The touch bar is black when I'm not in an app. And when I go to an app it shows the app's settings/buttons but no control strip. I can only see the control strip when I press the fn key. I checked and the "show control strip" is on so I don't know what else to do. The right side of the touch bar is just black. I want to be able to control the sound without having to click fn.
MacBook Pro (M2, 2022)
arunyte88 wrote:
The touch bar is black when I'm not in an app. And when I go to an app it shows the app's settings/buttons but no control strip. I can only see the control strip when I press the fn key. I checked and the "show control strip" is on so I don't know what else to do. The right side of the touch bar is just black. I want to be able to control the sound without having to click fn.
make any changes to Touch bar and compare your results
Change Touch Bar settings on Mac - Apple Support
issues—
No SMC or NVRAM on the M1/M2/M3 SoC
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.
hardware—
You can try the Diagnostic
the user Diagnostic...not as definitive as Apple's own AST2 (Apple Service Toolkit) back bench diagnostic, but may kick out an error code.
Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac
Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support
arunyte88 wrote:
The touch bar is black when I'm not in an app. And when I go to an app it shows the app's settings/buttons but no control strip. I can only see the control strip when I press the fn key. I checked and the "show control strip" is on so I don't know what else to do. The right side of the touch bar is just black. I want to be able to control the sound without having to click fn.
make any changes to Touch bar and compare your results
Change Touch Bar settings on Mac - Apple Support
issues—
No SMC or NVRAM on the M1/M2/M3 SoC
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.
hardware—
You can try the Diagnostic
the user Diagnostic...not as definitive as Apple's own AST2 (Apple Service Toolkit) back bench diagnostic, but may kick out an error code.
Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac
Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support
Control strip
