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Mac Book Pro 2019, Touch Bar started flickering and won't stop.

MacbookPro 2019, Touch Bar started flickering and won't stop.


I've been looking for answers to this issue and can't find anything helpful. I tried recommendations to force-quit it via terminal and other suggestions, but it just continues to flicker.



Possible Fixes: SMC/NVRAM/PRAM or the Activity Manager

Resetting the SMC Reset the SMC of your Intel Mac or resetting NVRAM/PRAM Reset NVRAM on your Mac does not seem to help for to long before the flickering starts again.

Nor does quiting the Control Strip or Touch Bar Server in the Activity Monitor.

All current resolves do help for the short periods of time but there are none which fixes the issue.


Possible Fix: Update your OS

I honestly do not want to update my mac as apple has presented that as one of the options. Due, to this flickering annoyance was initially caused by an update. Until more posts turn up about a specific OS update resolving this issue.



Can I turn it off? Why is it suddenly flickering? Why does Apple not provide more lasting resolves for issues these days?



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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Jul 9, 2023 10:53 PM

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Posted on Nov 4, 2023 5:17 AM

Found this on reddit and couldn't believe it. Absolutely software issue.


Get a phone on max brightness or a flashlight. Then, shine it at yourlaptop camera/lightsensor. The touch bar will get brighter and stop flickering within 5 seconds. The, pull the light away. The touchbar dims and starts flickering.

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Mac Book Pro 2019, Touch Bar started flickering and won't stop.

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