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Caps Lock won't switch to No action

I have a new Mac Keyboard with the TouchID. Unofrtunately when I ordered it I didn't know that would not work on Intel Machines. No biggie. But...I typically set the "Modifier Keys" in the keyboard settings so that the CAPS LOCK key is set to "None' no action. But....it doesn't turn it off? It still locks. Any ideas?

iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 4:44 PM

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Feb 25, 2022 2:24 PM in response to glote123

glote123 wrote:

This is an usability problem with mac os...

I'm sure it's supposed to be a feature: People use all kinds of keyboards, some for different languages, some designed for Windows and other platforms, or for different purposes like programming vs other stuff. Being able to customize these settings for each keyboard can be valuable.


But feel free to ask Apple to change it via


http://www.apple.com/feedback



Feb 25, 2022 12:43 PM in response to Kevinwal

This is an usability problem with mac os...

I feel that when I've chosen CAPS LOCK does 'No Action' in system preferences it should do EXACTLY 'No Action' on all keyboards attached to the mac that system preferences manages, but instead it does that for each keyboard...


You actually need to turn caps lock off on all keyboards connected to your computer...



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Feb 25, 2022 12:48 PM in response to glote123

glote123 wrote:

This is an usability problem with mac os...
I feel that when I've chosen CAPS LOCK does 'No Action' in system preferences it should do EXACTLY 'No Action' on all keyboards attached to the mac that system preferences manages, but instead it does that for each keyboard...

There of course could be those who want each keyboard set up differently.

Caps Lock won't switch to No action

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