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Is it normal for my CAPS LOCK key to be unresponsive?

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pimpsahoy

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Apr 9, 2009
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Alright, well, my caps lock key on my new Macbook has been acting up. It's very unresponsive. I Googled this, and all I found were a few problems with caps lock being inverted. Well my problem is this; I push caps lock, and quite often it doesn't turn on. I need to give it a fairly firm push for it to turn on, however I don't tend to push it hard enough when I'm typing fast. Is this a normal problem or should I have it looked at? (Below is a video I made to show exactly what is happening; sorry for the bad quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s-lo6lhNog
 
I have the EXACT same problem as you!
Especially when typing fast, my caps lock key won't activate..
Is that a problem for anyone else with the new MBs?
 
It's a feature. You need to hold for a short time in order to activate it, in order to prevent accidental activations.
 
Use search!!

There's threads about this already.

Unsurprisingly, when there's an issue - you tend to not be alone.
 
This is another little thing which annoys me about the mac!! I'm just am trying to remember to push the shift key instead of caps lock!! :D
 
v66jack said:
This is another little thing which annoys me about the mac!! I'm just am trying to remember to push the shift key instead of caps lock!! :D
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If you're only typing a single capital letter, you should be using the shift key anyways.
 
Oh I thought I had a faulty keyboard too.

I guess I really didn't complain about it or even bother to search it on MacRumors because I didn't really use caps that often. :rolleyes:
 
I had no idea this was a feature, I just thought this was something annoying that was apparent on quite a few macbooks. Its relieving to know that this is a feature.
 
JamesGorman said:
I had no idea this was a feature, I just thought this was something annoying that was apparent on quite a few macbooks. Its relieving to know that this is a feature.
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It's been that way on the Mac keyboards for quite some time, maybe since the iBook-->Macbook switch. As fast as I ever press the Caps Lock key, it turns on for me. As I said before though, who uses the caps key for single letters or that often anyway? I can't think of the last time I actually used mine actually.
 
v66jack said:
This is another little thing which annoys me about the mac!! I'm just am trying to remember to push the shift key instead of caps lock!! :D
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I did that when I was 5. lol. (seriously, it speeds up typing to learn to use a shift key properly. lol. something most of us have learned to do.;):D)
 
NewMacbookPlz said:
It's been that way on the Mac keyboards for quite some time, maybe since the iBook-->Macbook switch. As fast as I ever press the Caps Lock key, it turns on for me. As I said before though, who uses the caps key for single letters or that often anyway? I can't think of the last time I actually used mine actually.
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Nope. I'm going to say it's been in the mobiles since the unibody switch (maybe the :apple: to command key switch) It's still the "normal" way on my black Macbook. I don't ever use caps lock, it's a useless feature for keyboards. I think there could easily be a better key there, too bad it's standard.
 
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