Keyboard Misfunction / Malfunction

if i long press a it is not typing as aaaaaaa but showing weird characters like àáâäæãåā as options in my mac m1

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Aug 25, 2023 10:40 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Posted on Aug 25, 2023 4:21 PM

iamgokulkannan wrote:

if i long press a it is not typing as aaaaaaa but showing weird characters like àáâäæãåā as options in my mac m1

That is default behavior in MacOS for the last 10 years or so.

Enter characters with accent marks on Mac - Apple Support

To turn it off, Open the Terminal App in Applications/Utilities and type:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

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Tom Gewecke

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Aug 25, 2023 4:21 PM in response to iamgokulkannan

iamgokulkannan wrote:

if i long press a it is not typing as aaaaaaa but showing weird characters like àáâäæãåā as options in my mac m1

That is default behavior in MacOS for the last 10 years or so.

Enter characters with accent marks on Mac - Apple Support

To turn it off, Open the Terminal App in Applications/Utilities and type:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Aug 25, 2023 7:03 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Ohh okay , gotcha and also it worked thank youuuu

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