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The Caps Lock button on MacBooks knows if you really want to press it. (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Itchy_Ad_8173@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Try to hit your CAPS Lock button as if it's a mistake and see what happens. Mine is reading my mind.

The difference between unintentional hit and an intentional one is very slight, but it knows :)

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[–] 77ilham77@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yep, the key has a delay (and AFAIK it’s software delay, i.e. there’s a script that lets you turn off the delay).

[–] hackermanguydude@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This thread has made me realize I never use caps lock. Ive been using macOS for 14 years and didn’t know about this delay 😂

[–] SlenderLlama@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I think the 2009 era Mac usb keyboard also does this

[–] juxtaposition0617@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

That's crazy... Do they have like a simple mechanism to detect this like if < .001ms?

[–] berrymetal@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I use caps lock to switch my keyboard between Arabic and English, this little delay helps me differentiate between switching languages and actually turning on caps lock

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