My Touch Bar doesn't respond

Sometimes my Touch Bar crashes when I switch to another app. All of a sudden, the touch screen on my keyboard stops responding. Fortunately, there is a simple solution to repair the unresponsive Touch Bar: close the app that causes my Touch Bar to crash.

• Step 1: I click the Apple menu in the upper left corner of my screen
• Step 2: I click "Force stop" and then select the app
• Step 3: I click "Force stop" to confirm

The first way to manually refresh Touch Bar is via the command line.

• Step 1: First, I start the Terminal app. I click "Go" at the top left of the task bar. I go to Programs> Utilities. Now, I open the Terminal app. Another way is to start the Terminal from Spotlight search
• Step 2: I type the pkill "Touch Bar agent" command
• Step 3: I simply press the return key to kill and refresh Touch Bar

The 2nd way is via the Activity View

• Step 1: I start the Activity View app via Go> Applications> Utilities
• Step 2: I search for "Touch Bar agent" and select the X button in the upper left corner of the window
• Step 3: I select "Exit"

Didn't that work? I'll try to restart the control strip. This is the right-most part of the Touch Bar. I can also do this via the Activity View app.

• Step 1: I open Activity View
• Step 2: I search for "Control strip" and select the X button in the upper left corner of the window
• Step 3: I select "Force stop"

After these steps, I've restarted my Touch Bar and can get back to work with this interactive keyboard.