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Sticky Keys on Mac Mini with MacOS Sonoma (14.6.1)

Can anyone tell me whether and how to set up sticky keys on a Mac mini 2020 using McOS Sonoma (14.6.1)?

Mac mini, macOS 14.6

Posted on Dec 19, 2024 2:55 PM

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Dec 21, 2024 3:07 AM in response to tcarder

Bob is telling you the correct answer, but you are stuck on wording, "replace" vs "insert", and thus you seem to disregard it.


You type some characters and they are instantly "replaced" by the words you want to "insert".

It can be Option-z if you like!


Option-z in the US layout would type a capital Ω but now it will produce "me@mycompany.com":


(This is set in System Settings->Keyboard)


How is that not what you were asking?


Dec 19, 2024 5:57 PM in response to dialabrain

I think I am still asking the wrong question. This will be the last time. I want to insert (not replace), for example, my email address into a document by inserting the cursor where I want the email address to appear and press a couple (or three—or one?) keys simultaneously (like command-f10 or control-0) that will insert the desired text, in this case, my email address. I won't bother your folks with this again. Thank you!

Dec 20, 2024 11:05 PM in response to BobHarris

Bob:


Nossir. What I want to do is to INSERT text, i.e., my email address, to begin with, at the point where the cursor lies. Not "replace" text but insert preprogrammed, prescripted text. For example, program a <option-z> sequence with my email addy, which then inserts my email wherever the cursor lies. If that works I may be able to use it to replace highlighted text, too. By the way, I do not even know if "Sticky Keys" is the correct term. It may be "Hot Keys" or something similar. And thank you for your reply!

Sticky Keys on Mac Mini with MacOS Sonoma (14.6.1)

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