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Touch Bar Control Strip part does not display anything

Hi every one ! I have next problem:

MacBook Pro 15" 2017/ Monterey 12.4

Touch Bar displays only the left four buttons.The Control Strip does not display anything, but it is sensitive to touch.In System Preferences- Keyboard is set:

-adjust keyboard brightness in low light

-touch bar shows “App. Controls”

-Shows Control Strip

-Press fn key to “ Do nothing”

- Press and hold fn key to “ Expand control strip “

What I've tried:

1.     Restart.

2.     Force Stop Apps

3.     Force Stop App on Mac Using the Force Quit Tool

4.     Force Stop App on Mac using Activity Monitor

5.      Refresh

the Control Strip via Activity Monitor ( at one point Control Strip no longer appeared in Activity monitor)

      6    Refresh the Control Strip via Terminal (killall ControlStrip)

     7.   Refresh Touch Bar Using Terminal

      8     Checked Touch Bar Display Settings

      9     Reset Touch Bar app preferences and cache files (I do not find Library/Preferences/ apple.touchbar.agent.plist)

    10    Reset SMC (press and hold the Shift, Option, and Control keys on the left side and

press the power button and hold all of these down for 10 seconds, then release

the keys.)


and NVRAM ( Press

the power button, and as soon as you power up the laptop, hold down

Command-Option-P-R. and keep holding down those keys for about 20 seconds).


    11   Restart MacBook

    12    Repair Mac’s Drive (cu Disk Utility).

    13   Update macOS

     14  Reinstall. macOS   

Interesting is that if I take a picture of Touch Bar (Shift + Command +

6) the buttons appear on shot that I can't see on the Control Strip display.

I suspect the flaw occurred during Big Sur upgrades. I'm thinking to restore the mac to the factory state.

 Please give me some advice, what else I could try. I appreciate any idea. Thanks.


 

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jun 2, 2022 12:38 AM

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Posted on Jun 2, 2022 7:47 AM

GeoSar22 wrote:


MacBook Pro 15" 2017/ Monterey 12.4

Touch Bar displays only the left four buttons.The Control Strip does not display anything, but it is sensitive to touch.

...I can't see on the Control Strip display.
I suspect the flaw occurred during Big Sur upgrades. I'm thinking to restore the mac to the factory state.
 Please give me some advice, what else I could try. I appreciate any idea. Thanks.

 



You can make changes to Touch Bar preferences and compare your results....






If you have issue w/ Touch bar on an Intel Mac beyond settings then yes both:


Try resetting the SMC How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support


Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

(get at least two-three rounds of the chimes when holding the NRAM Reset)


If no resolve it typically indicates a hardware issue.






Customize the Touch Bar on Mac - Apple Support



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Jun 2, 2022 7:47 AM in response to GeoSar22

GeoSar22 wrote:


MacBook Pro 15" 2017/ Monterey 12.4

Touch Bar displays only the left four buttons.The Control Strip does not display anything, but it is sensitive to touch.

...I can't see on the Control Strip display.
I suspect the flaw occurred during Big Sur upgrades. I'm thinking to restore the mac to the factory state.
 Please give me some advice, what else I could try. I appreciate any idea. Thanks.

 



You can make changes to Touch Bar preferences and compare your results....






If you have issue w/ Touch bar on an Intel Mac beyond settings then yes both:


Try resetting the SMC How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support


Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

(get at least two-three rounds of the chimes when holding the NRAM Reset)


If no resolve it typically indicates a hardware issue.






Customize the Touch Bar on Mac - Apple Support



.





Touch Bar Control Strip part does not display anything

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