Disable Caps Lock Indicator on macOS Sonoma

19JAAM65 wrote:

Can someone explain how to do this to a lay person who is not technologically adept. How does the unsavvy internet user do this?

To permanently disable the new Caps Lock icon/indicator that came with macOS Sonoma, do the following easy steps:

1. Go to your Applications folder (Finder: menu: Go: Applications). Sort alphabetically and go down to the Utilities folder. (alternatively, in the Finder, hit ⌘-Shift-U and the Utilities folder window should pop up.)

2. In the Utilities folder, you'll find an app called Terminal. Double click to open it.

3. In the resulting Terminal window, you'll see some text and a blinking box (instead of a cursor). None of that really matters, it's just to let you know you're in the right place.

4. Copy and paste this line of text in your Terminal window:

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain

Then hit the Return key.

(don't type out that line of code, to avoid missing proper spacing, etc. Just copy and paste it into your Terminal window).

5. Now copy and paste this next line of text in your same Terminal Window:

sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add 'redesigned_text_cursor:Enabled' bool false" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist

Then hit the Return key.

6. You'll now see the Terminal window say "Password:_" with a key icon in place of the cursor. Go ahead and slowly and carefully type out your Mac's user account password. Note: you won't see the Terminal window respond to your keystrokes as you type out your standard user account password. Just know that it's accepting the keys. Hit Return.

You'll see some a line or two more of resulting text in your Terminal Window, probably something like "redesigned_text_cursor: Enabled"

7. Quit Terminal. (Command-Q).

8. Restart your Mac, and the stupid Caps Lock Indicator should now be permanently gone.