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Typing accented characters disappeared with 10.15.5 update. How do I turn it back on?

I use the feature of holding down a key in order to type special characters very frequently due to using several languages. This feature suddenly disappeared with the 10.15.5 update yesterday. I need to turn it back on, as the other means to type characters is too clumsy for frequent typing. How do I do it?

Posted on Jun 2, 2020 5:02 PM

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Posted on Jun 2, 2020 5:11 PM

Go to system preferences/keyboard/keyboard and play with the key repeat and delay settings.


If that doesn't work, open the Terminal app and type


defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true


and restart

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Typing accented characters disappeared with 10.15.5 update. How do I turn it back on?

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