OSX El Capitan changing my display profile automatically

I have two display profiles in my 13-inch mid-2010 MacBook Pro. The default one and a display with warm colors that I use in darker environments.

Since I updated to El Capitan, OS X is changing my display profile to the warm one without asking. I really don't know whats is going on and I wasn't able to find any post with a related problem.

This is the screen os color profiles:

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Solution 1:

If you use F.lux

F.lux has a known issue (see seventh bullet point) of display flickering on El Captian. You can fix it by turning off your Mac's Automatically Adjust Brightness feature.

To turn off Automatically Adjust Brightness, go to System Preferences -> Display.


If you don't use F.lux

Your issue sounds like a bug in OS X. It may be fixed in Sierra, but if you don't want to try out the beta first, you can easily stop it from happening by switching to F.lux:

  1. Delete the Warm Colors profile (or any other display profiles you have set up in System Preferences -> Display -> Color)
  2. Download F.lux and follow the setup to get your ideal screen warmth (if you want your screen to turn warmer at night).
  3. Set up F.lux to turn on automatically at your desired time or just turn off that functionality and turn it on/off manually.

Solution 2:

First of all, delete the profile to which your display changes to automatically (my display was switching to night mode even after I deleted that profile).

What you need to do after deleting is restart your Mac. Now, it won't switch the displays automatically.enter image description here