How do disable orange circle with arrow when using capslock

You can disable it using one of two methods using the Terminal command line. The end result of both methods is the creation of two new sub folders within the main "/Library/Preferences" folder to contain a new custom .plist configuration file. It is best to just copy & paste each line so you don't accidentally mis-type something:

Single step option:

sudo  defaults  write  /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist  redesigned_text_cursor  -dict-add  Enabled  -bool  NO

Two step option:

sudo  mkdir  -p  /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
sudo  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy  -c  "Add 'redesigned_text_cursor:Enabled' bool false"  /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist

These commands will prompt you for your admin password. Nothing will appear on the screen as you type the password, so you will need to press the "Return" key to submit the password.

You need to reboot the computer for this change before you see any changes.

I copied these commands from this other forum post here (Mac fan sites have these instructions as well):

Single step option:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/77296786

Two step option (same thread, next highest rated post):

https://stackoverflow.com/a/77256214

FYI, according to some reports, this "fix" can some times have undesired side effects such as the text insertion cursor not appearing in some GUI apps. If this is a problem, then you can revert back to the macOS default behavior by using the following command (a modification of the Single step option):

sudo  defaults  write  /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist  redesigned_text_cursor  -dict-add  Enabled  -bool  YES

If that command does not re-enable the Caps Lock indicator, then you can use the following command instead:

sudo  defaults  delete  /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist  redesigned_text_cursor

I highly recommend everyone to provide Apple with product feedback so perhaps Apple will sit up & take notice that Apple needs to incorporate an easy to toggle setting in the System Settings and to ensure having the feature disabled doesn't have any negative effects in any apps like this "hack" does.

Feedback - macOS - Apple

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ykt28403 wrote:

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of these methods. They did not turn off the annoying blue arrow that shows up when my caps lock is on. Is there any way to turn it off?

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/09e7d243-9376-4afa-96a4-4d006a176c63

Oops! I forgot to include the need to reboot the computer so the change can take affect.

I'm sorry, but no. there is no way to disable that behaviour. since you don't like it, you might want to send some feedback directly to apple. please see Feedback - macOS - Apple

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of these methods. They did not turn off the annoying blue arrow that shows up when my caps lock is on. Is there any way to turn it off?