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Touch Bar Disappears When Expanded

Since upgrading to Big Sur, the Touch Bar is completely busted....


  • No matter what programme I open, the Touch Bar icons never change. They only show Brightness, Volume and Mute Volume, with the expand icon.
  • If I tap the 'expand' icon on the Touch Bar, it expands to show all the icons but then the entire Touch Bar goes blank....

MacBook

Posted on Nov 15, 2020 8:15 AM

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Nov 15, 2020 8:20 AM in response to cje.churchill

cje.churchill wrote:

• Since upgrading to Big Sur, the Touch Bar is completely busted....

No matter what programme I open, the Touch Bar icons never change. They only show Brightness, Volume and Mute Volume, with the expand icon.
• If I tap the 'expand' icon on the Touch Bar, it expands to show all the icons but then the entire Touch Bar goes blank....


Customize the Touch Bar on Mac - Apple Support



make some changes to see if it responds.


If no resolve You can try both:


Try resetting the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379




further issues Call Customer Support (800) MY–APPLE (800–692–7753)





Touch Bar Disappears When Expanded

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