When waking from sleep, screen turns black or magenta
InDesign 20.5 (and previous versions). Apple Mac mini M1 2020, 16GB, Sequoia 15.6 (and previous iterations of the OS). Samsung UJ590 UHD Monitor.
Not the first time this has happened but as I’m on the latest version of ID now it’s becoming increasingly frustrating.
When waking from sleep, in GPU Preview, my entire screen is either black or magenta and I cannot see the components of my file. If I turn on Overprint Preview the assets can be seen. If I then switch back to GPU Preview, the screen changes back to black or magenta.
I have to quit and re-open to be able to work again. It seems to me that it's a GPU Preview issue?
Eddie Deighton
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wollda commented
I’ve had a similar kind of frustration, though in my case it wasn’t tied to InDesign but to strange display glitches after waking my screen. At some point I decided to rule out hardware issues and ran a series of quick browser-based tests on https://allcolorscreen.com to check color accuracy, gradients, and pixel behavior. It helped confirm the monitor itself was fine, so I knew the root cause had to be software or GPU-related. Having that certainty made troubleshooting a lot less guesswork.