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Feb 25, 2014 2:49 PM in response to Barney-15Eby sharaths27,i tried the same in terminal
but its not working
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Feb 25, 2014 3:09 PM in response to sharaths27by Barney-15E,Sorry, that's the only way I know to reverse the behavior.
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Mar 6, 2014 12:13 PM in response to CCeeeby Mac & Fromage,The terminal command works—but it only takes effect after a restart.
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Mar 6, 2014 3:44 PM in response to Mac & Fromageby Király,Logging out and logging in will do the trick; no need to restart.
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Apr 30, 2014 6:56 AM in response to Királyby jtalle,The various solutions weren't working for me until I removed the extra keyboard US Extended from the Keyboard Menu.
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May 8, 2014 9:38 PM in response to CCeeeby converter2,This is insane. What is wrong at Apple? Their OS is going down the tubes, feature by feature.
Now we have to futz with the Terminal to make things work that have worked perfectly for the last 25 years in EVERY COMPUTER EVER MADE ????
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May 10, 2014 10:39 AM in response to converter2by Eric Root,Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
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Jun 3, 2014 1:29 AM in response to CCeeeby Ramón G Castañeda,Glad I found this thread.
I just noticed that the alphanumeric (of the English alphabet) keys won't repeat when held down, and I've been on Lion for at least one year, perhaps two or longer.
However things like the space bar, the tilde, period, comma, etc do repeat.
For instance:
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ ™™™™™™™™™™™™™ £££££££££££ ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ ††††††††† ∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑ ∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆ ∂∂∂∂∂∂∂∂∂ ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ ©©©©©©©©©©©©© üüüüüüüüüüüüü ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ööööööööööööö πππππππππππππ ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ################## $$$$$$$$$$ %%%%%%%%%%%% ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ &&&&&&&&&& ************** (((((((((((((( ))))))))))))))) ________________ ++++++++++++++++ ____________ ================= «««««««««««««««« »»»»»»»»»»»»»» ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| //////////////////////// ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: """""""""""""""""""""""" ''''''''''''''''''''''''' [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ ]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©© ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ ••••••••••••••••••••• ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎ ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ Â ÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇ””””””””””””” ’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
Thank goodness the Delete key and the Arrow Keys do repeat.
I cannot believe this didn't just start happening today!
In any event, thank you for the Terminal command solution.
Intel Xeon Mac_Pro1,1 [late 2006] 2.66 GHz Quad; 16 GB RAM; mutant/flashed, factory-overclocked 875/1225 "Apple PowerColor" ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1 GB of GDDR5VRAM driving side-by-side dual 22"/24" monitors in Extended-Desktop mode; Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 and Snow Leopard 10.6.8 boot drives; intrusive Spotlight and frivolous Dashboard permanently disabled; USB wireless 'n' available but connected to the Internet and networked via wired Ethernet
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Jul 4, 2014 10:41 PM in response to Ramón G Castañedaby JudieR,Macbook Air - late 2013 - no repeating keys.
I used the Terminal solution and rebooted - it works!
Thank you!
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Jul 22, 2014 6:00 AM in response to CCeeeby Nicolene Erasmus,My problem is exactly the opposite - out of the blue (without changing ANYTHING on my computer), when holding a key, it repeats the letter. I want the special characters when I hold the key!!
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Jul 22, 2014 3:33 PM in response to Nicolene Erasmusby Barney-15E,Nicolene Erasmus wrote:
My problem is exactly the opposite - out of the blue (without changing ANYTHING on my computer), when holding a key, it repeats the letter. I want the special characters when I hold the key!!
If you are not using a latin language, then adding one to the input sources has been known to resolve the issue you see. You don’t need to use it, you just have to add it.
If you are using one, then perhaps adding another will resolve it. Then, you can try removing it to see if it stays working.
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Jun 30, 2016 12:32 PM in response to stedman1by tnt666,No, repeat sliders determine speed of multiple pushing, not no-pushing repeating
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Jun 30, 2016 12:35 PM in response to converter2by tnt666,Exactly. I was a MACcer for 13 years til 2000, now I am back after all this time and am absolutely appalled at how many basic utilities have been obliterated. I will be selling this terrible Macbook soon and will never look back.
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Jun 30, 2016 3:09 PM in response to CCeeeby Ramón G Castañeda,CCeee,
Apple started doing this with OS X Lion 10.7, of all things "to bring the d@mned iPhone's iOS to the Mac desktop.
The link you posted explains it well, and the Console command given there are correct. Just copy the command shown in the hioghlighted filed there and paste it into the Console after the prompt.
That trick works very well in Lion. I can't vouch for it working in Mountain Lion 10.8.x, which you have, because my machine cannot be upgraded past 10.7.5.
Good luck.