Haptic Touch Bar 2
The missing haptic and sound feedback for Touch Bar
Haptic Touch Bar 2 launched on November 21, 2017 with 10 votes, #1,075 of 3,137 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.
What it does
Haptic Touch Bar provides haptic (force) and sound feedback whenever you press a Touch Bar button on MacBook Pro - including keyboard keys (Esc, F1-F12), Control Strip buttons (volume, brightness, etc.), and contextual app controls.
After playing with Haptic Touch Bar for a while myself, it seems unimaginable that Apple didn’t implement something like this out of the box. Not only does the app augment the Touch Bar experience, but it makes the Touch Bar feel like an actual extension of your keyboard. If you bought your MacBook Pro in 2016 or later, you’re probably still cursing Apple for replacing the top row of the keyboard (Esc, F1-F12 row) with a ‘touch bar’ that makes it impossible to touch type. The lack of sound or haptic feedback makes it like typing on a flat table top! Serious high-end MacBook Pro owners use these silent, unresponsive top row keys frequently—and it’s incredibly annoying to keep looking down to…from haptictouchbar.com
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