11 great things you can do with the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The new MacBook Pro replaces the function keys with the Touch Bar. Find out how to use it to save time while performing your usual operations.

1. Conversation with emoji

Emoji can rightfully be called a universal language of communication. With the new MacBook Pro, you won't be limited in using its vocabulary. Click on the emoji on the Touch Bar and you will be presented with the entire list of emotionally rich symbols that are available on your phone. And yes, the developers haven't forgotten about your favorite Poo emoji.

2. Easy to navigate the uploaded images

If you are tired of constantly looking for the right photo, opening and closing pictures on your computer, Touch Bar will solve your problem. As soon as you open a photo from the Pictures folder, the display will show all the last pictures you took. It remains to select the desired photo - it will immediately appear on the big screen.

3. Monitor video

Touch Bar allows you to conveniently manage not only photos, but also videos. Thanks to him, you can quickly rewind a movie or video and pause it. The feature does not work with players such as BBC iPlayer and Netflix yet, but this problem is only a matter of time.

4. Think twice before buying

Touch ID makes every purchase so much easier and faster, and Apple makes sure you don't waste your money. Each time your finger touches an identifier on the panel, the Touch Bar will remind you of the amount you are about to part with. You will soon get into the habit of thinking twice before buying anything!

5. Quickly cycle through tabs

Most people have one problem when surfing the Internet: an infinite number of open tabs. To get back to the right one, you often have to go through all of them, which takes time. The Safari browser in tandem with the Touch Bar easily removes this inconvenience: from now on, images of pages of open tabs will be right in front of you.

6. Add, divide, multiply

The calculator is an invention of the bygone century. However, it is unlikely that it will ever become irrelevant. The Touch Bar will somewhat simplify the use of the calculator: you can perform all mathematical operations quickly and without the Shift and Command keys.

7. Travel in time

Surely you have been flipping through the "Calendar" for a long time to find out if you have any events planned, for example, on January 10th. When you go to Calendar on the new MacBook Pro, you'll see tabs for months, weeks, and numbers on the Touch Bar. You can now find out your schedule for any day in just a split second.

8. Format tables without hassle

It can be difficult to join multiple tables that use different input methods. Now that you are in the Number app, the interactive bar will prompt you with commands for instant formatting, making your work much easier.

9. Become a DJ

Perhaps this is one of the functions for which the Touch Bar was created. We all love listening to music on a laptop, but the need to constantly turn iTunes on and off to change tracks is annoying. The problem has been resolved. A new feature of the MacBook Pro will allow you to perform absolutely all operations with music without leaving the checkout: adjust the volume, select a track, add songs to a playlist.

10. Use the color spectrum

The Touch Bar allows you to quickly and easily change the color of your text. Just select the letters you need and click on the colored button with the “A” symbol on the panel. It will immediately turn into a color spectrum, where you can quickly select the desired shade.

11. Revert old functionality

Think Touch Bar is a thing of the past? Not at all. You can always customize the panel to your liking. And if the ability to quickly change the screen brightness, backlight and volume is so important to you, then know: Apple has not forgotten about you.