Touch Bar invisible but functional

Hello,

The Touch Bar on my 2020 M1 MacBook Pro suddenly became invisible. It is still fully functional, but it looks like a blank black strip now.

My MacBook also started crashing at the same time. Every time I turn it off, it reboots and I get a ''Device was restarted because of a problem'' message.

How can I fix this?

Crash log

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Oct 16, 2022 2:47 PM

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Oct 16, 2022 3:07 PM in response to MajdDowaihi

MajdDowaihi wrote:

Hello,

The Touch Bar on my 2020 M1 MacBook Pro suddenly became invisible. It is still fully functional, but it looks like a blank black strip now.

My MacBook also started crashing at the same time. Every time I turn it off, it reboots and I get a ''Device was restarted because of a problem'' message.

How can I fix this?

<Crash log.log>

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SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies...

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