Lifehacker Managing Editor Joel Cunningham recently had a strange, quarantine-inspired question: His 3-year-old keeps pressing the brightly colored buttons on his MacBook’s Touch Bar, causing him to prematurely exit various video chats. As adorable as that may be [Managing Editor’s note: IT’S NOT CUTE], he wanted to know if there was any way to stop his son from doing this (using any technological method, anyway).
Hide My Bar: macOS App to Disable the Touch Bar
It turns out you have a handful of options for addressing these types of issues, including “disabling” your entire Touch Bar.
First of all, if someone keeps messing with my Touch Bar and ruining everything I do in the various apps I use, there is one solution I would choose above all others. It will cost you a bit of functionality, but at least your little loved ones (including your pets) won’t accidentally zap you out of a conversation when they start hammering away at the keyboard.
Open your macOS System Preferences and click on Keyboard. Look for the option that says “Touch Bar shows” and change it to Expanded Control Strip, or basically anything that isn’t “App Controls.”