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Having bought a Macbook Pro with an Esc key earlier this year, lack of an Esc key was 90% of my issue with the touch bar. My biggest issue now is when I accide
by dkarl 6y ago
Having bought a Macbook Pro with an Esc key earlier this year, lack of an Esc key was 90% of my issue with the touch bar. My biggest issue now is when I accidentally activate it. I didn't have an issue accidentally hitting the function keys on my 2013, so why not bring those back? Or invent something new. Forward or back, I don't care, just admit the touch bar was a dud and get it off my keyboard.
EDIT: My mother also says she gets distracting autocomplete suggestions on the touch bar while she's typing. I vaguely remember doing something to turn that off on mine, but she is terrified of Covid so I haven't had a chance to get at her laptop and fix it for her. I don't know what human factors genius at Apple decided it would be helpful for people to see words hopping around at the edge of their vision while they're trying to type.
- djrogers 6y agoSettings | Keyboard | Touch Bar Shows You can choose a few different options there - try "Expanded Control Strip".
- cpsempek 6y agoI remapped escape to caps lock to overcome this, it might work for others who don't use caps lock.
- interestica 6y agoIt's absurd that you had to resort to this. I wonder if someone also released a standalone bluetooth escape key that attaches to the side of a keyboard (equally absurd).
- mekster 6y agoTime for Facetime?
- Toutouxc 6y ago> I vaguely remember doing something to turn that off on mine, but she is terrified of Covid so I haven't had a chance to get at her laptop and fix it for her. You can use Messages to easily initiate screen-sharing (with you controlling her Mac) to do that. No 3rd party software, no action on her side needed.