

If your MacBook is freezing up all the time, you update your applications via the App Store, update your Mac’s software, or investigate other potential solutions. You may even want to get in touch with Apple support. If your MacBook is frequently locking up, you’ll want to check out our guide to fixing common macOS problems. You shouldn’t have to force restart your MacBook regularly as it can make you lose your work.


This bit about Touch Bar is also interesting: So technically, Touch ID is the power button. And when you want to turn it off, you just hold down the Touch ID button found at the rightmost side of the Touch Bar. It’s a stellar feature that I can’t wait to use.Īccording to Apple, the Touch Bar is meant to replace the function keys “that have long occupied the top of your keyboard with something much more versatile and capable.” I’m sold on the new Touch Bar, but where did the dedicated Power button go and how exactly do you turn this thing on now?Īccording to The Verge’s Dieter Bohn, the new MacBook Pro now automatically powers on when you open it. Apple today refreshed its Mac notebook lineup with all-new 13 and 15-inch models that have Touch Bar and Touch ID in place of the hardware function keys row, among other new features.
