MacOS Accent Menu Has Disappeared
If the Accent Menu used to type accented characters via pressing and holding a letter key suddenly no longer appears, here are some ways to possibly bring it back:
+Go to System Preferences/Settings > Keyboard and make sure that Key Repeat is NOT set to Off and that Delay Until Repeat is not set too long.
+Make sure you do not have Webroot antivirus installed on your machine.
+Open the Terminal App in Applications/Utilities and type:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
and then press return and restart.
For webroot that you can’t remove, try
- Click the Webroot SecureAnywhere icon in the menu bar.
- Choose Pause Secure Keyboard Entry.