MacBook Pro 2019 Touch Bar Symbol

[Orree92]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me what the symbol to the left of the brightness control is on the attached image?

It only seems to come up when watching a video. In this example, I was watching YouTube. When I tap the symbol, it doesn't appear to do anything. I can't find any explanation on my Mac or the web and I am insatiably curious

My laptop is a Macbook Pro 2019 16inch running Big Sur. I do not believe I have customised the Touch Bar at all - and when trying to it doesn't appear that you can change what symbols appear when the scrubber is up in any event.

Any help gratefully received!

 

[hallux]

My icon doesn't look exactly like that, but I'm still on Catalina. It took a few tries but I got mine to activate, it looks like a "scrub bar" for moving through the video that is playing. See attachments.

It does seem like an odd icon for such a purpose.

 

[Orree92]

My icon doesn't look exactly like that, but I'm still on Catalina. It took a few tries but I got mine to activate, it looks like a "scrub bar" for moving through the video that is playing. See attachments.

It does seem like an odd icon for such a purpose.

Hi, thanks for your reply but it was the symbol immediately to the left of the sun symbol on my photo I was talking about.

 

[hallux]

Hi, thanks for your reply but it was the symbol immediately to the left of the sun symbol on my photo I was talking about.

I get that - I was just pointing out that an icon in the same place with a similar design seems to give that particular function.

 

[LunarDog]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me what the symbol to the left of the brightness control is on the attached image?

It looks similar to the icon of BetterTouchTool

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Have you ever installed it in the past?

I have no idea why it would appear only when you're watching videos.