Replacing the row of physical keys at the top of the keyboard. The panel is a full MultiTouch Retina display, which is an additional toolbar for the active application that the user is currently working with. In this article, we offer 15 tips that will help you get the job done with touch bar simple and efficient.
How to display the function keys F1, F2, etc.
In order to call function keys F1, F2, etc., just press and hold the Fn button located at the bottom left of the keyboard.
Always show function keys in certain apps
When working with some applications, it may be necessary to always display the function keys. Users can set up their own this function. To do this, go to " System settings » → « Keyboard» → « Keyboard Shortcuts", choose " Function keys' and click the icon ' + ", to add desired application. Now at startup this application function keys will always be displayed by default. Pressing and holding the Fn key on the Touch Bar will bring up the Control Strip interface (the right side of the Touch Bar, which displays various macOS switches).
Quick adjustment of volume level and display brightness
To adjust the volume level or screen brightness, simply press, hold and move the slider in the Control Strip.
Customizing the Control Strip Interface on the Touch Bar
Open " System settings» → « Keyboard” and select the option “ Customize Control Strip". The icons in the Control Strip will begin to wiggle. In this mode, you can drag (delete, replace) selected switch icons from the display Macbook Pro to the Control Strip.
Accessing Advanced Control Strip Features
Click on the chevron (arrow) button to the left of the Control Strip interface to access the expanded list system functions and controls.
Setting up a deployed Control Strip
Pressing a button in the form of a chevron (arrows) in the process of configuring the Control Strip will allow access to more complete list system functions.
How to place the necessary tools of the selected application on the Touch Bar
In order to place necessary tools specific application on the Touch Bar, launch the application whose instruments you would like to place on the Touch Bar, and click the " View» → « Customize Touch Bar". It is worth considering that not all applications have this capability.
How to customize Control Strip while changing application settings
When changing application settings, you can quickly navigate to adjusting the Control Strip with a simple tap on the interface.
Escape key
The Escape key is located in the upper left corner of the touchpad, but its placement is slightly different from the physical buttons below it. However, for MacBook Pro owners who are used to touch typing, don't worry—presses on the Escape key will be registered even if your finger doesn't make full contact with the button.
Sleep mode
The Touch Bar backlight dims after 60 seconds of inactivity and turns off completely after 75 seconds to conserve battery power. In order to return it to working condition, you can touch either the panel, or the keyboard, or the trackpad.
Trackpad + Touch Bar
macOS lets you use the trackpad and Touch Bar at the same time. For example, you can add an object to Pixelmator and change its color or size at the same time.
Ability to take screenshots of Touch Bar
With the release of macOS 10.12.2, users have the ability to take screenshots of the Touch Bar (). The functionality is available to owners of MacBook Pro running macOS 10.12.2 or later.
Fair, not too high or too low. There should be prices on the Service website. Necessarily! without "asterisks", clear and detailed, where it is technically possible - the most accurate, final.
If spare parts are available, up to 85% percent of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs take much less time. The site indicates the approximate duration of any repair.
Warranty and Liability
A warranty should be given for any repair. Everything is described on the site and in the documents. A guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and enough. It is needed to check the quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that you will be helped.
Half the success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so a good service works directly with suppliers, there are always several reliable channels and a warehouse with proven spare parts for current models so that you do not have to waste extra time.
Free diagnostics
This is very important and has already become a rule of good taste for service center. Diagnosis is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you should not pay a dime for it, even if you do not repair the device after it.
Service repair and delivery
Good service appreciates your time, therefore offers free shipping. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of the service center: it can be done correctly and according to technology only at a prepared place.
Convenient schedule
If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient in order to be in time before and after work. Good service works on weekends and holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00
The reputation of professionals consists of several points
Age and experience of the company
Reliable and experienced service is known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years, and it has managed to establish itself as an expert, they turn to it, write about it, recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the SC are restored.
We are trusted and passed on complex cases to other service centers.
How many masters in the directions
If you are always waiting for several engineers for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken care of immediately.
2. You give Macbook repair to an expert specifically in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices
technical literacy
If you ask a question, the specialist must answer it as accurately as possible.
To give you an idea of what you need.
Will try to solve the problem. In most cases, from the description, you can understand what happened and how to fix the problem.
It's now officially Apple's newest toy - and quite an expensive toy considering the $1,799 price tag for the entry-level model. Touchpad The Touch Bar opens the door to a whole new world of how we will interact with the MacBook while working on it. Developers get access to API codes and the panel will work flawlessly with third party applications. And of course, Apple developers have already taken care of the deep integration of the touchpad with macOS Sierra where it will definitely find a great use for itself.
Most importantly, the Touch Bar changes depending on what you're doing. When using one application, you get one set of controls and accordingly, when using another application, you get a different set of controls. It is a very flexible system that instantly adjusts to the needs of the user.
Over time, developers will very soon dramatically increase the potential for using this panel. In the meantime, let's figure out how, here and now, we can use the Touch Bar in the MacBook Pro.
No. 1. Use the Touch ID Scanner to Make Purchases with Apple Pay
A small bonus in the appearance of the Touch Bar in the MacBook Pro can be considered the placement of a fingerprint scanner on it. At first glance, it looks like it's built into the touchpad, but it's actually part of the Power button, located on the very right side of the strip. This means that Macs finally have decent support for Apple Pay. If the webpage or app supports Apple Pay, you can simply tap your finger and make an online purchase.
No. 2. Edit photos
The Photos app, and possibly other similar apps, can provide user-friendly interface on the Touch Bar for photo editing. It not only houses instant options for making small adjustments, such as rotating an image, but it also displays more advanced sliders for editing brightness or for rotating the horizon of photos.
No. 3. Video editing
The Touch Bar brings further development in the control of playing video fragments, since now the entire video fragment is displayed on the panel in the form of icons. With a swipe of your finger, you can start viewing the fragment from anywhere. This option will most likely work with video files hosted on a computer and with existing projects in iMovie/Final Cut Pro applications, but it would be great if in the future such tricks could also be done on sites such as YouTube.
No. 4. Switch between browser tabs
The Safari browser has also received deep integration with the touchpad. When surfing the web, your bookmarks will be displayed as icons. With a light touch, you can switch from one tab to another tab without taking your hands off the keyboard, instead of using the mouse for this purpose. To switch to new page all your bookmarks are right there, under your fingers.
#5. Using Touch ID to unlock your Mac and switch between accounts
The most practical use for the Touch ID scanner on the new MacBook Pro is to switch between user accounts on the computer, as Phil Schiller demonstrated at the presentation. If your computer has multiple user accounts, then all you need to do to switch other users to the corresponding profile is just put your finger on the scanner and macOS will identify the user and switch to the corresponding profile. In the same capacity, the scanner can also be used to instantly unlock your computer, allowing you to continue working on it from where you left off for a break.
No. 6. Develops creativity
An Adobe representative gave us a sneak peek at what the Touch Bar in Photoshop will be capable of in the very near future. You can change the size of the brush on the go, view the entire color range and choose the color you want for the brush, and much more. On the plus side, the Touch Bar lets you add shortcuts to the most frequently used actions that are usually buried deep in the command and settings menus.
No. 7. View and send emoticons
In fact, the question is: would there be a Touch Bar if there was no need to invent a super way to add emoticons? Joking aside, the very ability to view emoticons on the keyboard sounds great. This method is more intuitive than scrolling through and selecting emoticon icons with the mouse. Expand any category of emoticons, select the appropriate one and send it with a simple tap of your finger.
No. 8. Edit and view Keynote slides
WITH using Touch Bar is more convenient to work with any text applications, including Keynote. But in addition, in the Keynote app, you can swipe and view slides. In a long list of slides, you can scroll through the icons and switch between them.
No. 9. Add live effects to your music
Music apps like GarageBand give you the tools to control your music right on the Touch Bar. If you have participated in the creation of musical compositions, then you will definitely like it. Not only will you be able to edit your projects using the menu options, but as demonstrated by DJ Algoriddim at the presentation, it will be possible to add live effects. While playing music, you can change the sound in real time and add effects directly from the Touch Bar, as DJs usually do.
#10. Change operating system settings
Last but not least, you of course get the ability to change system settings and access the familiar buttons. To such as the volume level, playback control buttons, display brightness control buttons and keyboard lighting, well, of course, to your favorite ESC button.
Over the past couple of weeks, we've introduced you to several fun (or weird?) Touch Bar apps in the new MacBook Pros. During this time, there were even more of them, so it was decided to make a small but relevant selection of all sorts of utilities, toys and applications for the touch panel in macbooks. Some programs you will definitely like, others you may not even want to install. Already interested?
1. TouchSwitcher (free download)
It is strange that the functionality of this little utility was not originally built into the Touch Bar function. It's so intuitive to switch between apps running on a Mac using the touchpad. That's what TouchSwitcher is for. After installing it, a special button will appear on the left edge of the sensor, which will display icons on a small display running programs. Tapped on one and it instantly opened.
2. Rocket (free download)
Rocket is the same TouchSwitcher, only with a slightly redesigned interface and two important features. Firstly, after launching, the icon of the utility is always lit in the upper bar, through which it can be updated or configured. Secondly, with the help of Rocket, you can fully launch applications from the Dock. That is, those that have not yet been launched.
3. Doom
No, well, if you could ever run the classic Doom game on first iPhone, then why not try it on the most powerful MacBook Pro? Only to play with you will not be on a Retina screen, but on a tiny Touch Bar. Yes, you can play Doom on such a narrow screen! It is not yet possible to download the toy, apparently, its author Adam Bell is still finishing it.
4. Nyan Cat (free download)
Nyan Cat is a world-famous man who appeared thanks to a YouTube video that appeared in 2011. It depicts a cat running in space with a body made of cookies. Want the same on your Touch Bar? Easily! Even with sound, which is very important.
5. KnightTouchBar 2000 (free download)
This is an entertaining utility for those who remember the 1991 movie "Knight rider". After its launch on Touch screen Bar will display the same animation as on the dashboard of the Pontiac car of the main character of this legendary film. And the sound design is the same, yes.
6 Lemmings
Who remembers Lemmings? This is a 1991 game that has since been ported to many gaming platforms. In it, funny little men mindlessly walk around the level, your task is to guide them so that they do not get into all sorts of troubles and successfully reach the end of the level. One of these levels can now be on your Touch Bar. You can control the little men with the help of taps on a small screen. By the way,
Fair, not too high or too low. There should be prices on the Service website. Necessarily! without "asterisks", clear and detailed, where it is technically possible - the most accurate, final.
If spare parts are available, up to 85% percent of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs take much less time. The site indicates the approximate duration of any repair.
Warranty and Liability
A warranty should be given for any repair. Everything is described on the site and in the documents. A guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and enough. It is needed to check the quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that you will be helped.
Half the success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so a good service works directly with suppliers, there are always several reliable channels and a warehouse with proven spare parts for current models so that you do not have to waste extra time.
Free diagnostics
This is very important and has already become a rule of good form for the service center. Diagnosis is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you should not pay a dime for it, even if you do not repair the device after it.
Service repair and delivery
A good service values your time, so it offers free shipping. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of the service center: it can be done correctly and according to technology only at a prepared place.
Convenient schedule
If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient in order to be in time before and after work. Good service works on weekends and holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00
The reputation of professionals consists of several points
Age and experience of the company
Reliable and experienced service is known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years, and it has managed to establish itself as an expert, they turn to it, write about it, recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the SC are restored.
We are trusted and passed on complex cases to other service centers.
How many masters in the directions
If you are always waiting for several engineers for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken care of immediately.
2. You give Macbook repair to an expert specifically in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices
technical literacy
If you ask a question, the specialist must answer it as accurately as possible.
To give you an idea of what you need.
Will try to solve the problem. In most cases, from the description, you can understand what happened and how to fix the problem.
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