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MacBook Pro 2016 13" TouchBar not working/turned off

Hey, everyone
So, I got a problem with my MacBook Pro 13'inch w/ touch bar. Since a month now my Touch bar was turned off as in completely blank(Touch ID works though). Until now, I tried updating to the last macOS version, reinstalled the macOS, tried SMC and NVRAM resets, and lastly tried to kill touch bar agent and control strip through terminal. And none of these worked for me.
I'm not even sure how the touch bar stopped working. I think I put my mac to sleep and when I woke it up, it was this way.(and worth mentioning, I couldn't find Touch Bar Agent/Controlstrip via Activity Monitor)

If any of you pep got any suggestion please comment below. As I actually use the Touch bar and it's kind of a pain to not be able to use it now.
Thanks,

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)

Posted on Apr 8, 2018 10:17 PM

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Posted on Apr 27, 2018 12:02 AM

UPDATE: After nearly 2 months with the Touch Bar completely bank and not working. Yesterday when I went to my classes, I left the MacBook Pro home in sleep mode. And when I got back, I lifted the screen, Unlocked with Touch ID, and BOOM, the Touch Bar is working again. Not sure how, and I don't really care why, but it's working, responsive, not a single problem with it. And I hope it stays that way.
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(just wanted to update you, mates)

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Apr 27, 2018 12:02 AM in response to SultanT.

UPDATE: After nearly 2 months with the Touch Bar completely bank and not working. Yesterday when I went to my classes, I left the MacBook Pro home in sleep mode. And when I got back, I lifted the screen, Unlocked with Touch ID, and BOOM, the Touch Bar is working again. Not sure how, and I don't really care why, but it's working, responsive, not a single problem with it. And I hope it stays that way.
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(just wanted to update you, mates)

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Stephere
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May 18, 2018 10:32 PM in response to SultanT.

Hey, the same thing happened to me as well: Touch bar was not lighting up all of a sudden and it persisted for 2 weeks. Then, one day it just decided to light up and everything went back to normal. After using it for another 1 month, the touch bar died again. I'll have to call the tech support and probably will have to pay for it. it's ridiculous for the amount I've paid for this macbook.

Your touch bar WILL go out again soon.

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MacBook Pro 2016 13" TouchBar not working/turned off

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