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Press and hold keyboard key

Hello,


i have at the moment the the Catalina 10.15.5 version. After an update of my MacBook Air from 2017 i can't type dhe accents of the letters by holding a keyboard button.The key repeat option is turned on on my Mac. What can i do ?

Posted on Jul 9, 2020 9:34 AM

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Posted on Jul 9, 2020 9:54 AM

Try this


open Terminal app and type


defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true

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Press and hold keyboard key

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