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Overheating sounds interesting! So what happens if you display a max brightness hdr image on the screen for a long time, does the monitor shut off? Edit: appar

Overheating sounds interesting! So what happens if you display a max brightness hdr image on the screen for a long time, does the monitor shut off? Edit: apparently at least on some laptops your screen may automatically adjust brightness downwards if you are in a hot climate and the cooling system fails to keep up: https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/04/macbook-pro-limited-brightness-pro-display-xdr/ https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/04/macbook-pro-limited-brightnes...

alin23 5y ago
Yes, the system monitors the display temperature and caps the brightness accordingly. Here are some interesting functions I found related to this inside the system frameworks: SkyLight.framework: SLSDisplayIsThermallyLimited CoreBrightness.framework -[CBDisplayModuleSKL hasThermalMitigation] -[CBThermalBrightnessCap getCurrentCap] -[CBThermalBrightnessCap setJetMode:]