Sonoma 14.2: Macbook Pro M1 TouchBar works but the icons don't show up

Advecide wrote:

I recently bought a MacBook Pro from someone and everything works great except for that the Touch Bar doesn't show the icons. It works and I can still press all the buttons, but it feels like I am blindly pressing and hoping I hit the right one. I have tried everything suggested, trying to reset the SMC, going into activity monitor, going into the terminal, and just restarting the computer.

I want to exhaust all at home things I can try because I have to take it into the Apple Store and have them look at it.

I would return it for one that works as expect new out of the box...

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There is no SMC or NVRAM on a M1/M2/M3 Soc Mac model..

The best you can do if you have an issue— equivalent Shut down, close the lid 30 secs+ , reboot as normal.

If no resolve try SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support to sort anomalies.

ref: Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support see the details