Touch Bar backlight not working

It looks like this is kind of a frequent issue, I can press the function keys but It doesn't show which one I'm clicking.

Already tried both SMC and NVRAM resets, and it even got a firmware and operating system restore at Apple support. None of these steps fixed the issue.

Is this problem covered by these models keyboard replacement program? In fact the function keys are part of it.

In the meantime you can find my workaround in the attached image.

Regards

Sergio

MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 18, 2020 11:42 AM

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