Favorite Mac Hacks: Disable the Caps Lock Key
Wed, 03/05/2008 - 12:10
This one has bugged me for years... How many times have you accidentally hit the Caps Lock key but didn't realize it until you've already typed a sentence. To avoid lots of retyping, just disable the Caps Lock key.
In OS 10.4.10 (this might have been around earlier, let me know) go to System Preferences --> Keyboard, and hit "Modifier Keys" in the bottom left corner. For "Caps Lock Key", select "No action". Done. You can easily switch back too.
There are other third-party methods, but this one is built-in and official.
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