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The new MacBook Pro is finally here ... such as in Microsoft Word or Outlook. Touch ID is very cool to have, but you’ll still need your password if your Mac has been reset or has been asleep ...

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When Apple released its first MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar back in 2016, many saw it as a window into the future. Never before had a touch display been integrated into a laptop keyboard ...

The Touch Bar was a MacBook Pro feature that added touch-based controls to Mac apps and system controls. It relied on an OLED panel covered by a thin glass digitizer that enabled users to tap and ...

There's also a cheaper model of the 13-inch MacBook Pro that has traditional function keys instead of the Touch Bar. It starts at $1,499. The 13-inch model with Touch Bar starts at $1,799.

This was innovative and cool — so why did it fail ... I’d love to see the Touch Bar come back in an upcoming MacBook Pro, where it replaces the Touch ID and volume buttons on the keyboard.

And finally, it’s worth mentioning that none of these laptops truly replicate what the MacBook Pro 16 is able to do in terms of power efficiency. The quiet, cool performance that still allows ...

Apple in October 2024 overhauled its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, adding M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips, Thunderbolt 5 ports on higher-end models, display changes, and more. That's quite ...