So you'll see this no matter which app you're using. When you do that notice the option to have Control Strip there is gone because your default is the entire Control Strip. Now you can change this to be Expanded Control Strip by default. You can tap here and expand it to see all of the controls in the Control Strip. The Control Strip is the part to the right side and it usually shows you Volume Controls and a Brightness control. Now in addition to that you can decide whether or not you want the Control Strip to be there. We will look at some of the examples in a minute. The first is App Controls which means it will change depending upon which app you're using. Then look under the Keyboard tab here for Touch Bar shows and you have five different options. To start customizing the Touch Bar to fit your needs first go to System Preferences and there go to Keyboard. The thing about the Touch Bar is it is heavily customizable and I'm talking about just with the built-in system software. In addition to that I can hold the physical fn on my keyboard and it changes to show the F keys which are used by some apps to allow you to perform special functions and have some shortcuts. These look like the typical controls you would have seen on the keys at the top of the keyboard where the Touch Bar is now. I also have controls on the right here and I can expand these by clicking here. For instance I could touch right here and now I can change the view and I can sort. If I look over here to the Touch Bar you could see I've got various controls there related to the Finder. For Instance, here I am using the Finder. The Touch Bar is a narrow touch screen on the top of your keyboard that allows you to press buttons that change depending upon what you're doing on your Mac.
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MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 750 supporters. Today let's look at the basics of using the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out A Beginner's Guide To the MacBook Pro Touch Bar at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.