Is the Touch Bar scrubbing bar actually...supposed to scrub?

[marpreston29]

Hi! Just got my Mac and Spotify was the very first thing I set up—as I was playing around with the Touch Bar in the app, I realized the scrubbing bar indicated exactly where I was in the music in real-time—however, I can't control my music with it. It doesn't respond to my touch (but it does in other apps)—it just keeps going forward. Play/pause/skip buttons work fine, but the scrubbing function doesn't seem to exist. 

Is this right?

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Plan

Premium

Device

MacBook Pro 2020

Operating System

macOS Catalina

[Billy-J]

Hey @marpreston29, thanks for reaching out to the Community!

I am checking out the Spotify app on my MacBook as well, and I am not seeing an option to scrubble...

Can you attach a picture or recording of what you're seeing on your end so I can take a closer look? Also, you have a MacBook Pro 13 inch 2020 correct?

Looking out for your reply!

[marpreston29]

Hi Billy-J!

Yep, you're right about the laptop model!

Anyways, I can't take a recording of the Touch Bar, but here's a screenshot of both the Touch Bar and the Spotify app at around the same time. Assume the progress bar is moving and/or pausing at the same time as it moves/pauses on the actual Spotify app. 

Hope this clarifies a bit! 🙂

[Billy-J · Accepted solution]

Hey @marpreston29,

Thanks for the screenshots!

Could you try restarting your device? If that doesn't help, try a clean reinstall of the app following these steps.

Let me know how this goes!

[marpreston29]

So, turns out restarting my device was enough to fix it 😛 Wasn't expecting to restart my Mac so soon after opening it up, haha! I just wasn't sure if it was supposed to respond to my touch to begin with.

The scrubbing bar responds to my touch now, though! (image below)

Thank you so much!!!

[Billy-J]

Hey @marpreston29,

You're welcome! Yes Macs do restart very quickly which is a great thing about them.

I'm happy to hear everything is back on track. If you need help in the future, don't hesitate to start a topic and the Community will be happy to help.

Have a nice day!