Apple - Can you turn off the (the lighting) of the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pros?

You can turn off the Touch Bar with this open source utility, Touch Bar Disabler. It disables the Touch Bar display, while mapping brightness controls onto Ctrl + 0, Ctrl + 1, volume controls onto Ctrl + 8, Ctrl + 9, Ctrl + 0.

Touch Bar Disabler's screenshot


You can't actually turn it off manually but it will automatically after 75 seconds of inactivity (Trackpad or Keyboard). It could be nice to turn it off manually or at least change the duration. I hope it will be implemented in the future.


Touch Bar will turn off after 60 seconds of inactivity. It's impossible to turn it off manually ATM.