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How to change the key repeat rate?

It is driving me crazy.

The key repeat rate is extremely slow.

If I am to delete 50 characters, it would take 1 minute.

I have set it to the fastest, but it is still extremely slow.

I also tried

  1. defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 1
  2. defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0
  3. defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1
  4. defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 0

but none of them works.

I also posted a question on StackExchange but no one had an answer.

https://superuser.com/questions/1581456/how-to-increase-the-keyboard-repeat-rate-on-macos-10-15-6?noredirect=1#comment2409383_1581456


Could someone save me?

Cannot thank more...

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 6:00 PM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2020 8:32 PM

That's crazy slow. Using the backspace key to delete 50 characters took me three seconds, including the initial delay which was set at its mid range.


Forget all those defaults write commands. Most of them no longer work. Reset that Mac's NVRAM and see if that fixes it.

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How to change the key repeat rate?

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