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When I try to put an accent mark long-pressing a letter in my keyboard, it suddenly block itself not alowing me to continue typing in the application I'm using. For example if I want to put an à I just press the letter a for like a couple of seconds but instead my keyboard block and do not let me type any other letter or number. I'm using Big Sur 11.2 on a MacBook Air.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Feb 12, 2021 8:17 AM

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Posted on Feb 13, 2021 7:58 AM

JuanseGon wrote:

The numbers do not even appear in the screen to choose the accent mark I want to use.

Try this:


open Terminal app and type


defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true


and then restart.

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