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      oschlag
      last edited by

      If it helps in any way, I have noticed that flux resets to daytime after my screensaver has been activated.

      MacBookPro8,1
      Intel HD Graphics 3000
      OS X 10.11.5

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        pyris
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        My machine details below:
        iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
        2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
        4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
        AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB

        Yesterday I turned auto brightness off and today have not had problems so far.

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          Lynnwood
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          My system:
          iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)'
          Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
          12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
          AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB

          It keeps reverting to nighttime settings, even after I've tried disabling and even quitting Flux. I tried deleting the Flux color profile but that didn't seem to help.

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            Susan
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            I just saw this message - I've posted about the same issue on my 2012 MacBookPro. It kicks in again just before 8am when it should be on from 9pm (which it also is) to 6am. I'm now convinced it's a bug as I've been using Flux for a year now without trouble.

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              fergusm
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              I think this is connected to auto brightness. Daytime, raise the blinds to let in a ton more light and f.lux immediately reacts to turn the screen orange. Going to Sysprefs Displays Color and selecting colorlcd disables it

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                Susan @fergusm
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                @fergusm I don't think so. I have used Flux for more than a year without problems. When I travel from Europe to Canada (6 time zones) it would remain on European time, because that was the setting. I could then reset it to local time and all was fine. For the past couple of weeks, it's been turning itself on DESPITE the settings being the same. Auto brightness is a separate function, and does not affect the settings on Flux, which are based on clock time.

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                  fergusm @Susan
                  last edited by

                  @Susan fair enough I spoke too soon, disabling auto brightness did nothing. But it definitely seems to react to a sudden change in brightness.

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                    stefanbd
                    last edited by stefanbd

                    Same here. I deleted the app and it still happens? Can someone explain how is it that the application still functions even after I delete it? I mean an uninstall should uninstall the program right? Why isn't f.lux being uninstalled? I go to the application folder I find the f.lux app and I move it to the Trash, then I empty the Trash, yet somehow f.lux is still functioning on my Mac?

                    Maybe fix that before fixing why the app randomly turns on during daytime, because now I am stuck with the app unless I want a yellow screen 24/7.

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                      herf
                      last edited by

                      I posted here:
                      https://justgetflux.com/faq.html?q=10.11.5

                      Please make sure you're running 37.3 also (main download from the website). We actually delete our profile files from disk in this one, instead of only asking to switch back to the monitor default profile.

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                        stefanbd
                        last edited by stefanbd

                        When I go to displays - colour - display profiles it fixes the screen for 5 min and then its back on (with the app deleted) and yes I did have the latest version when I uninstalled it. Also there isn't an f.lux display profile (at least none named as such), don't know why it turns on then? I will try restarting, see if that fixes it.

                        Edit: Restart seems to have fixed it.

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                          TheDaywalker
                          last edited by TheDaywalker

                          This has just started happening on my iMac today as well!! If I go into the f.lux preferences and click on the Sunset and Bedtime buttons (in any order) then the screen goes back to it's normal colour for a few minutes...then back to orange.

                          If the screen saver kicks in the that also makes the screen go orange at any time of the day. I also tried uninstalling f.lux but the problem persists so I reinstalled the latest version. Problem still persists.

                          I am playing around with the "Energy Saver" settings and increasing those (computer/display sleep) seems to have stopped it for the moment. Will wait and see if it starts again.

                          As I typed that it did it again! :-(

                          I have been using this for some months now so don't know what caused the problem to start today. Please provide some method to fully uninstall this app and all of it's settings.

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                            colormeorange
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                            This problem can be reproduced fairly reliably:

                            During the daytime, cover the ambient light sensor (next to the webcam) with your hand. The screen dims. Remove your hand. The screen brightens back up. As it brightens, it tints orange.

                            Definitely seems related to the automatic brightness function. Please fix this!

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                              lorna
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                              You will probably need to disable automatic brightness for the time being if you want to continue using f.lux. We wish we could fix this but I believe it is in El Cap.

                              @lorna

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                                djc123
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                                Same problem - 9400M late 2008 MacBook.

                                Glad I'm not the only one.

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                                  taelim
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                                  same issue here. 2012 Retina, El Capitan 10.11.6

                                  Even when I quit f.lux, after a minute or two the screen turns yellow again (it's daytime). This don't happens all the times but quite frequently. Nothing seem to fix this issue once it starts.

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                                    herf
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                                      djc123 @herf
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                                      @herf It's weird to me perhaps because I haven' t figured it out yet - right now I'm running f.lux with auto brightness on and it's fine. I'm at 6500k. It seem to be after a day or so is when it goes haywire and even after quitting, it adjusts to nighttime scheme during the day. That's what it did this morning, then I rebooted and all is well.

                                      Not doubting your answer at all - clearly you know how this works better than I. Just providing some feedback that it seems to be ok after a fresh reboot for some reason.

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                                        herf
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                                          djc123 @herf
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                                          @herf i was wondering the same. I'll pay more attention and report back findings.

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                                            herf
                                            last edited by

                                            I posted a new build (37.5) that is more aggressive again (but shouldn't eat CPU like 36.6).

                                            Main download at https://justgetflux.com/

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