# Earlier versions

> The Mac V2, Mac V1 and Windows editions of the Capslock layout, kept for history and no longer maintained.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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Before V3, the Capslock layout went through three editions: an AutoHotkey
script for Windows, an XML configuration for the original Karabiner on OS X,
and a first set of rules for Karabiner-Elements. Their files are still in the
[GitHub repository](https://github.com/Vonng/Capslock). These pages record what
each edition did and how it was installed.

> [!WARNING] Kept for history only
> These versions are not maintained. They were written for operating systems
> that are many years old, and nobody has checked them against current macOS or
> Windows. To use the layout today, install
> [Mac V3](/docs/karabiner/getting-started/).

| Version | Years | Ran on | Configuration |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| [Mac V2](/docs/karabiner/archive/mac-v2/) | 2017 – 2021 | Karabiner-Elements on macOS 10.11 – 10.13 | Complex-modification rules in JSON |
| [Mac V1](/docs/karabiner/archive/mac-v1/) | 2015 – 2017 | Karabiner and Seil on OS X 10.10 – 10.11 | A Karabiner `private.xml` |
| [Windows](/docs/karabiner/archive/windows/) | 2013 – 2015 | AutoHotkey on Windows XP – 10 | An AutoHotkey script and a prebuilt `.exe` |
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The Mac editions wrote Hyper as `✱`, and these pages keep that notation:
`✱ H` means hold Caps Lock and press H.

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Section pages:

- [Mac V2](/docs/karabiner/archive/mac-v2/): Capslock Enhancement Mac V2, the 2017–2021 Karabiner-Elements rules that made Caps Lock Escape on a tap and Hyper on a hold.
- [Mac V1](/docs/karabiner/archive/mac-v1/): Capslock Mac V1, the 2015–2017 private.xml that used Seil and the original Karabiner to turn Caps Lock into Hyper on OS X 10.10 and 10.11.
- [Windows](/docs/karabiner/archive/windows/): The 2013–2015 AutoHotkey script where Capslock began, kept with its source and an old prebuilt executable.