PSA to anyone who doesn’t know yet: you can lock the screen by clicking the Touch ID button (at least, in the newest no-touch bar Macs). It can be used to both

PSA to anyone who doesn’t know yet: you can lock the screen by clicking the Touch ID button (at least, in the newest no-touch bar Macs). It can be used to both lock and unlock. I’m guessing your Touch Bar system can do this too but I have no way to try it. Sometimes Apple makes random little shortcut modifications when they change button layouts. Control Command Q also locks the screen. I used to have that combo as a fast habit. I jumped off the Touch Bar as soon as I could. I sorta miss the smooth volume and brightness adjustment but it’s not as good as having the keys be physical and always in the same place. No more looking down. If they could make a row of physical keys with little OLED screens and maybe a couple of customizable knobs and/or sliders that could be assigned to anything that might be a really useful concept. But the need to look down at the Touch Bar really killed its magic for me. The other thing you get on a modern Mac that’s arguably under-hyped is just the fact that the function keys are full size. It’s so much nicer.