And if you’re editing in Photos, you can scrub through images and apply filters or rotate the pics you choose. If you’re listening to music, you’ll find the play controls there. If you’re in the Messages app, for example, you might use the Touch Bar to scroll through and choose emojis, which show up on the strip. As you tap, swipe or drag the Touch Bar keys, you see the results of your actions on the MacBook Pro’s full-size Retina displays. Its usefulness might turn out to be.Īpple added a novel touch-strip above the keyboard on its new MacBook Pros, an expected flourish to the 13- and 15-inch laptops. I'm impressed by how versatile this Retina-quality, multi-touch strip of glass appears to be, and how much third-party support the Touch Bar is getting.Ī quick explainer: Touch Bar supplies dynamic shortcuts to the controls, sliders, menus and tools that relate to the task at hand, so they appear and disappear as needed. NEW YORK - A touch strip on a MacBook Pro isn't a surprise.
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