Apple’s Mac mini with the M1 processor has run into a fairly bizarre sounding bug, the place pink squares (or pixels) seem on the monitor display screen it’s linked to for no obvious purpose.
Apple is conscious of this downside, and certainly investigating the reason for the problem, in keeping with an inner memo despatched to service suppliers (as reported by MacRumors).
Because the report notes, the issue with pink squares popping up on an exterior show has been complained about throughout not simply the MacRumors discussion board previously – because the new M1-powered Mac mini was launched, the truth is – but additionally elsewhere on-line equivalent to Reddit and Apple’s personal assist discussion board. The intruding squares could also be extra prevalent when utilizing an HDMI cable fairly than Thunderbolt.
There are additionally scattered stories of inexperienced squares (see this Reddit thread) and even black
ones, in addition to the pink squares (or dots). Swapping out to a different HDMI cable doesn’t seem to make a distinction, though altering your wallpaper would possibly, no less than going by different reports.
Repair within the pipeline?
Sadly, the Apple memo doesn’t give us any clue as to when a repair may be anticipated, however seeing because the Mac maker is seemingly conscious of the problem, we will maintain our fingers crossed {that a} answer may be delivered within the close to future.
What Apple did present, although, was a (fairly clunky) workaround to banish the squares, which is as follows:
- Put the Mac mini to sleep
- Wait two minutes and wake the Mac mini
- Unplug the show from the Mac mini, after which plug the show again in
- Alter the show’s decision in System Preferences > Shows
That is seemingly a short lived repair, as Apple notes if the squares or dots make their presence identified once more, customers ought to merely repeat the above steps. Which can clearly get a bit tiresome – so as soon as once more, let’s hope the repair is inbound sooner fairly than later.
Making an attempt the opposite talked about potential workaround of adjusting wallpaper is clearly value a shot, too, and represents a much more handy countermeasure – if it really works, that’s.
