How to permanently remove the Caps Lock Blue Indicator

This is by far my favorite comment in this thread!

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Personally, I find it to be a very helpful feature.

Especially when entering a password😈

rnsf66 Said:

"How to permanently remove the Caps Lock Blue Indicator: Hello - I just installed macOS Sonoma 14.0 and now when Caps Lock is on there is a blue indicator with white arrow...how do I permanently remove that indicator so I can avoid having to turn it off every time by clicking on the indicator then again tapping the caps lock? Thank you in advance."

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Disabling Blue Caps Lock Light:

Tap caps lock once more to get the emblem go to go away. There may be a code to do this in Terminal or AppleScript, but I have yet to look that up for myself.

rnsf66 Said:

"Thank you, TheLittles. Good memories of Windows XP..."

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Windows XP :/

I still use it on my Mac for no more than troubleshooting purposes, and an accessing olde-school Windows-Only Software -- and do so as a Virtual Machine --I have no PC.

Obviously doesn't have to maintain Postfix blocklists ... :-) :-)

#

# Permanent blacklist

#

/\.auspostau.com$/. REJECT

/\.br$/. REJECT

/\.cat$/                        REJECT

/\.club$/                       REJECT

/\.decipherinc.com$/ REJECT

/.*estimation.*\..*$/        REJECT

/.*estimating.*\..*$/        REJECT

/.*estimator.*\..*$/          REJECT

... just low on experience :-) :-)

Would like to offer this solution here. It works just fine https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77248249/disable-macos-sonoma-text-insertion-point-cursor-caps-lock-indicator/77256214

it's a code for terminal

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist redesigned_text_cursor -dict-add Enabled -bool NO

and now it's gone. I CAN WRITE WITH CAPS LOCK WHILE THE GREEN LIGHT ON THE KEYBOARD IS JUST FINE FOR ME TO KNOW IT'S ON:) Rarely use it anyway...

"Most typists"? How do you determine that?

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Have you ever worked in an office environment? You should visit one and ask the typists/word processors/secretaries how they type capital letters. The shift key is by design there to apply temporary caps.

Take a typing course and find out for yourself.

Thanks ton to Stephan casas for Jawa script. and greg Johnson for sharing :). it really works.

The redesigned insertion point in macOS Sonoma can be disabled by setting an OS feature flag for UIKit/redesigned_text_cursor/Enabled. You can use the JXA script below to create the PLIST with the required values. Just copy everything into Script Editor, change the language to JavaScript, and press play:

#!/usr/bin/env osascript -l JavaScript

const App = Application.currentApplication();

App.includeStandardAdditions = true;

const kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir = '/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain';

const kCFPrefsFeatureEnabledKey = 'Enabled';

const kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath = '/tmp/UIKit.plist';

const kUIKitRedesignedTextCursorKey = 'redesigned_text_cursor';

function run(_) {

  const dict = $.NSMutableDictionary.new;

  const enabled = $.NSMutableDictionary.new;

  enabled.setValueForKey(false, kCFPrefsFeatureEnabledKey);

  dict.setValueForKey(enabled, kUIKitRedesignedTextCursorKey);

  const error = $();

  dict.writeToURLError(

    $.NSURL.fileURLWithPath(kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath),

    error,

  );

  if (typeof error.js != 'undefined') {

    return `🫤: ${error.localizedDescription}`;

  }

  return App.doShellScript(

    [

      `mkdir -p '${kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir}'`,

      `mv '${kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath}' '${kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir}'`,

    ].join(' && '),

    {

      administratorPrivileges: true,

    },

  ).length == 0 ? '😃' : '🫤';

}

Open Sript editor. Copy paste Javascript. On left mid corner find small box with apple written. Press and select jawa. On top mid right press ▶️ restart the mac. That's it

The redesigned insertion point in macOS Sonoma can be disabled by setting an OS feature flag for UIKit/redesigned_text_cursor/Enabled. You can use the JXA script below to create the PLIST with the required values. Just copy everything into Script Editor, change the language to JavaScript, and press play:

#!/usr/bin/env osascript -l JavaScript

const App = Application.currentApplication();

App.includeStandardAdditions = true;

const kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir = '/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain';

const kCFPrefsFeatureEnabledKey = 'Enabled';

const kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath = '/tmp/UIKit.plist';

const kUIKitRedesignedTextCursorKey = 'redesigned_text_cursor';

function run(_) {

  const dict = $.NSMutableDictionary.new;

  const enabled = $.NSMutableDictionary.new;

  enabled.setValueForKey(false, kCFPrefsFeatureEnabledKey);

  dict.setValueForKey(enabled, kUIKitRedesignedTextCursorKey);

  const error = $();

  dict.writeToURLError(

    $.NSURL.fileURLWithPath(kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath),

    error,

  );

  if (typeof error.js != 'undefined') {

    return `🫤: ${error.localizedDescription}`;

  }

  return App.doShellScript(

    [

      `mkdir -p '${kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir}'`,

      `mv '${kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath}' '${kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir}'`,

    ].join(' && '),

    {

      administratorPrivileges: true,

    },

  ).length == 0 ? '😃' : '🫤';

}

CURRENTLY YELLING AT YOU WITH NO BLUE ARROW (COURTESY OF THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS). These instructions were exactly what I needed. Easy for a non-developer to follow. Now I can resume my SQL journey in peace. Thank you!

If they do add something like this, at least give it as an option that can be turned off.

Rather than user having to add code, shouldn't it be up to Apple to put this in the next Sonoma update? I hate to type in code and screw up something else.

I find this feature extremely useful. I find myself looking for ways to pass the time. When I have CAPS engaged for specific reasons and the blue button pops up, it takes time for me to move my cursor around in an attempt to avoid it. When I fail, accidentally click it and must go back to hit CAPS LOCK again, I have spent additional time. And! the whole issue repeats once I click CAPS LOCK again. It is a delightful feature that only I find useful as someone who just wants the inevitable march of death to approach as quickly as possible while I fritter away at mundane tasks. I understand that the other 799,999,999 people on Earth find this feature completely useless and unhelpful, but I believe Apple did this... Just. For. ME! Thank you Apple!

Lawrence Finch wrote:

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Personally, I find it to be a very helpful feature.

Especially when entering a password😈

The way I hold my hands on my MBA, I can't see the caps lock key without moving my hand. I find it quite helpful.

I agree, Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave at the thought of insanely annoying, non-optional "features" like that stupid blue arrow!

Can you explain to a non-coder how to do this? I don't get how to use the terminal window. I copied and pasted the code from the page at your link into terminal. It then looked like it was asking for my password, but I couldn't type there. I rebooted anyway, but the arrow is still there. :(

It's in my way and I just need it gone!

this worked for me to turn it off:

open terminal and type :

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist redesigned_text_cursor -dict-add Enabled -bool NO

enter your password and hit return then restart and it is fixed.

if you want tu turn it on again then change NO to YES

Good luck......