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french accents on macbook pro

I used to be able to add a Frencc accent by holding down letters like e or o or i etc which would give me a menu of accents to add. This feature has stopped working on my MacBook Pro 2021 [Monterey 12.4] now when i hold down the e, i get a series of e’s repeated rather than the menu

MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jul 26, 2022 4:50 PM

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Jul 26, 2022 5:03 PM in response to normanfromvictoria

On your MacBook tap the little Apple at the top left of the screen.

Tap System Preferences

Tap Keyboard, then once there, tap Keyboard and turn off Key Repeat


Then see if you get the options you were expecting when you hold the key down. There are other ways to get special characters. See this --> https://9to5mac.com/2021/12/02/how-to-do-special-characters-and-letter-accents-on-mac/


Jul 26, 2022 6:26 PM in response to normanfromvictoria

normanfromvictoria wrote:

I used to be able to add a Frencc accent by holding down letters like e or o or i etc which would give me a menu of accents to add. This feature has stopped working on my MacBook Pro 2021 [Monterey 12.4] now when i hold down the e, i get a series of e’s repeated rather than the menu


This can often be fixed by  opening Terminal and typing


defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true


return and then restart.

french accents on macbook pro

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