16 MACWORLD APRIL 2020
MACUSER
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M
y external monitor was
having a moment. It powered
up when I woke my iMac
from its standby mode with a
pink-hued tone over everything. While this
was vaguely aesthetically pleasing, it
wasn’t particularly beneficial and I thought
it would wear on me.
My first thought was that some internal
circuitry had cracked and pink was its
overlaid color from now on. Fortunately,
that wasn’t the case.
Sometimes, external monitors don’t
sync up perfectly with a Mac when they
What to do when your external
Mac display isn’t showing up or
displaying color casts
External hardware doesn’t always fire up at the right speed as your Mac.
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN