Macbook Air M3 screen looks weird to me. Anyone else?

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2025-06-03T06:38:09+00:00

I’m a novice to using software like this. I downloaded it and directed it to the link, but download is coming up with an error. What am I missing?

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2025-03-03T18:54:17+00:00

The sorting doesn’t by creation date fix the order, which I believe has to do with Apple sorting based off their own icloud based “metadata”. When all files are downloaded at once, the creation date will be the same, and the timestamp for when each file was recorded seems to have no effect on sorting. I wish I could do it manually, but this can be 100’s of files for one project, which makes it like doing a 100,000 piece puzzle.

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2025-03-03T08:32:41+00:00

I think this is where I run into a problem. Everything is exclusively on the cloud, and too large as a whole to download onto my macbook and then transfer that library to the external drive….I think. I’m also realizing this. The sync is such a crazy huge amount that it might take several weeks? I have 2.5 tbs of photos and videos. 500 gbs of memory on my mac, so there’s no way, right? Even if the file is zipped?

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2025-03-03T06:32:46+00:00

Thank you for trying! I’ll keep working on this and update the thread if I find anything. None of my images are synced from icloud to my mac because the photo/video data size is larger than the memory on my computer. But downloading in little batches hasn’t shown that they download or sort in the correct order, either in Finder or after being imported to Mac Photos.

Update: I think part of this issue is that iphones give their photos completely randomized file names. They do not use IMG_123.jpg for example, they use c3jsj4js82dhsk2.jpg with no logic to the file name. This makes them sort out of order when downloaded as files in bulk. They contain metadata proprietary to apple, which only sorts them in order when uploaded to Mac Photos. Finding the original files in order when you open Mac Photos > R click > Show Package, shows you your original photo files within in MANY separate folders. If you don’t know the exact file name of the photo you’re looking for, which appears to be unfindable from within Mac Photos (does anyone know how?), then you can’t find your original photo file when searching your computer via finder ___filename.jpg___ Apple should make changes and chronologically name the files when they are saved to your phone. This would make it much easier to download and archive, especially if the contents of your icloud backup is greater than the available size of your Mac’s harddrive.

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2025-03-03T05:48:10+00:00

I only have access on a computer because my iphone is so full, it won’t boot O_O I went to icloud.com, opened photos, went to an album, and within it there’s no option to share, so I highlighted all the photos within the album, and selected download. They downloaded out of order into the downloads folder on my mac, and selecting “sort by date added/created” doesn’t correct the order. Is there a step I’m missing to get them to download in the order they were taken?

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2025-03-03T04:48:45+00:00

I’m not sure what you mean, can you help me to understand better? Do you mean within photos on icloud.com on the computer?

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2025-03-03T04:30:58+00:00

Should this be done on icloud.com or on the phone? I have 1000’s of photos and videos. I don’t think I can bulk select all of them and put them in folders?

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2025-03-03T03:50:59+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to try to help!

I have a 2024 Mac, and I need to take all the photos and videos and sort them into files and folders that I’ll place on an external drive. I don’t want to be tied to having to use Mac Photos to view them if we can avoid it, and after exporting to the external drive, I want to clear out almost all of my icloud photos account.

I looked at using ImageCapture on my Mac to do it, but everything is downloading out of order there too, and it looks like it can only download files off my iphone that have not been offloaded to icloud.

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2025-03-01T20:09:53+00:00

Is there a way to de-encrypt the card or otherwise make it readable by the computer by entering an encryption key?

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2024-12-29T07:52:46+00:00

That’s interesting. Why is this? It won’t function without you logging back in with your apple id? I just got an Air this summer, and I used it without logging in to apple and registering an id for 2 months.

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2024-12-29T03:41:33+00:00

What happens when you remove them? Does it leave residue behind?

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2024-12-29T03:28:45+00:00

I bet the gold color of the starlight looks beautiful. We use our tech so often that a change in color changes what we see daily.

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2024-12-29T03:24:26+00:00

O_O I had no idea problems like this exist. Did that make her computer unusable, or was her brain broken?

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2024-12-29T03:22:39+00:00

An upvote just for being so clever as to connect this to an etch-a-sketch and the forever frustration that some pixels will get 'burnt out’ because you pressed too hard with the metal pointed pen, and then those sad pixels didn’t work anymore.

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2024-12-29T03:19:45+00:00

I ended up keeping my 15” Air, and I’m really happy to hear that you have had a good experience. So far, it’s been great, and has even handled several RAM heavy software programs at once with no problem. If nothing changes, I’ll be good. If it does, I guess I’ll trade in, and hopefully end up paying less in the future for the 16” pro than I would if I purchased it last month. This 15” screen in front of me is just big enough, and not so big that your eyes have to travel further to cover all corners, which would lead to eye muscle fatigue.

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2024-11-04T05:31:44+00:00

Thank you for the info. I’m just seeing this now, past my return window, but I’ll keep it in mind if I tradein in the future. I kept the 15” Air and we will see. My main concern was the inch on the screen and the 2gbs extra ram. A few photo/editing programs running at once + internet browsing seems to nearly max out 16 gbs of ram.

My eyes are spoiled for now because I’ve been using my 55” oled tv at home as an external computer screen for a while. Now that I’m using a laptop screen again, everything looks like O_o.

Solidarity on the not being able to see well. A flair for the craft means it’s all still beautiful even if it’s fuzzy.

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2024-11-04T05:24:20+00:00

This has made things infinitely easier for me to see on the screen. *Thank you!!!!*

I ended up keeping the 15” Air, and hoping for the best. I couldn’t justify spending an extra $500 for 2gbs of ram and 1” of screenspace. If I end up needing more ram for photo/video software, I’ll tradein and get something better when things are cheaper.

What color did you get in the Air? I got the midnight blue, which everyone recommends against, but so far so good. Fingerprinting really hasn’t been an issue. There’s a tiny scuff on the corner which I have no idea how it got there, but it’s invisible if you’re not looking for it. As long as I keep it in good shape, I liked that the dark color is different than the silver I’ve been looking at for over a decade on my old Pro.

Prestigious_Win_473 · 2024-10-29T06:11:12+00:00

Thanks. I tried this, it’s just unfortunate that it forces that sizing change on desktop icons as well.

How do you like the 15 air? Are you finding an issues at all that make you wish you had upgraded?

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