ACD burning my desktop into itself
Okay, so this is the second time it happened and as I do a lot of computer animation, it's starting to get annoying. I accedentally left my ACD on (30") today when i left at 8. when i got home at 5, and opened my computer animation app (blender, which starts out effectevly completely grey). I noticed a vauge impression of the screen i had left the acd on today. This DID happen before, and it goes away after a day or two. Still, it is annoying. My questions: A) is this bad 
what should I do?
Thanks
what should I do?Thanks
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Call Apple.
You should pay better attention to what you are doing.
Don't blame him. The screens these days should handle that amount of static image.
You should pay better attention to what you are doing.
Well, seing as my alarm clock went off 2 1/2 minutes before I had to rush out the door, I think it's safe to say that "checking your computer display" was not at the top of my list of priorities.
Well, seing as my alarm clock went off 2 1/2 minutes before I had to rush out the door, I think it's safe to say that "checking your computer display" was not at the top of my list of priorities.
It's your display, you operate it, OK?
If it happens again, you can try switching screen resolution and then change it back - that can refresh your pixels and sometimes works for stuck pixels too.
Well, seing as my alarm clock went off 2 1/2 minutes before I had to rush out the door, I think it's safe to say that "checking your computer display" was not at the top of my list of priorities.
Sorry but "checking your computer display," is at the top of my life before I leave for the day. You can effectively put it under, "taking care of things that cost a lot of money.
It sounds like your display is in a bad way. Not much I can do about that. Call Apple, or talk to a service center.
You should set your display to go to sleep sooner in your energy saver system preferences. You can leave your computer on all the time and never sleep the hard drive but put the display to sleep after maybe 15 minutes. This can be annoying with quicktime as playing a quicktime movie doesn't seem to register as doing something but VLC blocks the display sleep so you can use that instead for watching movies.
If it happens again, you can try switching screen resolution and then change it back - that can refresh your pixels and sometimes works for stuck pixels too.
Theres also a little program called Caffine that you can use to quickly and easily stop your display from going to sleep while watching movies etc.
http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/
i have a 3 year old acd and i've noticed the image retention issue as well. on mine it will start showing a bit even after a few minutes. it can be annoying but it does always fade, and otherwise my cinema display has served me fantastically! (although my housemate just got the 24" imac and that display is definitely droolworthy)
i echo the recommendation to just set your power settings to sleep the display after 1/2 hr or something. then you never have to worry about it!
Well, seing as my alarm clock went off 2 1/2 minutes before I had to rush out the door, I think it's safe to say that "checking your computer display" was not at the top of my list of priorities.
Here's a no time flat fix. Press Control-Shift-Eject before leaving at it will immediately sleep the display. Of course it's advisable to set the Energy Saver as well in case something wakes the display or you just walk away.
Here's a no time flat fix. Press Control-Shift-Eject before leaving at it will immediately sleep the display. Of course it's advisable to set the Energy Saver as well in case something wakes the display or you just walk away.
One can easily setup hot corners as well, and that's exactly what I do. Then the display is set to sleep after a few minutes of inactivity in addition to that. It's a habit that's very easy to get into. After all, it's my display, thus my responsibility, there is nothing else to blame if the display is ignored.