To disable the press and hold accented character picker you need to digit the following commad in a Terminal window:
$ defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
After that you will have to Log Out and then Log In again. Or just restart the Mac.
If you want to re-enable the functionality, you need to digit
$ defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
the Log Out and Log In again.
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Hi,
I’ve been trying to sort this for ages now, and you seem to suggest the same “fix” as a gazillion other pages, but it just doesn’t work for me. Personally, I want the accent menu back! I used to have this function when I bought my Macbook Pro a few months and I thought iy was great, but at some point it just disabled itself…so now I’m stuck with key repeat 🙁
Any suggestions/advice would be seriously appreciated.
Nik
Hi Nik,
in my personal experience using
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
did always the trick to restore the accent menu.
what you may try to do is to append the command ‘sudo’ in this way
sudo defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
That will execute the command with administrator privileges and may force the update of the configuration file that stores the setting.
Let me know if you succeed.
Ciao