Ultimate Calibration Guide for Apple 14" & 16" MacBook Pro XDR Display - This is the way!

Ultimate Calibration Guide for Apple 14" & 16" MacBook Pro XDR Display - This is the way! This guide will walkthrough everything that you need to know to calibrate Apple Liquid Retina XDR display inside the 14" & 14" MacBook Pro M1, M2 and future Pro laptop with MiniLED Displays. This guide will also work for Apple Pro level displays include 27" 5K Apple Studio Display, Pro Display XDR and any future Pro Displays from Apple. I'll cover how to create a custom Reference / Preset mode for the display to control brightness & set color gamut, Fine Tune calibration on the display using Calibrite Profilier & Display Plus HL (Display Pro HL will work as well) and doing a full custom color calibration. ***NOTE*** Only Calibrite newest Display Pro HL and Display Plus HL are capable of profiling miniLED backlight displays such as Apple Liquid Retina XDR displays. All previous Calibrite / X-Rite devices are not capable of calibrating any miniLED backlight display including Apple Liquid Retina XDR inside the 14" & 16" MacBook Pro. Credit where credit is due. This guide took a significant amount of time, effort, knowhow, and validation of methods used from my color expert / scientist friends. Anyone is free to share this, however, if anyone is going to translate this into other languages or transcribe this guide into any other medium all together, i.e. written guide on website, etc. Please credit my work and this video. 14" & 16" MacBook Pro Liquid Retina XDR Preset - Reference Modes Explained! https://youtu.be/9Nxa8r9DIzg Calibrite Display Pro HL & Display Plus HL Comparisons: https://youtu.be/UMGKThIESvU How to work with reference modes - presets on Apple Pro Displays - For mini LED XDR displays: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjlr8rlxl_q5jBT6sp5aUrTfctBJ4U43J For Studio Display: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjlr8rlxl_q4nRmwT4jHxhkrUAzjYGH59 Setting to turn off before profiling separate by macOS versions macOS Ventura 13.X https://youtu.be/qVXjhsraAlw macOS Monterey 12.X & Big Sur 11.X https://youtu.be/U6NOaDi2DQ0 macOS Catalina & earlier OS https://youtu.be/hDHBodulVbw Recommend Display Calibrators Calibrite Display Plus HL https://www.amazon.com/Calibrite-Display-Plus-HL-CCDIS3PLHL/dp/B0C82LKJHY/ Calibrite Display Pro HL https://www.amazon.com/Calibrite-Display-Plus-HL-CCDIS3PLHL/dp/B0C836NB5X Apple Documentations Fine-tune the calibration of the Liquid Retina XDR display on your MacBook Pro https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212851 Use reference modes with your MacBook Pro with Liquid Retina XDR display or Apple Pro Display XDR https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210435 Create custom reference modes on Mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/create-custom-reference-modes-mchl50ecf3c4/mac Fine-tune the calibration of your display https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/fine-tune-the-calibration-of-your-display-mchlee9c1884/mac AVFoundation https://developer.apple.com/av-foundation/ Full Disclosure: ArtIsRight is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a way for websites to earn advertising revenues by advertising and linking to amazon.com Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Art's Tip Jar https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=V3FRL8X9Y92QQ&no_recurring=0&currency_code=USD #MiniLED #LiquidRetinaXDR #XDRCalibration