Accent Menu Not Working

justgab wrote:

After an OS update on my macbook pro, my Accent Menu is not working. When I press and hold a key that allows for accents (such as 'a') the letter just repeats.

Try this which works for some people:

open Terminal app and type

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true

and then restart.

Hi there justgab,

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We understand your keyboard is not working as expected. We’ll be happy to help.

Have you made any changes to your keyboard settings? Have you tried restarting your Mac yet? If not, let’s start with that step. Then test to see if the accents work.

If the issue continues, follow this guide: If your Mac doesn’t respond to key presses. We hope this helps.

Best regards.

Thanks for reaching back out justgab,

With regard to that article, you'll want to use the steps at the bottom to check Settings and Accessibility features that might affect how your keyboard responds. For more help with your keyboard, you can use the following link to contact Apple Support: Contact Apple Support.

Take care.

Did you try the terminal command? Let us know the results.