Disable Caps Lock Indicator on macOS Sonoma
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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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.
Charles_CJ wrote:
APPLE PLEASE REMOVE THIS ANNOYING FEATURE AS THIS DOES NOT HELP WHEN THERE IS ALREADY A LIGHT ON THE KEYBOARD!!!!!!!!!
APPLE DOES NOT READ HERE IN THIS USER-TO-USER FORUM FOR FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS. Yelling at the people who do participate here, who can do nothing to make this change, is kind of rude.
You can let Apple know what you'd like to see here:
richardm04 wrote:
Well there should be, it's incredibly intrusive
Let Apple know you find it incredibly intrusive.
leroydouglas wrote:
No
+1
Press the Caps Lock Key, click the indicator which will make it disappear and turn off Caps Lock, then press the Caps Lock key again. Type.
Mrappeal wrote: "This feature is really annoying. I hate it."
Mrappeal ~ As we're all just users like yourself, use this form:
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To clarify, disabling the caps key is not what i'm asking, this is not an appropriate solution. I would like to know if there is a plist variable I can change to disable the indicator from showing in the interface.
Why is this new "feature" on by default...Wow it is annoying for someone who works in CAD all day long. I do everything in CAPS. Hopefully this thing will be able to be turned off.
I also hope we can make the live wallpapers work for the desktop background. They are really beautiful but only when you are in screensaver. Make it disabled if you an app full screen or 95% covering it if you don't hide the dock.
Agreed. I installed Sonoma yesterday and already irritated by the constant reminder. This a terrible feature for those who often type in ALL CAPS out of need and/or for efficiency purposes. I just submitted feedback to Apple support. Hoping a disable feature is added, and soon...
suba1641 wrote:
Yes totally agree. I'm in CAD and other programs where I use upper case as a standard format and having this little icon follow me everywhere is obnoxious.
Tell Apple:
This feature is not useful for most users. Some of us use Caps Lock for the following reasons: 1) while playing games, 2) writing code, 3) writing scripts or other documents that will require the function. APPLE PLEASE REMOVE THIS ANNOYING FEATURE AS THIS DOES NOT HELP WHEN THERE IS ALREADY A LIGHT ON THE KEYBOARD!!!!!!!!!
Piranha0908 wrote:
APPLE PLEASE REMOVE THIS ANNOYING FEATURE AS THIS DOES NOT HELP WHEN THERE IS ALREADY A LIGHT ON THE KEYBOARD!!!!!!!!!
Apple doesn't read here for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:
I am unable to find a way to turn it off either and its super annoying. but what i have found is if i click the caps sign on screen it turns the caps off and you press the caps button again that sign seems to disappear. try this till the time they actually find a solution to provide us with the rights whether to use this feature or not.
Betazero wrote:
The temporary solution is there on the 4th and 5th page of this discussion. It works well and is a solution until Apple does it officially.
Indeed…
Press the Caps Lock Key, click the indicator which will make it disappear and turn off Caps Lock, then press the Caps Lock key again. Type.
I just discovered that there is a way to stop the blue arrow from appearing, but this requires super speed and would only work depending how fast you are.
Or alternatively, depending how many CAPS you are to type, a less speedy approach would be to type them in lowercase first, then highlight them, then go to Format>Text>UPPERCASE.
Disable Caps Lock Indicator on macOS Sonoma