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    Caps Lock in Boot Camp easier to activate than in OSX

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Baloney, Jun 28, 2012.

  1. Baloney

    Baloney Notebook Evangelist

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    Basically, I've recently heard that Apple purposefully makes it so that you have to hold down the Caps Lock key for some time before it activates. This means that tapping it isn't enough to turn on the Caps Lock; you have to push it a bit harder or hold it down for a little. I used to think this was a hardware limitation, but I recently noticed that in Boot Camp it's much easier to activate the Caps Lock - all it requires is a tap like any other key.

    So, is there any way to make the Caps Lock easy to press under OSX, too? Apple might have thought it was a useful feature but in reality it's very annoying...
     
    Baloney, Jun 28, 2012
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  2. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    i never had a problem.. you have to hold it down for like a full 0.5 seconds instead of just tapping it for 0.001 seconds...
     
    doh123, Jun 28, 2012
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  3. GadgetsNut

    GadgetsNut Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah it's the way it is in OSX, the purposely added delay before it engages, very annoying for fast typists.
     
    GadgetsNut, Jun 28, 2012
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    I suppose I find the behavior odd, but I've never noticed, because I never use caps lock, because the key is odd in the first place.

    Don't type in all caps :p (and "don't hold it that way")
     
    masterchef341, Jun 28, 2012
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    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm a seriously fast typist. I have to type reports for my business daily and I never use Caps Lock. Who really does? That feature is set in OS X to prevent accidental presses of that key and I for one am glad. Again, what normal touch typist would actually use Caps Lock?
     
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  6. Baloney

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    Yeah, but what normal touch typist has ever accidentally activated caps lock?

    The delay can sometimes be very annoying and I was hoping there was some way to turn it off.
     
    Baloney, Jun 28, 2012
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