Display on a Mac, fixed in plain English.
16 fixes for macOS 26 Tahoe and macOS 27 Golden Gate.
Where to find display settings on a MacResolution, brightness, Night Shift and monitor arrangement are all under Displays in System Settings.Mac screen looks yellow or the colours keep shiftingTrue Tone adjusts the white point to match the light around you, so colours can look warmer.Everything on your Mac screen is too smallThe display resolution shows too much content for the size of the screen.Stop your Mac screen changing brightness by itself"Automatically adjust brightness" uses the ambient light sensor to change brightness as the room lighting changes.Your Mac screen is too darkBrightness is low, or automatic brightness has dimmed the screen for the room light.Keep your Mac screen on longer before it goes blackThe timers that turn the display off (Lock Screen) or start the screen saver are set short.Use Night Shift for warmer screen colors at nightNight Shift shifts the screen to warmer colours on a schedule or on demand.Switch your Mac between Dark Mode and Light ModeAppearance is set to Light or Dark.Get your Mac screen to turn off when you're not using itThe display-off timers are set to Never, or an app is keeping the Mac awake.Change your Mac's icon and widget style, and your folder colourIcon and widget style (Default, Dark, Clear or Tinted) controls how icons and widgets look.Fix washed-out or wrong colours on your Mac screenThe display is using an unsuitable Color profile, or a colour setting like True Tone or a filter is on.Make Liquid Glass more solid and easier to readmacOS Tahoe uses Liquid Glass, and by default parts of it are very transparent.Stop your Mac switching to Dark Mode on its ownAppearance is set to Auto, which follows sunrise and sunset.Show every screen resolution your Mac can useDisplays shows only a few friendly choices at first.Find the Liquid Glass slider on macOS 27macOS 27 replaces the two-way Clear / Tinted choice with a slider.Change your Mac screen's refresh rate (ProMotion, 120Hz or 60Hz)The Refresh rate is set to a fixed lower value, or a different mode is chosen for the display.