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touchbar issues

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    Kernel Panic - Lousy Touchbar - possible resolve

    ...update your OS if you can...and then unscrew your rear shell. Mine was Kernel Panic (began with flickering touchbar) restarting randomly and I went through all the online suggestions...nada. On a hunch, I unscrewed my rear Aluminum cover and then let it sit there relieved from pressure for...
  2. jaceapoc

    Slow responsiveness of the TouchBar and experiencing other lags after updating to macOS 11.5

    Specs: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) – 2,2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 – 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 – Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB - Latest occurrence of the issue: While watching content on YouTube this morning, when I went to change the volume by pressing/touching on the volume icons on the TouchBar...
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    MacBook Pro 13" Touchbar Water Spill!!!

    Okay, I broke the cardinal sin of storing a water bottle next to my laptop. I know, I'm an idiot... but please help. The laptop was off when the water spilled, so I'm hoping the fans didn't distribute any of the water too far. I made sure it didn't turn on 100% until it was dry the next day...
  4. gertrud_s

    Touch Bar water damage

    Hi, I accidentally spilled water on the left side of my Macbook Pro 2017 Touch Bar. I put it in rice for 24 hours, and just now turned it on. Everything but the touch bar now seems to be working - there is just no light coming from it. Any suggestions on how to fix it? Thanks
  5. shaan104

    I want to prevent the Touch Bar from sleeping when left inactive

    I just bought a new MacBook with Touch Bar and when ever I'm watching something, or the Touch Bar is left inactive, it dims and sleeps which is really annoying to me. Is there any terminal command or apple script through which I can disable this feature. I searched all the settings and it isn't...
  6. Marconelly

    TouchBar buttons being auto-pressed when lid is closed

    About a month ago, I started noticing that my Xcode has been possessed. I would finish the work, close the lid on the MBP for the night, then next day when I would want to continue, I would notice every so often that Xcode is not at all the way I left it - it would jump to some totally different...
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    Touchbar, TouchID and... Bootcamp?

    Hi Everyone, This is my first post, apologies if I am not following correct protocol on this. I have a funny issue that has begun occurring recently on my Macbook Pro Late 2016 (with Touchbar): When I am not logged in, or when I am in the lock screen, the Touchbar buttons change from the...
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    2016 / 2017 MacBook Pro's | Read Before Purchasing

    It seems people from around the world are experiencing a plethora of hardware faults with these new MBP's. This is not a troll post but a post from someone who is incredibly frustrated about the way Apple is handling or not handling these faults and is failing to even acknowledge that they are...