Flickering in Mac

Version ⁨23.12.1 (1a1d4d54)⁩
Python 3.9.15 Qt 6.5.3 PyQt 6.5.3

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What happen?

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Try changing the video driver from the preferences: Troubleshooting - Anki Manual

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I have been having the same problem. Anki windows start flickering when I switch them between my two monitors back and forth (a 4k and an ultrawide). Changing the video driver (via the terminal, I didn’t see an option in the preferences menu) seems to have stopped the flickering. It would be nice to incorporate this fix in a future release of Anki.

It’s not really something that can be fixed from Anki’s side, because the same video driver doesn’t work for every system. So the “fix” a few months ago was to make it much easier for a user to experiment with different drivers, since every user has to do it on their own.

As of 23.10, it’s right at the top of Preferences:

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Awesome, I didn’t notice this menu before. But this is very helpful. Thanks for pointing it out!

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Thank you! I think this has solved the problem!!

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