Help! Spanish accents on Catalina 10.15.6 stopped.

Hello everyone,


Literally one second I was able to create Spanish accents using shift+option+E + the letter, and the next second it didn't work on Pages or the Internet. I tried rebooting and then refiguring keyboard settings, and neither worked. I can't do the work I do without those accents! So frustrating! Got any tips on how to fix it? Thanks!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 26, 2020 11:03 AM

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Posted on Aug 26, 2020 11:21 AM

One way to get the accents is to run the following command in Terminal and reboot:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true

Reboot required to activate

Change true to false to turn off


Now when you press and hold down the letter key you want to accent you'll get this:



Either click on the accent you want or press the number key shown below it.


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Aug 26, 2020 11:21 AM in response to KellyJH

One way to get the accents is to run the following command in Terminal and reboot:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true

Reboot required to activate

Change true to false to turn off


Now when you press and hold down the letter key you want to accent you'll get this:



Either click on the accent you want or press the number key shown below it.


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