How to Change Touch Bar into Traditional Key Row on MacBook Pro

This step-by-step guide explains how to change touch bar into traditional key row on MacBook pro. It covers the required setup, the main actions, and the checks that help prevent common problems.

One of the improvements on the MacBook Pro 13 and 15-inch is the tap Bar tap bar. This sensor tap will be on the same keyboard range, and is located in front of the physical function keys on the keyboard. The operation of the tap Bar bar is based on the apps that we are opening on the machine so that we can open more extended shortcuts and other function shortcuts.

If you want to expand the function keys on the tap Bar, to cater for the more necessary use such as volume control buttons, function keys, brightness bar, you can refer to how to change tap bar Bar to the traditional function keyboard sequence in this guide.

Step 1

Start by users will Open System Preferences From the Dock, or you can search in Spotlight, or select from the Apple menu.

Next, select The keyboard icon And then press the Keyboard tab .

Step 2

In the Keyboard interface, select the Tap Bar show section And select Expanded Control Strip In the drop down menu.

The Expanded Control Strip option at the bottom right of the tap Bar will help users customize common settings such as brightness, volume, interaction with Siri. We can expand this option to access additional settings and system features like Mission Control, Launchpad, Volume or Brightness.

Step 3

Next, select Press Fn key to Select F1, F2, etc.Keys In the drop down list.

Step 4

After exiting the System Preferences, all changes will be automatically saved. Thus, the tap Bar displays buttons for popular features including Volume, Light, Brightness, Mission Control, Launchpad and Siri assistants.

If the user wants to Switch the tap Bar to the function keys , Hold down the Fn key On the keyboard.

Note that When you press the Fn key without any changes, you need to check the System Preferences> Keyboard> Keyboard view and press the Press Fn key to set the function key display mode.

To return to the shortcut that Displays the app in the tap Bar tap bar , go to System Preferences> Keyboard> Keyboard , then select Tap Bar shows And select App Controls with Control Strip .

So with the simple custom above we have expanded the shortcut on the tap Bar tap bar, to use the familiar function control keys on the system. If you want to return to using the shortcut for the app on the tap Bar, just follow the above tutorial.