Touch Bar not working after macOS Tahoe 26.0.1 update

I also have a 2020 M1 MBP running 26.0.1 and my touch bar went totally blank today.

Here's what finally worked for me:

• Shut down mac completely
• Hold down power button until it starts, keep holding until "loading startup options" appears
• Select Disk Utility and run First Aid on the Macintosh HD (in my case it came up clean)
• Restart, log in as normal

At that point it started working again, showing the default app-specific stuff which I hate, but at least it wasn't blank. And then it showed up under System Settings, Keyboard, Touch Bar Settings...

I'm not sure if the reboot into Recovery and running of First Aid made any difference, but it certainly can't hurt.

Hello everyone. In my case, I was able to fix the issue by quitting the TouchBarServer process in Activity Monitor and then restarting my MBP.

Was able to fix mine by quitting TouchBarServer from Activity Monitor, rebooting and running First Aid from recovery.

Mine came back after shutting down and restarting. I didn't do anything else.

I got the Touch Bar back on my Macbook M1 with:

1. Open Terminal from Applications > Utilities.
2. Type the following command and press Enter: sudo pkill TouchBarServer.
3. Enter your administrator password if prompted, then press Enter.

Then restarting the Mac.

That's all.

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Change Touch Bar settings on Mac - Apple Support

I got my Touch Bar back. I’m not sure what fixed it, since I tried resetting the Touch Bar server using Terminal, restarting, and powering off the Mac. But when I turned it back on, the Touch Bar was working again, and now I can see the options in Settings.

It says "To change these settings, choose Apple menu  > System Settings, click Keyboard  in the sidebar (you may need to scroll down), then click Touch Bar Settings.".... I don't see any section for the touch bar settings. Even when I search for "touch bar" in settings, I get a hit for "Customize Touch Bar or Control Strip" but when I click on it, it takes me to Keyboard settings and still don't see any option for the Touch Bar settings. Tried restarting the mac and nothing...

Help me understand why the response to my post is from a different Apple Account than the original poster.

Are the two posts above that are not from me actually from two different people? Are they from the same person using two different Apple Accounts? If so, might one be an Administrator and the other not?

I am also a completely separate person, and I have just encountered exactly the same issue under the same circumstances - I am the only user on my mac, I have just updated to Tahoe, and my touch pad has disappeared. When I follow the steps to the keyboard settings menu, there is no mention within it of the touch pad, or touch pad settings; just as the previous poster described. It's like it has been bewitched not to recognise its existence!

Yeah, after reading josefromunion's post this morning, I tried resetting again, and lo and behold, after rebooting there was the touch bar restored to live, along with a new 'keyboard' status icon in the menu bar. I can't imagine how and why that has happened with no further update, but I'm pleased it has, whilst wondering what on earth happened over these few days Tahoe-wise that caused the problem in the first place!

Hi everyone,

I have a MacBook Pro 13-inch, M1, 2020 (16GB RAM) running macOS Tahoe 26.0.1.

After updating to this version, my Touch Bar completely stopped working — Nothing happens, and the Touch Bar does not reappear.

I also checked System Settings → Keyboard, but there’s no Touch Bar configuration option anymore — it simply disappeared from the settings UI.

Nothing has helped so far.

Has anyone else experienced this after the Tahoe 26.0.1 update? Any workaround or fix you can share would be greatly appreciated.

I have the same problem, and I couldn't find the fix for it yet.

I'm having the exact same issue! Hopefully they fix this quickly! Its quite annoying not being able to control basic stuff without the Touch Bar! My next macbook wont be the touchbar version!

mine doesn't work too, touch bar not active and nothing about touch bar in setting (MBP M2)