touch bar erratic on new macbook pro m1

bchfanatic wrote:

Anyone have any ideas how to fix an erratic touch bar?

Hmmm. erractic, ok does not paint a very big picture—

let me say you have a limited 14-days for a full refund or exchange for one that works out of the box. After that it is a warranty repair if your issue continue

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

if no resolve

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

Uninstall any and all third party Antivirus, Cleaners, Optimizers, speeder uppers....

To trouble shoot further you can:

—Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test as caches get rebuilt.

In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a reboot will put it back to normal mode.

This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.

—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.