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Caps Lock key doesn't work very well

I've been using a 1 year old Mac Book Pro and when I type, instead of using shift+letter, I use CAPSonletterCAPSoff. I've never had a problem doing that but I just bought a new Mac Book Pro a few days ago and I have to press pretty hard to get the caps lock key to work, and when I'm typing and I press it twice fast (CAPS on-letter- CAPS off), it doesn't always work. I went back to the store today and they showed me that the display models seem to work the same way. Would anyone know if this is just a characteristic of a new keyboard which will improve with age, or if it's something with the newer Mac's?

Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 31, 2008 10:59 PM

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Posted on Jun 1, 2008 12:37 AM

This is one of those "bug or feature" mystery items that popped up with the new MBP's. From my experience with a 15" MBP purchased in early March, the issue is not pressure but time. When you press CapsLock it takes a wee bit longer to react than all the other keys. Speculation is that some engineer thought it was a Good Idea to counter more "oh, I hate the capslock cause it messes up my one-finger typing rythmn..." moans and groans. 😉

BTW, welcome aboard...
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Jun 1, 2008 12:37 AM in response to yangky5

This is one of those "bug or feature" mystery items that popped up with the new MBP's. From my experience with a 15" MBP purchased in early March, the issue is not pressure but time. When you press CapsLock it takes a wee bit longer to react than all the other keys. Speculation is that some engineer thought it was a Good Idea to counter more "oh, I hate the capslock cause it messes up my one-finger typing rythmn..." moans and groans. 😉

BTW, welcome aboard...

Jun 1, 2008 2:58 AM in response to yangky5

Hi yangky,

As the poster has mentioned its a feature to prevent any accidental touch during typing. Personally i like it as i am a culprit for hitting the Caps key during button bashing frenzies on the keyboard and dont have this little feature on my MB, which is a shame. I do believe the MBA has it too. Good luck with the new MBP, im jealous!

Regards

Stu

Jun 1, 2008 11:13 AM in response to yangky5

well you can check in the universal access panel. there is a setting in there for keyboard that has acceptance delay and you can turn that all the way down (it also will fix if you are getting a first key missing after the KB update). that may make it easier for you. for your husband, if he uses a different user account he can probably set it higher and that may help him, but it may mess with other keys

-matt

Jul 31, 2008 9:28 PM in response to yangky5

I've had my MBP since April and I feel your pain! I've grown accustomed to hitting CAPS whenever I need to capitalize a letter instead of Shift. It took me a while to get used to using Shift.

I always thought my CAPS was faulty but after reading these posts I'm reassured.

I wish my CAPS was more sensitive though!

Oct 3, 2008 4:20 PM in response to yangky5

I am running bootcamp and using a Bluetooth keyboard. I know there's a problem with the caps lock button - i've read that a lot of people are having the same issue. I just downloaded the latest bootcamp and it is still an issue.

anyone know of a solution to this, other than messing with the registry and disabling it?

Caps Lock key doesn't work very well

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