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Title: 16-Inch MacBook Pro Touch Bar Layout Confirmed in Image Found in macOS Catalina 10.15.1
Post by: HCK on November 03, 2019, 04:05:09 pm
16-Inch MacBook Pro Touch Bar Layout Confirmed in Image Found in macOS Catalina 10.15.1

We've been hearing rumors about the 16-inch MacBook Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/) for months now, and saw possible reference images (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/10/18/16-inch-macbook-pro-macos-10-15-1/) of the device in the macOS Catalina (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macos-10-15/) 10.15.1 beta.





Now ‌macOS Catalina‌ 10.15.1 is out, and it appears the update was hiding even more 16-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ secrets -- including an image of the machine's updated Touch Bar and Touch ID (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/touch-id/) layout.





<img src="(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2019/10/touchid16inchmacbookpro.jpg)" alt="" width="731" height="325" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-716350" />


The new 16-inch &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj; will feature a &zwnj;Touch ID&zwnj; power button that's separate from the Touch Bar, as first found by 9to5Mac (https://9to5mac.com/2019/10/30/exclusive-16-inch-macbook-pro-touch-bar-and-touch-id-layout-confirmed/). That's a design change that's distinct from the 15-inch &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj;, which has its &zwnj;Touch ID&zwnj; button positioned as an extension of the Touch Bar.





There have also been hints based on the previously leaked images that the 16-inch &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj; will feature a separate ESC key that is an actual physical key that's no longer a part of the Touch Bar. That's not confirmed in the image found today, but given that the &zwnj;Touch ID&zwnj; button is separate, it would make sense for the escape key to be separate as well.





(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2019/10/15v16_2.gif)<center>GIF depicting current &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj; and the new 16-inch &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj; design</center>


The original 16-inch &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj; icon that was discovered earlier in October has now been removed from &zwnj;macOS Catalina&zwnj; 10.15.1, which suggests that the images being found in the update are not signs of an imminent release as previously thought.





We were expecting the 16-inch machine to see a launch in October, but the month is close to over and Apple made no announcements beyond the AirPods Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/airpods-pro/) this week, so it's not entirely clear when the new &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj; is going to launch.





It could, of course, still come in November or December, but historically, Apple hasn't done many late fall updates. Chances of a fall event also seem highly unlikely because October is almost over and Apple hasn't held a non-October fall event.





A recent investor's note from reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ming-chi-kuo/) has suggested a new MacBook with a scissor keyboard is going to launch (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/10/29/kuo-new-macbook-scissor-keyboard-mid-2020/) in the late second quarter or early third quarter, and given that he previously said the 16-inch &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj; would use such a keyboard, it's possible (but not confirmed) he's referring to the 16-inch &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj;.





In that case, we would be waiting until 2020 for the new higher-end 16-inch &zwnj;MacBook Pro&zwnj;.

<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: MacBook Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: MacBook Pro (Caution) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Retina_MacBook_Pro)</div>
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Source: 16-Inch MacBook Pro Touch Bar Layout Confirmed in Image Found in macOS Catalina 10.15.1 (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/10/30/16-inch-macbook-pro-touch-bar-layout/)