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The Touch Bar on MacBook Pro gives you quick access to commands on your Mac, and changes automatically based on what you’re doing and which apps you’re using. The Touch Bar is available on MacBook Pro models from 2016 or later, excluding the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) and MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports).

Find system controls and settings in the Control Strip

When you start up your MacBook Pro, the Control Strip on the right side of the Touch Bar shows a few familiar buttons like volume, mute, and display brightness, as well as Siri. Tap the expand button in the Control Strip to access controls like brightness, Mission Control, Launchpad, and media playback.

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To access the F1–F12 function buttons on the Touch Bar, press the Function (fn) button at the bottom left of your keyboard.

16-inch MacBook Pro with Touch bar has a dedicated Escape (Esc) key. With 13- or 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, the Escape (Esc) button appears on the left side of the Touch Bar.

Explore the Touch Bar in apps

Many of the built-in apps on your Mac have Touch Bar controls that make common actions even easier. For example, in Mail, you can use Touch Bar for composing, replying, archiving, marking as junk, and flagging messages.

While you’re composing emails, the Touch Bar predicts as you type—tap a word or emoji in the Touch Bar to insert it.

When you select text, the Touch Bar shows you formatting options like bold, italic, and lists.

Most apps, including most third-party apps, include shortcuts, tools, and controls in the Touch Bar for the tasks that you want to do. Tap around to see what you can accomplish quickly and easily.

Customize your Touch Bar

In many apps, like Finder, Mail, and Safari, you can customize the Touch Bar.

Choose View > Customize Touch Bar. The customization window appears on your display, allowing you to choose your favorite items:

When you're customizing the Touch Bar, its buttons jiggle. Use your cursor to drag items that you want from the display down into the Touch Bar.

You can also drag items left and right within the Touch Bar to rearrange them, or drag them up and out of the Touch Bar to remove them. Click Done on the screen when you finish.

Customize the Control Strip

You can also add, remove, or rearrange Control Strip buttons, including Siri.

In any app that supports customization (such as Finder), Select View > Customize Touch Bar. Touch the Control Strip region of the Touch Bar to switch to Control Strip customization.

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Then use your cursor to drag items that you want from the display down into the Control Strip.

Drag items left and right within the Control Strip to rearrange them, or drag them up and out of the Touch Bar to remove them. Click Done on the screen when you finish.

You can also enter Control Strip customization mode by clicking 'Customize Control Strip' in the Keyboard section of System Preferences.

Use accessibility options with Touch Bar

The accessibility features that help you use your Mac can also help you use the Touch Bar. Hold the Command key while you press Touch ID (power button) three times to toggle VoiceOver, which reads aloud Touch Bar commands.

Learn more about using accessibility features with Touch Bar.

Apple still insists it has no interest in multitouch screens on its Mac line — that's what the iPad is for, after all. But that doesn't mean multitouch can't have a place on the Mac: The Touch Bar (currently available on the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro) is a touch-based OLED bar that replaces the row of function keys on your keyboard. Depending on which app is active on your screen, the bar's options change to reflect the best controls for that program. The Touch Bar also includes a Touch ID sensor on its right side, integrated into the Power button, which adds quick account switching and Apple Pay authorization to your Mac.

If you just picked up a new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar support, we've put together an ultimate guide for all your multitouch controlling needs.

Which Macs get the Touch Bar?

There may be an OLED panel for every Mac keyboard, laptop, and desktop in the future, but for now, only the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros sport the Touch Bar.

How can I get my hands on it (literally)?

Get on from Apple. The MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is a few years in at this point, and Apple has even recently updated the 16-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar with a physical Escape key.

How does it work?

There is a small strip at the top of the screen that features a light-up panel with different options, depending on what you are doing on your Mac. For example, if you're using Safari, it will show you navigation controls and favorite websites. If you are checking your email, it will show you mail actions like replying or flagging.

On the right side, Apple offers a stationary Control Strip, which offers quick access to system features like Brightness, Volume, Siri, and more. To the left, the Touch Bar offers contextual functions that change from app to app. Not only is the Touch Bar completely multitouch, it can support up to 10 simultaneous inputs (one for every finger), enabling many potential creative options in third-party apps

The Touch ID button has replaced the Power button as the best way to turn on and authorize your Mac: It's located to the far right of the Touch Bar and connect to the Mac's T2 Secure Enclave chip, which encrypts your fingerprint and keeps it offline. You can use it to log into your account on your Mac, or pay for purchases using Apple Pay on the Web. You can add and name up to three fingerprints per account, or five fingerprints total.

Everything you can do with the Touch Bar

We dug deep to find out everything you can do with the Touch Bar in different built-in and third-party apps. Here's everything we know about what you can do with the Touch Bar in different apps so far.

How to customize the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro

With your Mac's Touch Bar, you can control a wide variety of settings and tools within macOS, as well as built-in and third-party apps. Many of these controls are customizable, including the Control Strip, allowing you to add or remove tools to create a better workflow for your daily usage. Here's how.

How to use Touch ID on your MacBook Pro

Apple's new Touch Bar MacBook Pro models offer support for Touch ID, the company's fingerprint-based authentication system. If you own a recent iPhone, you've likely used Touch ID: It's Apple's built-in privacy system for unlocking your device and authorizing Apple Pay. Here's how to set it up on your Mac!

How to add a physical Escape Key to the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro

You probably won't miss having a physical escape key, but if you have a strong desire to press a key instead of tapping the leftmost corner of the Touch Bar panel, or worse, having to perform two steps in order to use the escape key (click on the desktop, then tap escape), there is a solution. You can reassign the caps lock key to be used as the escape key.

How to use the Touch Bar with Windows on the MacBook Pro

The Touch Bar only uses rich, contextual functions while in macOS Sierra. However, if you happen to have Windows installed on your partitioned hard drive using Boot Camp, the Touch Bar will default to the traditional row of function keys F1 - F12.

How to make the function keys the default Touch Bar display

In some apps, all you need are the function keys. You can set them as the default Touch Bar display in some apps, making it so you only ever see F1 - F12 at the top of the keyboard.

How to take a screenshot with the Touch Bar

Taking a screenshot on your Mac is as simple as hitting Command + Shift + 3 or 4 at the same time. The MacBook Pro with Touch Bar puts all the features right on your keyboard so you can get the perfect shot exactly the way you want it.

How to use the Touch Bar with the built-in Mac apps

Each app that supports the Touch Bar offers different functionality. Some have deeply integrated tools, while others spotlight the most useful tools of an app. Here's how to use the Touch Bar with the Mac's built-in apps.

How to use the Touch Bar with an iPad and an older Mac

Since the Touch Bar was first announced, developers have been working on creative ways to use it. Duet Display has a feature on its screen mirroring app that lets non-Touch Bar Macs simulate the experience with a virtual Touch Bar.

How to disable the Touch Bar's contextual tools

Shortly after its launch, the Touch Bar was banned from some examinations because educators were concerned with not being able to control what they see on student's computers. If, for any reason, you need to disable the in-app contextual tools on your MacBook Pro's Touch Bar, you can.

Awesome Touch Bar apps you won't find in the App Store

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Apple has strict guidelines for what the Touch Bar should be used for, but that hasn't stopped developers from creating all manner of useless, fun apps and games that you can play right on your Touch Bar. If you're willing to download apps from unidentified developers, you can really get a lot out of the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro.

Best Touch Bar apps for MacBook Pro