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?
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. 😉
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. 😉
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!
Thanks so much for the answers! Now I get it. My husband does complain that he always hits the CAPS key accidentally when he types. I guess now I have to learn how to type properly! (and I'm going to stop harassing my caps lock key to try and "age" it)
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
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.
What about for a MB? i just got a new MB and i cant type fast with the caps lock key. It doesnt want to seem to work properly when i am typing fast? Can anyone help? thanks
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?
Thank you too. I thought my beautiful new MBPro was faulty.
But I now know it's because of this cap key conspiracy.
I am reassured in an Apple owner kinds way - angry, frustrated, sick, annoyed but loving the Mac.