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By contrast, an app like Google Chrome only offers basic Touch Bar support, such as the ability to push a button to visit your internet homepage. Or put another way, Touch Bar isn't yet worth the premium price of admission despite what Apple's PR department might tell you.įor example, Adobe Photoshop CC (above) was one of the first apps to support Touch Bar, and to this day, it remains one of the few apps that push the tool to professional-like levels. While all this sounds great, in reality, Touch Bar offers little more than yet another way to perform the same everyday tasks we've been doing for years.ĭoes it provide a more straightforward or more accessible way to do so? In my humble opinion, no. For example, the Touch Bar can show Tabs and Favorites in Safari, enable easy access to emoji in Messages, provide a simple way to edit images or scrub through videos in Photos and so much more." "The Touch Bar places controls right at the user's fingertips and adapts when using the system or apps like Mail, Finder, Calendar, Numbers, GarageBand, Final Cut Pro X and many more, including third-party apps. When Touch Bar was announced, Apple described it as "revolutionary" and "groundbreaking" and part of the "most powerful MacBook Pro ever."

Months later, I did the unthinkable and disabled Touch Bar functionality. Please take this into consideration before downloading apps from unidentified developers and always backup your Mac.That chance came in June 2017 when I finally took the plunge and purchased a mid-priced 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID. That means they could have bugs, malware, spyware, or other problems. Note: Apps on this list might not be from identified developers and haven't been security checked by app review staff.

You won't find these apps in the App Store because Apple wouldn't approve them, but you can download and install them directly and make your Touch Bar sparkle.

That hasn't stopped some developers from creating uniquely useless apps that are fun, if not functional. The Touch Bar shouldn't display alerts, messages, scrolling content, static content, or anything else that commands the user's attention or distracts from their work on the main screen. Apple's Interface Guideline for the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro says that it is intended to be used as an input device, not a secondary display.