My macbook Pro touch bar is flashing when not being used?

When I'm not actively typing or doing something on my macbook pro, the touch bar on the right side starts flashing in different size bars. What should I do?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 14, 2020 9:49 AM

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Dec 17, 2020 4:01 PM in response to 4wapati

Hello 4wapati.


Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We understand that your Touch Bar flashes when you’re not using it. We’re happy to help.


We’d like you to do some troubleshooting steps to help isolate the cause. Let’s try the steps here to start in safe mode: How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support Let’s set up a new user account to test if this occurs using the steps here: Set up users, guests and groups on Mac - Apple Support We recommend resetting NVRAM using the steps here: Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support


Here’s some additional information on graphic performance: Graphics performance limited in macOS Recovery, safe mode, or Guest User mode - Apple Support


Let us know if you have further questions.


Take care.

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