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Volume Icon is Gone

My volume icon on the touch screen is suddenly gone and all controls replaced with the F keys. The answer provided in this thread HERE did not resolve the problem. This has happened on multiple devices and nothing in system preferences seems to fix it. It's always just a matter of time, but in the mean time extremely inconvenient as it means I can only control the volume through the sound menu under system preferences with the mouse - no turning up or down without switching screens. I've also attempted to restart coreaudiod with still no success. Any help is appreciated.

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Jan 14, 2022 4:10 PM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2022 5:07 PM

Rmolimock wrote:

My volume icon on the touch screen is suddenly gone and all controls replaced with the F keys. The answer provided in this thread HERE did not resolve the problem. This has happened on multiple devices and nothing in system preferences seems to fix it. It's always just a matter of time, but in the mean time extremely inconvenient as it means I can only control the volume through the sound menu under system preferences with the mouse - no turning up or down without switching screens. I've also attempted to restart coreaudiod with still no success. Any help is appreciated.


Do you see it in the Control Center...(?)



https://support.apple.com/guide/macbook-pro/13-inch-macbook-pro-customize-the-touch-bar-apd5bd26b53e/mac


make changes to >System Preferences>Keyboard



Use the function keys on MacBook Pro with Touch Bar ...


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Jan 14, 2022 5:07 PM in response to Rmolimock

Rmolimock wrote:

My volume icon on the touch screen is suddenly gone and all controls replaced with the F keys. The answer provided in this thread HERE did not resolve the problem. This has happened on multiple devices and nothing in system preferences seems to fix it. It's always just a matter of time, but in the mean time extremely inconvenient as it means I can only control the volume through the sound menu under system preferences with the mouse - no turning up or down without switching screens. I've also attempted to restart coreaudiod with still no success. Any help is appreciated.


Do you see it in the Control Center...(?)



https://support.apple.com/guide/macbook-pro/13-inch-macbook-pro-customize-the-touch-bar-apd5bd26b53e/mac


make changes to >System Preferences>Keyboard



Use the function keys on MacBook Pro with Touch Bar ...


Volume Icon is Gone

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