Macbook pro touchbar, keyboard brightness problem

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Macbook pro touchbar, keyboard brightness problem

Hi, i'am on Macbook Pro 2020 M1 13 inch ,when I change the keyboard backlight intensity from the touch bar, a slider appears on the top right of the screen that should show me how much the intensity is increased, but it stays gray. In reality, the backlight increases and decreases, but it does not display anything in the top right that something is being done. The slider appears in the control center and works normally, as I can move it with the mouse.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Oct 22, 2025 4:35 AM

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neuroanatomist

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Oct 22, 2025 5:05 AM in response to Danielchu45

See if the problem is present when you boot in safe mode, which disables 3rd party extensions and performs some system cleanup.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

If it doesn’t occur in safe mode, it is likely due to a conflict with a third-party extension. If it does occur in safe mode, it is most likely a bug.

Bugs can be reported to Apple here:

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Oct 22, 2025 8:16 AM in response to Danielchu45

Sounds like a bug, there have been other reports of Touch Bar issues in Tahoe.

Bugs can be reported to Apple here:

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Danielchu45 Author

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Oct 22, 2025 7:52 AM in response to neuroanatomist

I tried it in safe mode and before I unlocked it while it was locked it showed me like in previous versions of macOS a square in the bottom middle of the screen and it moved while I changed it via the touchbar but after I unlocked it it started showing up in the top right as I attached in the picture and it still doesn't work.

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Danielchu45 Author

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Oct 22, 2025 8:24 AM in response to neuroanatomist

The strange thing is that with sequoia this square would appear and sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn't show up in the same way.

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