What gamut and backlight settings should I choose for a MacBook Pro Retina display in Spyder calibration software?

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I'm calibrating a built-in MacBook Pro Retina display with a Spyder4Pro, and the software asks me to choose the display gamut and backlight type.

The options are:

  • Gamut: Unknown, Normal, Wide
  • Backlight: Unknown, Fluorescent (CCFL), White LED, RGD LED

Which settings best match a MacBook Pro Retina screen?

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Spyder's software is probably going to suck horribly, you should be using Dispcal GUI.

It's going to be sRGB (normal gamut) -- see post 5, here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Apple-MacBook-Pro-15-Retina-2-3-GHz-Mid-2012.78959.0.html

Backlight is LED, third post here: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/190272/No+backlight+after+LCD+replacement

.. I don't know if it's RGB or white. I assume the latter, but I don't think dispcal will even ask between the two.

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For a MacBook Pro Retina display, the best match from those options is generally:

  • Gamut: Normal
  • Backlight: White LED

Why: Retina MacBook Pro panels from that era are typically close to sRGB, which fits the Normal gamut choice rather than Wide. They also use LED backlighting, not CCFL. Of the LED options, White LED is the most likely match; RGD LED is used on some wide-gamut displays, which this is not.

If you're ever unsure, Unknown is safer than choosing a clearly wrong option, but for a built-in Retina MacBook Pro display, Normal + White LED is the sensible choice.

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