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CAPS LOCK Behavior on 13" MacBook

I just purchased a 13" 2.4 GHz Aluminum MacBook, my first Mac coming previously from Windows PC's. I just have a dumb question that I can't find an answer to. On all PC's (and maybe on previous Mac's as well), if your CAPS LOCK key was on, you could hold the SHIFT key down to get lowercase letters without turning off CAPS LOCK. However, this behavior does not work on the new MacBooks, at least not on mine. Is there any way to turn on this behavior either using the SHIFT key or some other key? I could not find anything in any preference settings, and tried the other modifier keys and they did not work either.

Thanks in advance for any help here.

Tony

Posted on Apr 13, 2009 10:57 AM

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Posted on Apr 13, 2009 12:48 PM

Don't worry, your MacBook isn't defective. I have that too.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to fix your issue, sorry. I just wanted to clarify that it's normal.
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Apr 14, 2009 10:44 AM in response to GfulDedFan

GfulDedFan wrote:
Activating caps lock means that the capital letters are locked on. To turn it off, press the caps lock key once again. In order to use both capital and lower case, use the shift key for temporary capital letters instead of the caps lock. The shift key override of active caps lock is a windows thing. -GDF


Well, of course I understand all of that. 🙂 The issue is that I have situations where I need to type MOSTLY in CAPS for a long period of time but with lowercase letters thrown in the mix as well. I would hate to have to hold down my shift key for all the caps, or have to continuously turn the CAPS LOCK off to get a lowercase letter or two and then back on again. ALL PC's allow you to use a modifier key (usually SHIFT) to get lowercase letters when the caps lock is on just for this purpose. It surprises me that there is no way to do this on a Mac.

Tony

Apr 16, 2009 4:28 PM in response to Tones2

Tones2 wrote:

ALL PC's allow you to use a modifier key (usually SHIFT) to get lowercase letters when the caps lock is on just for this purpose. It surprises me that there is no way to do this on a Mac.
Tony


Your post is an interesting question so I tested my own PCs (three of them) and none of them have the caps lock on/shift for lower case feature. Nor can I find anything in control panel to enable the feature so I know not ALL PCs can do that, at least none of the one I have can. Not that it matters but its a feature I've never seen.

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Apr 17, 2009 12:07 PM in response to pogster

pogster wrote:
Your post is an interesting question so I tested my own PCs (three of them) and none of them have the caps lock on/shift for lower case feature. Nor can I find anything in control panel to enable the feature so I know not ALL PCs can do that, at least none of the one I have can. Not that it matters but its a feature I've never seen.


Hmmm...I've never EVER had any PC that would not do this in the 20+ years I've been working on PC's. Are you sure you have the caps lock key permanently on and then you hold down the shift key to get lower case letters? I know this works on your PC's - I'll guarantee it!

Tony

CAPS LOCK Behavior on 13" MacBook

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