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Q: CAPS LOCK FREEZES MAC IN MACOS SIERRA

I HAVE TO WRITE IN ALL CAPS DUE TO AN ISSUE IN MAC OS SIERRA.

 

SINCE INSTALLING MACOS SIERRA YESTERDAY, I'VE BEEN HAVING STRANGE ISSUES REGARDING THE CAPS LOCK KEY OF MY BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD.

WHEN USING MY MAC YESTERDAY I WAS HAVING A SYSTEM-WIDE FREEZE WHEN TURNING ON CAPS LOCK. THIS INCLUDES VIDEO PLAYBACK, KEYBOARD AND MOUSE INPUT (IT WOULD CATCH UP AFTER A FEW SECONDS BUT THE LETTERS YOU TYPED MAY NOT COME OUT IN THE CORRECT ORDER, SUGGESTING IT'S NOT JUST A DISPLAY ISSUE BUT AN ACTUAL FREEZE) AND THEN THERE WOULD BE SMALLER FREEZES AND BLIPS AS LONG AS CAPS LOCK WAS ON.

 

TODAY, HOWEVER, I'M HAVING THE OPPOSITE OCCUR. THE FREEZES ARE OCCURRING WHILE CAPS LOCK IS OFF, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE INCONVENIENT AS EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE I'M YELLING!

 

THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE ANY CPU SPIKES IN ACTIVITY MONITOR AND I'VE TRIED REPLACING THIS BATTERIES.

Mac mini, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 3:53 AM

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