttons on the display and the menu to navigate through those settings is usually pretty terrible also.
do you do hardware repairs? My screen is broken.
27/04/20
I have a MacBook Pro that isn’t working properly. The screen when you flip it up shuts off when it gets past a certain degree. We contacted Apple and they said it’s something with the hardware which I know nothing about. They recommended a certified Apple repair shop in Fort Mill that would need to take the computer for 3-4 days to fix. This is my only company computer that I use every minute so hoping to find a better option if possible.
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Sorry to say I don’t do hardware repairs. Yes, the problem you are describing is 100% a hardware issue. There is a cable that goes from the display to the main logic board that, as you open and close the display, the cable flexes and over time can bend so many times it goes bad. Think about it as if you were to bend a paper clip back and forth many many times. The paper clip would break. That ribbon cable is most likely the damaged piece. I wish I could help but I no longer do physical repairs due to the time involved, liability, and cost/profit margin.
I realize how tough it is to be without one’s computer. The good news is that the computer itself is probably fine so in the short term you could just connect it to an external monitor and continue working until time permits for you to be without it for several days. No one will be able to turn that repair around in hours or perhaps even over night. It’s pretty involved.
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Sorry to say I don’t do hardware repairs. Yes, the problem you are describing is 100% a hardware issue. There is a cable that goes from the display to the main logic board that, as you open and close the display, the cable flexes and over time can bend so many times it goes bad. Think about it as if you were to bend a paper clip back and forth many many times. The paper clip would break. That ribbon cable is most likely the damaged piece. I wish I could help but I no longer do physical repairs due to the time involved, liability, and cost/profit margin.
I realize how tough it is to be without one’s computer. The good news is that the computer itself is probably fine so in the short term you could just connect it to an external monitor and continue working until time permits for you to be without it for several days. No one will be able to turn that repair around in hours or perhaps even over night. It’s pretty involved.
Why is there a line on my screen?
22/03/20
Quick ? Is Acuity integration with FreshBooks any better now? I had to separate them awhile ago b/c it was maddening.
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The main problem I have found is that when a client schedules a session in Acuity, it automatically generates an invoice but the settings of that client are not remembered. In other words, I still have to go into each invoice and set the reminder schedule and whether or not I accept online payments on each invoice. That's a pain.
The good side of this is that each client has an invoice already in Freshbooks which means I don't have to remember to create one and therefore run the risk of forgetting to bill. So because of that, I still use the integration.
By the way, when you create an invoice manually within Freshbooks, it does retain the settings of that client.
I have spoken with both Freshbooks and Acuity at this many many times and it's come down to this…. From what I can tell, Acuity Freshbooks to make a change in their API (application programming interface) so they can better sync invoicing but Freshbooks hasn't gotten around to it yet. They're not blaming Acuity. They're saying they need to get around to solving it.
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The main problem I have found is that when a client schedules a session in Acuity, it automatically generates an invoice but the settings of that client are not remembered. In other words, I still have to go into each invoice and set the reminder schedule and whether or not I accept online payments on each invoice. That's a pain.
The good side of this is that each client has an invoice already in Freshbooks which means I don't have to remember to create one and therefore run the risk of forgetting to bill. So because of that, I still use the integration.
By the way, when you create an invoice manually within Freshbooks, it does retain the settings of that client.
I have spoken with both Freshbooks and Acuity at this many many times and it's come down to this…. From what I can tell, Acuity Freshbooks to make a change in their API (application programming interface) so they can better sync invoicing but Freshbooks hasn't gotten around to it yet. They're not blaming Acuity. They're saying they need to get around to solving it.
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