Touch Bar quit working after updating to MacOS 26.7.1

After updating to 26.7.1 Touch Bar quit working. Touch Bar configuration is not available under System Settings. MacBook Pro M1.

Did, but not helping:

sudo pkill TouchBarServer; Result: no output, most probably ended successfully
sudo killall ControlStrip; Result: No matching processes were found
open /System/Library/CoreServices/ControlStrip.app; Result: The application cannot be opened for an unexpected reason, error=Error Domain=RBSRequestErrorDomain Code=5 "Launch failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=Launch failed., NSUnderlyingError=0x7510586f0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=162 "Unknown error: 162" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Launchd job spawn failed}}}

Posted on Oct 1, 2026 12:59 AM

2 replies

eesnimi Author

Level 1 (4 points)

Oct 1, 2026 1:50 AM in response to eesnimi

FIXED: Start in Safe Mode fixed the issue.

Level 1 (8 points)

Oct 2, 2026 3:55 AM in response to eesnimi

Thank you - I had the same problem. Using your solution fixed it for me, as well. Now after normal booting, the Touch Bar works again normally.