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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Posted on Oct 16, 2023 10:56 AM

I had the same problem and jumped through all the hoops to no avail. Then today I realized that the Sonoma upgrade turned the Touch Bar zoom on, which impacts ability to interact with it. To turn it off (or see if it's turned on) go to Settings > Accessibility > Zoom > Touch Bar zoom (last option, toggle switch off).

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