Following the new M3 MacBook Pro laptops, Apple discontinued the 13-inch model, the last MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar.
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How to completely disable the MacBook Pro Touch Bar and make it unresponsive to touch
macOS has no option or Terminal command to turn off the Touch Bar. However, with some simple tweaks, you can turn off the Touch Bar's functionality to disable it and have it appear as an empty, non-lit black strip.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to disable your MacBook Touch Bar and make it unresponsive to touch.
Is the emoji key missing on MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar? Here’s how to get it back
Is the emoji button missing on your MacBook Pro's Touch Bar and doesn't appear when you're typing something? In this brief tutorial, we show you how to get back the emoji key on the Touch Bar.
New MacBook Pros expected to swap the Touch Bar for full-size function keys
Apple will reportedly refresh its MacBook Pro notebook line with full-size function keys in place of the Touch Bar, a feature providing dynamic app shortcuts that no one uses.
This jailbreak tweak brings a MacBook Pro-inspired Touch Bar to pwned iPhones
One of the signature features of Apple’s high-end MacBook Pros is the Touch Bar — that thin and touch-sensitive OLED strip just above the keyboard that encompasses Touch ID and dynamic controls for interfacing with the operating system.
Supply chain analysts also expect Apple to kill the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar
If you needed another proof that Apple will finally swap the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar feature for a standard function row of keys along with a physical Escape key, here it is...
How to take a screenshot of your Mac using Touch Bar
Apple introduced the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro in 2016, and it's been included on the 13-inch as well as 15-inch model ever since. The OLED touch strip on top of the keyboard replaces the Function keys, but adds plenty of extra features. The Touch bar will adapt to the app that you're using and provide shortcuts and best controls for that app. Some people love the Touch Bar, but there are some who don't like it.
New Microsoft ad slams the Touch Bar: “Why can’t they just give me a whole touchscreen?”
Microsoft's marketing department is once again exploiting the fact that Apple doesn't seem interested in making a touchscreen Mac so it's put together a new ad. In it, the Windows maker pits the Surface Pro 8 against Apple's freshly-updated MacBook Pro featuring Apple silicon.
Luca Todesco teases checkra1n hacks on a T2-equipped MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar
The checkra1n team is best known for its checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak tool for A9-A11 devices. But those closely following outspoken members of the team on Twitter, namely Luca Todesco (@qwertyoruiopz), likely took note of some particularly interesting teasers Tweeted Tuesday morning and afternoon.
A series of images shared by Todesco himself appear to depict checkra1n-centric hacks being deployed and displayed on a MacBook Pro’s OLED Touch Bar:
Twitter for Mac improves Touch Bar support, fixes app freezing issues
Twitter for Mac hasn't supported the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar for long, but the latest update for the app brings with it improved support.
How to toggle macOS Catalina’s Dark Mode with a custom Touch Bar shortcut
Follow this step-by-step tutorial to learn how to quickly switch between macOS's dark and light themes by adding a dedicated toggle for Dark Mode to the Touch Bar of your Mac.
Twitter for Mac picks up preliminary Touch Bar support and Sidecar
Twitter today issued an update to its Catalyst-based Mac app that brings (very basic) support for Touch Bar shortcuts on Mac models that have one, as well as support for the new Sidecar feature in macOS Catalina that lets the app run on an iPad acting as an external display.