A feature has been added to macOS Sonoma - the onscreen caps lock indicator.
While i am sure this may be useful for some, for me it is not, is there any way to disable it?
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OK maryo10 and others asking, here goes. There is nothing magic about using Terminal for Apple if you follow the steps verbatim and copy and paste the Command exactly as printed from a trusted source.
First you have to be logged on your computer as the Administrator. In other words you need to be logged on and able to make changes by entering your username/admin password.
Here is how to access the Terminal app
Go to Applications/Utilities/Terminal App. Open The Terminal App
Once open Click Return/Enter (you should see your computer name and your user name) Now you are ready to enter the command
Copy and Paste (do not try to write it) the command that yochess posted. Disable Caps Lock Indicator on macOS Sono… - Apple Community The post is the third post I believe.
I will reprint it here but all credit goes to yochees This command has worked perfectly for me. MacBookPro running Sonoma
Make sure you copy and paste exactly as written. No spaces and no deletions.
With Terminal app open and your username showing copy the first line of the command and paste to the Terminal app.
Click Return/Enter and it will ask for your admin password. Enter password and click Return/Enter
First line of command
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
Now copy the last two lines of the command and paste to the Terminal app.
Click Return/Enter.
Last two lines of command
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add 'redesigned_text_cursor:Enabled' bool false" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist
Now restart your computer. All done.
Hope this helps.
This feature isn't useful for anyone. It should be disabled; it should be removed. We've had a caps lock key for over 100 years, you don't have to tell me when it's on.
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DesiredAliasGoesHere wrote:
This feature isn't useful for anyone. It should be disabled; it should be removed.
Tell Apple:
DesiredAliasGoesHere wrote:
This feature isn't useful for anyone.
You are incorrect. I find it useful.
I did disable it, I was just explaining why for many of this it isn't a feature that helps us in our work.
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I work with engineering maintenance asset data for about 20 solid hours a week - it's all done in caps lock!
This symbol/ identifier is annoying as ****, please help.
This symbol/ identifier is annoying as ****, please help.
The way to disable it was posted several pages back.
For clarification, the above will only disable the floating "Caps Lock Indicator" not the caps lock key, correct?
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Ken Nellis wrote:
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Just so you know, you can't delete posts here. You can only edit them within 15 minutes (you seem to have figured that out!).
Just sent feedback to Apple. It's a quite annoying new feature and dealing with code in Terminal should not be the solution.
SCameronP wrote:
I remember when you didn't have to be a software engineer to operate a Mac.
I guess you don't remember ResEdit.
How can we rollback this solution? Unfortunately, it also disables some autofill suggestions and text cursors in various native MacOS apps (Calendar, in particular). Thanks
Disable Caps Lock Indicator on macOS Sonoma
