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touch bar erratic on new macbook pro m1

Anyone have any ideas how to fix an erratic touch bar?


MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 16, 2021 12:29 PM

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Posted on Jan 16, 2021 12:34 PM

bchfanatic wrote:

Anyone have any ideas how to fix an erratic touch bar?


Hmmm. erractic, ok does not paint a very big picture—


let me say you have a limited 14-days for a full refund or exchange for one that works out of the box. After that it is a warranty repair if your issue continue



Try resetting the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


if no resolve

Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379



Uninstall any and all third party Antivirus, Cleaners, Optimizers, speeder uppers....



To trouble shoot further you can:


—Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test as caches get rebuilt.


In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a reboot will put it back to normal mode.


This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.



—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 



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Jan 16, 2021 12:34 PM in response to bchfanatic

bchfanatic wrote:

Anyone have any ideas how to fix an erratic touch bar?


Hmmm. erractic, ok does not paint a very big picture—


let me say you have a limited 14-days for a full refund or exchange for one that works out of the box. After that it is a warranty repair if your issue continue



Try resetting the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


if no resolve

Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379



Uninstall any and all third party Antivirus, Cleaners, Optimizers, speeder uppers....



To trouble shoot further you can:


—Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test as caches get rebuilt.


In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a reboot will put it back to normal mode.


This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.



—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 



touch bar erratic on new macbook pro m1

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