Sonoma: Macbook Pro (M1 2020) Touch Bar display not working after update

I have your exactly same issues in my MacBook Pro 13” M1 since I updated to Sonoma. No one seems to be able to solve the problem, the Apple Service said it is necessary to replace the “logic board” for more than the half of the original price of the laptop…unbelievable! We hope Apple could find a solution, otherwise I will feel extremely disappointed with this brand and I won’t buy any new product from they! APPLE MUST SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS STRAIGHT AWAY!

I have same issue, but I did something that helped restore the touch bar to work. I searched for startup disk and I restarted the startup disk and my Touch Bar started working again. You should try that.

I haven't gone to the lengths you did BUT have the same exact issue. And I can't even find the Touchbar edits within System Settings. It's non existent, like my touchbar.

Didn't help me. I waited for Sonoma 14.2 and it still doesn't display. Guess they've discontinued support for the touch bar. It doesn't even display in system settings/keyboard. You have to search to find it. It's an Apple OS

problem but they have no incentive to correct, IMHO.

I'm very reluctant to update. I've had to "reinstall" the OS 5-6 times. My Touch Bar is there, it's not there, it's kinda there. It's bullsh*t. Now when my laptop is shut, it's deciding to restart or shutdown because of a problem.

No that doesn't help. The Touch Bar is beyond f*cked because Apple is a terrible product now. For me I just have to deal with the problem or restart the computer (AKA restart the the startup disk) a hundred times and "restart" the SMC. Nothing is a solid fix apart from throwing the computer against a wall and never using Apple's products again and spread the good word that apple is sh*t.

My Touchbar also disappeared after upgrade.

My device is a MacBook Pro 2018 15-inch with Intel i7 processor.

Is Apple messing up with devices purposely via software?

Both the Touch Bar services in Activity Monitor (TouchBarServer and Control Strip) don't show, nor the TouchBar Preference Settings button appear in the Keyboard setup menu, as if the TouchBar was never there.

Not only this model has the keyboard design and execution issue "press once, get two" characters, that not even a warranty replacement fixed it, now I am losing my Touch Bar...

I think Apple wants me to not trust Apple anymore, and they are being successful at it.

nakul165 wrote:

I updated to Sonoma from Ventura. And after the install, I noticed that the Touch Bar display didn't come on. also the Mac screen would freeze for a upto 15 seconds if I shut and opened the lid. the mouse pointer would move but would not allow me to open or close or click anything on the screen.

I asked Mac support to help and they made me do everything possible from diagnostics which showed everything was fine to reinstall, downgraded and wipe out the memory and reinstall Ventura. Nothing helped get the Touch Bar display functional.

The funny thing is that the Touch Bar is responsive but its dimply is off.

Been to a Genius Bar as well and they couldn't explain why this happened, they even tried to tell me it may be an underlining problem that got surfaced due to the update. How is that possible for an issue to surface on the updated os and then it does not show an error or even show a diagnostic issue.

They wanted me to pay for changing the keyboard which is considerable cost. That's criminal.... to ask me to pay for replacement of parts due to a software update especially if they are unable to explain the actual cause.

Anyone else having similar issues and have found a work around or solution?

If it is a hardware issue no amount of software fixes will resolve the problem...

—Shut down and restart

—Safeboot to sort anomalies

—you can try the Configurator—

Revive or restore a Mac with Apple silicon using Apple Configurator - Apple Support

The over the counter front facing diagnostic is not so definitive...

Apples back bench AST2 (Apple Service Toolkit) is typically more accurate then the

user Diagnostics you can run on your own Mac

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support

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Learn how to get your Mac fixed and how much it will cost. Mac Repair Service Mac Repair & Service - Apple Support

Hey! I have exactly the same for more than a week now and still did not find a solution! Know that you are not alone!! If you found the solution please tell me! I posted also about this issue on my account, so you can read what happened with my MacBook!

I finally solved the problem: it has been necessary to replace the Touch Bar and to have the motherboard repaired. In Italy the assistance was really bad, in particularly in the Marche Region. They said to me the only thing possible was to replace the motherboard for more than the half price of the original purchase price of the laptop. Then, when I went to China, I had an excellent official service, they solved the problem in only one day, even giving me a spare laptop.

This issue can only be solved by replacing the Touch Bar. The Sonoma upgrade has caused an hardware problem.

I have same issue, but I did something that helped restore the touch bar to work. I searched for startup disk and I restarted the startup disk and my Touch Bar started working again. You should try that.

I have same issue, but I did something that helped restore the touch bar to work. I searched for startup disk and I restarted the startup disk and my Touch Bar started working again. You should try that.

Tengo el mismo problema, la barra de herramientas (touchbar) dejo de aparecer, solo se muestra en blanco, sus teclas funcionan pero no aparece. Esto me sucedió justo después de instalar la actualización Sonoma 14.2.1 Es una pena restaure la Mac de fabrica, borre mis archivos y simplemente nada parece funcionar. Monitor de actividad se cierra inesperadamente.