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Hi everyone.

Horizontal lines started to appear on the left side of my screen.

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

If anyone has any information, can he/she please write?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 31, 2021 1:17 PM

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Apr 1, 2021 12:47 PM in response to Sinasi1

Hello Sinasi1,


It sounds like you are starting to see horizontal lines appear on the screen of your MacBook Pro.


You can try some isolation and troubleshooting steps. Here are some resources that can help:



  • Test in safe mode as it can help you determine whether issues you’re experiencing are caused by software that loads as your Mac starts up. How to use safe mode on your Mac
    • As it also " It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed." if it doesn't happen when in safe mode, restart your Mac and test again.




  • Take notice when you see this, if it's when your computer starts up, when using a particular program, performing a specific task, or if it's always there as it can help isolate why you are experiencing this.


Hope this information helps.


Have a good day.

Apr 1, 2021 12:50 PM in response to Sinasi1

If possible, use the right adapters to connect to an external display to see if the issue reproduces itself on an external display, and if it reproduces in mirrored mode or both modes.


This will help diagnose if the onboard graphics chip is having an issue, or if it is just an issue connections inside the computer.


Either way, if the issue is consistently there, that will help diagnose if a repair is warranted by an authorized service center or sending in to Apple.

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