Sonoma: Macbook Pro (M1 2020) Touch Bar is not working after update (Flickers during restart then once logged in, it disappears)

I upgraded to Sonoma yesterday on my Macbook Pro (M1 2020). Touch Bar keeps flickering during startup (looks like it is glitching) then once logged in, it disappears. What could be a issue?

Tried safe mode, tried sudo pkill from terminal, and everything else online.


Could this be a hardware failure because of Sonoma?




MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Sep 30, 2023 11:33 PM

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Nov 13, 2023 6:27 PM in response to MoTahboub

See, I have the same model and issue. Mine is like it is frozen. It will recognize a few commands but most of the time, it just sits. If I hit a button, it will spasm and flicker for a second before doing some random command. The rest of the time it just sits frozen and useless. I have tried the pkill and the power, ctrl, opt, shift and none have worked.

Nov 17, 2023 6:21 PM in response to MoTahboub

I had the same issue right after updating my system to Sonoma. Right after updating my touchbar was black with no icons or lights. I continuously restarted and did a couple of hard resets on the computer. The touchbar then finally came back on and worked. However since the upgrade, sometimes the touchbar will disappear again (going black with no icons) when I restart my computer. I then have to do a couple of restarts and hard resets for the touchbar to reappear. Hope they can fix it ASAP.


Nov 22, 2023 9:41 AM in response to MoTahboub

Hi, I have the same problem on a Macbook Pro 13 Intel Late 2018. After upgrading to Sonoma the Touch Bar doesn't work. It doesn't turn on. I checked everything, did various resets and tried all the various solutions but nothing. It worked perfectly before.


I noticed that the Touchbar process in the system monitor is not active. Is it possible to launch the process via terminal? I don't know what else to check

Sonoma: Macbook Pro (M1 2020) Touch Bar is not working after update (Flickers during restart then once logged in, it disappears)

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