caps lock button failure on MacBook Pro 16.

[fulhamx5]

I recognized this today. I ve to press hard to activate caps lock. if I press normal it doesnt blink. after 6 or 7 times I hit the button it blinks.
what about yours? is it same? or is there a problem with my MacBook Pro 16 8 core.

thank you.

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[BootLoxes]

So it begins

 

[Hexley]

So it begins

 

[morze]

Possibly something stuck underneath it?

 

[chrfr]

I recognized this today. I ve to press hard to activate caps lock. if I press normal it doesnt blink. after 6 or 7 times I hit the button it blinks.
what about yours? is it same? or is there a problem with my MacBook Pro 16 8 core.

thank you.

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You're pressing the caps lock key too fast. Apple has built in a delay for caps lock activation for many years, since before the faulty butterfly keyboards, with the intention of reducing accidental activation.

Caps-lock delay problem - any new progress?

I recently bought a Macbook air after having had my old macbook for ~4 years. One new feature of macs I've noticed is that there is a delay on the caps-lock, in order for it to not be accidentally pressed. Unfortunately, for as long as I've been using computers, my method of typing has been...

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Apple used to have a technical document about this, but has removed it. Here's the Internet Archive version:

Mac notebooks: Caps Lock modified to reduce accidental activation - Apple Support

Pressing the Caps Lock key on certain Intel-based Mac notebooks may not immediately activate the Caps Lock function.

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[fulhamx5]

thank u very much chrfr.
so this is normal. I m happy now.

 

[airpost]

I have an MacBook Air 2020 and I have same problem.

 

[chrfr]

I have an MacBook Air 2020 and I have same problem.

It's not a problem, it's standard behavior for Apple laptops.

 

[puggles]

I’ve noticed this too. I have to be really deliberate about pressing the caps lock or it doesn’t activate.

 

[wearytraveler]

My 16" does the same but this isn't an issue and I think it's intentional. I see you pressing it rapidly over and over which is not the intended function of the key. If I press mine once it comes on with no problem. I press again, it goes off. But rapid, multiple presses prevent it from turning on/off. Just a guess but It's programmed to accept a deliberate press. Others might correct me if I'm off the mark but I don't think I am.

 

[jerryk]

My 16" does the same but this isn't an issue and I think it's intentional. I see you pressing it rapidly over and over which is not the intended function of the key. If I press mine once it comes on with no problem. I press again, it goes off. But rapid, multiple presses prevent it from turning on/off. Just a guess but It's programmed to accept a deliberate press. Others might correct me if I'm off the mark but I don't think I am.

What you are describing is called debouncing. It is pretty common in all sorts of computers, car, and other control devices with switches and buttons.

 

[lobo1978]

OMG what a thread...

CAPS LOCK GATE 🤣🤣🤣

Oh boy, @fulhamx5 you have made my day!
Thank you!