Is your monitor 'Mac ready'?

Rajeev Singh helps us understand colour, compatibility, and seamless integration

- Rajeev Singh

The MacBook's display dazzles in the showroom, but six months later, the 13-inch screen strains necks and eyes with its limited space. An external monitor seems the fix, yet colours often look washed out, text appears fuzzy, and the premium Mac experience fades.

This isn’t random; it’s engineering. Apple’s meticulous display quality sets a bar that generic monitors struggle to meet without specific calibration and compatibility.

The Colour Conundrum Mac users operate in the Display P3 colour space, capturing vibrant reds and greens beyond the sRGB standard. On sRGB-calibrated monitors, reds dull, skin tones yellow, and edited photos lose fidelity. MacBooks’ system-level colour management expects displays to align, but generic monitors, even pricey ones, often don't, disrupting workflows for creatives.