

I use my Mac for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and don't have the eyestrain problem anymore. Ideally a anti-glare matte screen would be the choice in the first place. Your solution in this matter is to apply a anti-glare film to the laptops glossy screen, unfortunately it's going to cost money and be replaced often as it gets dirty, dries out and peels at edges etc. It's caused by the slightly out of focus reflections verses the screen image, your eyes are automatically refocusing between the two images. When you take the glossy screen laptop to another location without adequate environmental features to reduce glare imposed (no overhead lights, closed windows, low light etc.) on the screen, thus your getting eyestrain from the glare. Your other displays are in a static environment where you have reduced the glare or it's been reduced just by chance. Not working to close to screen, using bigger fontsĪn hour on my MBP by itself (someone else's office, a hotel room, an airplane, my lazy sofa) and my eyes lose the ability to focus -and I'm toast.įirst off your iPad and iPhone screen is smaller, thus doesn't reflect as much as a larger display will. Look at something far away for 20 second (/20 min), blinking regularly, closing eyes for a moment,Īdjusting lighting in work environnement, buying an antiglare film or device (nushield), adjusting screen position,

(few examples of of good habits I have tried so far) Since I have never had any similar problem in 5 yearsof using my previous 13", macbook, mid 2007.Īny commments, or suggestion (constructive of course) would be welcome. That I am trying to adopt but still (reducing only in part the problem), I must say I am rather worried, Now true, there ARE many good habits I did not know of before,(see some examples below) Very sensitive to any lighting and need particular moderation in usage) Starting to hurt, being oversensitive to computer monitor (not that I can't use any, but am Still, after 2 weeks of using retina display macbook pro, I have rapidely seen my eyes I use my computer pretty much all day, since my work/studies are all based on it. My question was, has anyone been experiencing the same. (strain, fatigue, oversensativity to computer monitor/screen ligthing) Recently, I boought a retina display and have since been having noticeable eye problem.
