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Eliminates delay when activating caps lock on macOS OSX

CapsLockNoDelay

Removes annoying delay when pressing the caps lock on Mac OS.

Confirmed working on MacOS Monterey 12.5

Install

Download from releases or compile from source.

Copy CapsLockNoDelay.app to /Applications folder.

Go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessability -> Check CapsLockNoDelay.app -> Input Monitoring -> Check CapsLockNoDelay.app (if present).

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Go to System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Login Items, add CapsLockNoDelay.app to the list.

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You won't see any settings / GUI, the app is running in the background (you can see it in Activity Monitor).