How to permanently remove the Caps Lock Blue Indicator

Agree completely! I can imagine what Steve Jobs' reaction would have been!

Thanks to @stephancasas at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77248249/disable-macos-sonoma-text-insertion-point-cursor-caps-lock-indicator/77256214 I can confirm this fixes the issue.

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

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......

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 ? '😃' : '🫤';

}

I used this method and it worked perfectly, both on my iMac and my Macbook Pro. You have to restart after doing this:

fons98 wrote:

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 to turn it on again then change NO to YES

Confirmed with Support that it can't be removed, went to feedback.apple.com to let them know this was wak.

It's not removable.

Most typists use the shift key to make caps, never touching the Caps Lock key.

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...

FnAYo Said:

“Confirmed with Support that it can't be removed”

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Don’t like it? Then use a virtual machine of Windows XP. Works for me.

Try a Remote Desktop Connection with Apple the next time you speak with them. macOS Sonoma - Caps Lock Warning Floats - Microsoft Community

Screenshot

Most developers and CAD users use CAPS LOCK a LOT ...

... and this highly intrusive and highly annoying blue floating icon that has turned up out of the blue un-requested by anyone sucks ......

... that you can't turn if off is insanely ridiculous.

"Most typists"? How do you determine that? Having been in business for over 45 years, will assure you that even going back to mechanical typewrites MANY businesses used ONLY Caps Lock for certain documents.

Apple OS developers need to have a re-think and make this optional in Accessibility or Keyboard settings

This is such a horrible feature - what were Apple thinking? That you can't turn it off is just laughable.

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.