I have a MacBook Pro w/touch bar.
I had put my laptop to sleep or lock screen mode and went to do something. Then I came back opened it up and the keyboard and touch bar lit up, but the screen was completely black. I just hit the power button to turn it off and waited a few seconds before turning it back on and now nothing is showing up on it. On the touch bar the esc key shows up and the caps lock turns green.
I had this issue with a MacBook Pro 15” 2018 just a week old. The escape key was lighting up on Touch Bar, the caps lock was lighting up, the track pad was clickable and the screen would be all black. If I lit a bright light on the screen I could see that it was on but no back light. After trying all possible things I managed to bring the computer back to life by resetting the NVRAM.
Hopefully the helps you as it helped me.
Thank you for this!
Should this be a reoccurring issue? I sometimes have this issue when I leave my 15 18 MBP off for a prolonged amount of time it has this issue.
Thank you so much! Had same issue. Feared hardware fault. Your answer solved problem. Phew.
You just made my day.
This worked the 3rd time I tried it. Don’t give up!
I’m having the same issue with mine. If I shine a flashlight on the screen I can make out the log in page and log in, still black screen though.
Same problem. It would be awesome if you could post a link to the video. Reading the number of others having this problem Apple, must be aware of it. Wondering if they are working on a recall or firmware update. I own 3 2018 MacBook Pros and 1 is currently down with this problem.
Thank you!
This helped me thank you very much
So the Genius Bar exchanged your MBP with a new one?
No, the PMV reset key combo worked.
How to fix MacBook Pro with black screen?
