How do I disable auto-caps on MacBook Pro 10.6.6

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How do I disable auto-caps on MacBook Pro 10.6.6

*I hate autocaps!* When I want a cap, I'll hit the shift key.
Autocaps runs system wide on my MacBookPro5,4. It's a nightmare for passwords. I never know when it's giving me a cap or not. Also, in things like the terminal it will cap a command that can't be cap'd, like "ftp - Open."
If I decide to edit a sentence I get "This."
Autocaps causes me so many more keystrokes than it would ever save!

I just don't want it and I've searched high and low and there is no preference or control for it anywhere.

Also, I have friends with MacBooks who don't see this behavior on their machine!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 30, 2011 10:45 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 8, 2011 6:52 PM in response to scribling

scribling wrote:
Autocaps causes me so many more keystrokes than it would ever save!

I just don't want it and I've searched high and low and there is no preference or control for it anywhere.

I searched as well and found nothing. Are you sure you don't have any third-party software installed that might explain that behavior? Check the "Login Items" list of the Accounts panel of System Preferences.

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scribling Author

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Apr 8, 2011 7:13 PM in response to William-Boyd-Jr

I really don't think it's a 3d party software doing this. It's done it since day one - right out of the box.

Also, the guest account does it as well.

I'll try starting with everything off and see it that helps.

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Dogcow-Moof

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Apr 8, 2011 7:16 PM in response to scribling

Mac OS X does not auto-capitalize across applications.

If you're seeing it in Terminal, among other applications, there must be third party software on your machine that's doing it.

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scribling Author

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Apr 8, 2011 7:19 PM in response to Dogcow-Moof

I found it! It was a third party app!

Thanks for leading me to the right diagnosis.

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Answer 5

Apr 8, 2011 7:56 PM in response to scribling

Hi,

Just out of curiosity, what was the name of the third-party app that was causing this problem?

Thanks,

Ken

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scribling Author

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Apr 9, 2011 8:38 PM in response to Kenneth Hjulstrom

It was TypeIt4Me. I've been using it on my desktop for years but I guess I didn't notice a new option in the new version. "Capitalize new sentence" was the option.

I'm so happy to get rid of that!

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Answer 7

May 23, 2011 10:13 AM in response to scribling

Thanks, that solved my problem, too!

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