Dual Display Issue (2 x Apple Studio Displays)

I have an M1 Ultra Mac Studio with 2 Apple Studio Displays, and I’m running DaVinci Resolve Studio (latest version). My second display is used exclusively as a Clean Feed.


Earlier today I rendered a short timeline (about 1.5 minutes, some clips with heavy noise reduction). The render took roughly 10 minutes. When I returned and woke the system from power-save mode, the primary display came back normally but the Clean Feed display was extremely dim and appeared to be in a very low-resolution state. The image was so dark and blocky that it was difficult to see the cursor.


Both displays were still set to the correct profiles, and I always disable all auto-dimming and other automatic adjustments because I need consistent brightness and colour accuracy for grading.


Has anyone encountered this? Any ideas what might cause it?


Running macOS 26.1.

Mac Studio (2023)

Posted on Nov 29, 2025 1:23 PM

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Nov 30, 2025 7:30 AM in response to StingRay67

You're welcome.

If you have a minute, send us a screenshot of your Energy and Lock Screen panels.


I don't know what other drives you devices you have plugged into the Mac Studio's rear ports.

But one other thing to do, is stagger the Studio Displays on the Mac Studio's 1&2 3&4 ports.



Then if that doesn't help.

I would try swapping around the cables and displays, to see if the problem follows a cable or display.

Dual Display Issue (2 x Apple Studio Displays)

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