Make your own Touch Bar
Apple’s Touch Bar technology puts contextsensitive controls at the top of the keyboard, to save you time digging around in menus and windows to find the commands you need. Currently, the only official way to get a Touch Bar is to buy a MacBook Pro, and even if Apple were to update its Bluetooth-connected Magic Keyboard to include one, it’s unlikely to be affordable given the existing model costs $99.
However, you can add a Touch Bar to your existing Mac by adding an iPad and third-party software into the mix. If you don’t have an iPad there’s an app that enables you to see what the Mac’s latest control method would add to your apps if you were to upgrade.
Be aware, though, there’s one aspect of the real thing that you can’t replicate using the following methods: a Touch ID sensor for unlocking your Mac,) enables you to unlock your Mac using the Touch ID sensor on your iPhone or iPad.
