Comment by vel0city
8 hours ago
Its interesting the touch bar was also hung up, as from what I recall the touchbar was actually driven by a separate processor (the T1/T2 chip) and had its own version of watchOS running. I would have thought it would have continued working, just unable to continue syncing with the rest of the Mac.
It’s rare but I’ve definitely seen my touchbar lock up or go dark and require a restart.
It also could get mad hot on my 2016 MBpro when video editing. Still love(d) that computer though…
I still own a 13-inch MacBook Pro 2019 with the Touch Bar, and I believe it’s the last Intel-based model.
What a nightmare. ‘Mad hot’ even on… just being alive.
Yeah, it locked up on me every couple months or so. Very glad to see it gone (as the primary ESC + F-row input).
I also would not mind it in addition to regular keys, there are some great interactions in there. But it's an extremely poor keyboard-emulator. Splitting off the escape key made a huge improvement, but it's nowhere near enough.
Yeah Apple has had a few missteps like this over the last 5 to 10 years. They assert themselves with that Steve Jobs mentality of “we know what’s best for you,” but he got it right more often than the current iteration. The touch bar was definitely not properly assessed by users before shipping.