

When you press the APOSTROPHE ( ' ) key, QUOTATION MARK ( " ) key, ACCENT GRAVE ( ` ) key, TILDE ( ~ ) key, or ACCENT CIRCUMFLEX.

Then macOS will automatically run it upon logging in.CTRL+grave accent (the key to the left of the number “1” on the top row of keys) puts a grave accent over the next vowel typed. plist file inside the Library/LaunchAgents/ folder, relative to your username home folder. To work around this problem I have created this so called ‘launch agent’ with the above command which runs each time you login. Requiring you to rerun the command, logout and log back in to get it working again. defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool trueīut after a while the preference may disable itself. Basically you need to tell your Mac to reset the setting by running the command below and perform a logout/login sequence. Part of the problem is that macOS overwrites the ApplePressAndHoldEnabled settings in the Library/Preferences/.ist file. Now logout from the Apple menu, log back in and you’re back to the old situation. To undo this change run these commands in Terminal to remove the login script and disable the accent menu: rm -vf ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ĭefaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false You can view the contents of that file here.

Now logout from the Apple menu, log back in and it’s resolved! Then copy paste the following line and hit key: curl -o ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ Open Terminal app from Spotlight search or Launchpad. A simple tweak to re-enable the press-and-hold feature, without rebooting or messing up other settings! Nothing helped untill I came across this bright comment. Including reboots and changing the keyboard languages. Pretty annoying and I tried a lot of things to get it back. On my Mac this feature disabled itself after one of the recent updates. On both iOS and macOS you can hold a key on the keyboard to get the accent menu from which you can convert an e to the ê special character by pressing the indicated number.
