Iris not working immediately after Unlock

  • If Iris doesn’t work for several seconds after you Unlock your PC or MacBook
    • You can increase the update interval of Iris to be faster
    • The reason for this is because the operating system disables the effect when you lock your PC
  • Write as a hidden feature
    • set iris update interval to 1000
    • This will make Iris update every second instead of every 10 seconds
    • This will increase the CPU usage so if you have problems try with 2000 or 3000 ms update interval

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  • iris should not be working on my external display connected to macbook pro via USB, and all the mentioned cases sound like it does not activate at all on the external monitor — however, it seems to be working for me except for a consistent 5 second lag in activating upon wake from sleep and connecting/disconnecting the macbook from the external monitor — does this lag issue fall under the scope of what’s described in that link? If so, does that mean vga/hdmi/airplay cable would fix it?
  • hello – is this something that can be fixed? When I let my mac sleep and then wake it up, Iris doesn’t kick in for 5-10 seconds. In the meantime I am blinded by the light! Thanks for your help.
  • Hi all – when my mac wakes from sleep iris-micro resets and I have to rerun it. Is there a workaround for this so the settings persist?