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Anthony_F06300
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May 9, 2026

Lightroom + MacBook Pro M5 Pro: brightness bug / rainbow screen

  • May 9, 2026
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Hello,

I'm having an issue with Lightroom on a MacBook Pro M5 Pro with 48 GB of RAM, running Tahoe 26.4.1, with a display calibrated using a Spyder 5 Pro.

When I switch to the Develop module in Lightroom, the brightness often goes all the way up, even though Apple’s auto-brightness option is turned off and the brightness slider isn’t moving.
Sometimes, the screen also shifts a bit more toward red.

After doing some research, I found that the issue seems to have already been identified and that one solution is to disable GPU acceleration.

Sure enough, when I disable it, the problem in Lightroom seems to go away.
However, when I wake the Mac from sleep (black screen), the display turns rainbow-colored, a bit like a broken screen.
And as soon as I re-enable the GPU in Lightroom, this problem goes away.

Another detail: since I’ve had this issue, when my second monitor is connected, it doesn’t have any problems.

Has anyone else encountered this issue?
And more importantly, have you found a solution?

Thanks in advance.

 

 

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    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 9, 2026

    Please post your Lightroom question in one of the Lightroom forums:

    https://community.adobe.com/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-677

    or

    https://community.adobe.com/lightroom-classic-672

     

    Note: You will need to slightly change the wording of the title of the thread or you will receive a duplicate question error.

     

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 9, 2026

    update your graphics driver to the latest studio (not gamer) driver.

    Anthony_F06300
    Participant
    May 9, 2026

    Yes, on a PC, but I'm on a Mac.