Touchbar options completely disappeared!

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Touchbar options completely disappeared!

One day my touch bar went completely blank. I tried restarting my MacBook pro but it did not help so I tried reseting the touchbar through terminal by using the syntax skill "Touch Bar agent" and also skill ControlStrip but it just said "command not found". I tried to fix it by going to system preferences>keyboard and the touchbar options are completely gone! I also couldn't find it in zoom preferences, its like my computer was built with the touchbar strip but without the software!

I also did a factory reset hoping to fix the problem but it did not work.

How can I fix this?

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS Sierra (10.12.6), null

Posted on Jun 29, 2018 9:42 PM

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tethfrog2321

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Jul 2, 2018 12:12 AM in response to mimik238

Try Typing this command in Terminal (again):

pkill "Touch Bar agent"

and hit enter

if that does not work reset the SMC and PRAM

How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

How to reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

Just wondering, does the fingerprint sensor work to unlock the Mac?

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Aug 6, 2018 2:32 AM in response to jessediego

You are best of making a new discussion rather than replying to this one with a new question these forms are most active on the weekend

but that sounds like a hardware issue so try phoning apple

1-800-MY-APPLE

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Jul 2, 2018 4:40 AM in response to tethfrog2321

ok

please put this into terminal

sudo pkill "TouchBarServer"

it will ask for a password type it and hit enter it wont show that you are typing the password but it did

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Aug 5, 2018 10:06 PM in response to mimik238

My 13" 2017 MacBook Pro Touchbar top strip display looks dim, faded, and almost inky looking. Anybody know how to fix the Touch Bar poor resolution problems ??? The icons work if you can see them.

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Jul 2, 2018 4:23 AM in response to mimik238

please run apple hardware test

How to use Apple Diagnostics on your Mac - Apple Support

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SeaPapp

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Jul 1, 2018 6:05 AM in response to mimik238

http://osxdaily.com/2017/01/11/manually-refresh-touch-bar-mac/

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mimik238 Author

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Jul 1, 2018 11:58 PM in response to SeaPapp

Hey Mike

I have mentioned above that I have done exactly that.

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SeaPapp

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Jul 2, 2018 2:45 AM in response to mimik238

As mentioned above and in the link I posted you should type pkill not skill.

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mimik238 Author

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Jul 2, 2018 3:15 AM in response to tethfrog2321

Yup I did all of that and nothing. The fingerprint works sometimes.

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mimik238 Author

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Jul 2, 2018 3:17 AM in response to SeaPapp

I meant to write pkill not skill, sorry that was an error in the question from my part. But yes i did put through the correct command in the terminal.

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Answer 11

Jul 2, 2018 4:35 AM in response to tethfrog2321

if you press the fn key do the function keys appear

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