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Q: why don't keys repeat on OSX 10.8.3

why when I hold the "e" key down and various other keys it doesn't just repeat the letter?? and how do I MAKE it repeat the letter??

 

can anyone help me? I tend to use my letters in that fashion a lot

 

 

 

Weeeeeee for excitement
yaaaaaay etc etc

 

whilst I respect it's not a lot of effort to press the button a few times I do prefer just having to press and hold :/

Posted on May 15, 2013 11:28 AM

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  • by sharaths27,

    sharaths27 sharaths27 Feb 25, 2014 2:49 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Feb 25, 2014 2:49 PM in response to Barney-15E

    i tried the same in terminal

    but its not working

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Feb 25, 2014 3:09 PM in response to sharaths27
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    Feb 25, 2014 3:09 PM in response to sharaths27

    Sorry, that's the only way I know to reverse the behavior.

  • by Mac & Fromage,

    Mac & Fromage Mac & Fromage Mar 6, 2014 12:13 PM in response to CCeee
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    Mar 6, 2014 12:13 PM in response to CCeee

    The terminal command works—but it only takes effect after a restart.

  • by Király,

    Király Király Mar 6, 2014 3:44 PM in response to Mac & Fromage
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    Mar 6, 2014 3:44 PM in response to Mac & Fromage

    Logging out and logging in will do the trick; no need to restart.

  • by Mac & Fromage,

    Mac & Fromage Mac & Fromage Mar 7, 2014 11:07 AM in response to Király
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    Mar 7, 2014 11:07 AM in response to Király

    Ah! Even better!

  • by jtalle,

    jtalle jtalle Apr 30, 2014 6:56 AM in response to Király
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    Apr 30, 2014 6:56 AM in response to Király

    The various solutions weren't working for me until I removed the extra keyboard US Extended from the Keyboard Menu.

  • by converter2,

    converter2 converter2 May 8, 2014 9:38 PM in response to CCeee
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    May 8, 2014 9:38 PM in response to CCeee

    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 ????

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root May 10, 2014 10:39 AM in response to converter2
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    May 10, 2014 10:39 AM in response to converter2

    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.


    Feedback

  • by Ramón G Castañeda,

    Ramón G Castañeda Ramón G Castañeda Jun 3, 2014 1:29 AM in response to CCeee
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    Jun 3, 2014 1:29 AM in response to CCeee

    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:

    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,  ....................  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@@@@@@@@@

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ ™™™™™™™™™™™™™ £££££££££££ ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ ††††††††† ∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑∑ ∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆ ∂∂∂∂∂∂∂∂∂ 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.

     

     

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  • by JudieR,

    JudieR JudieR Jul 4, 2014 10:41 PM in response to Ramón G Castañeda
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    Jul 4, 2014 10:41 PM in response to Ramón G Castañeda

    Macbook Air - late 2013 - no repeating keys.

     

    I used the Terminal solution and rebooted - it works!

     

    Thank you!

  • by Nicolene Erasmus,

    Nicolene Erasmus Nicolene Erasmus Jul 22, 2014 6:00 AM in response to CCeee
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    Jul 22, 2014 6:00 AM in response to CCeee

    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!!

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jul 22, 2014 3:33 PM in response to Nicolene Erasmus
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    Jul 22, 2014 3:33 PM in response to Nicolene Erasmus

    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.

  • by tnt666,

    tnt666 tnt666 Jun 30, 2016 12:32 PM in response to stedman1
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    Jun 30, 2016 12:32 PM in response to stedman1

    No, repeat sliders determine speed of multiple pushing, not no-pushing repeating

  • by tnt666,

    tnt666 tnt666 Jun 30, 2016 12:35 PM in response to converter2
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    Jun 30, 2016 12:35 PM in response to converter2

    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.

  • by Ramón G Castañeda,

    Ramón G Castañeda Ramón G Castañeda Jun 30, 2016 3:09 PM in response to CCeee
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    Jun 30, 2016 3:09 PM in response to CCeee

    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.

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