Is my keyboard faulty or are my settings screwed? [duplicate]
No, your keyboard is almost certainly not faulty. In fact, if you hold down some keys, such as the full stop . or space keys you should see that they repeat just fine.
Assuming that’s the case, you have one of two options:
- keep your Mac as it currently is and use the Keyboard Viewer with your mouse if/when you need to repeat other characters, or
- totally change the default behaviour so that you don’t get the popup with special characters.
If you opt for the 2nd option, then you’ll need to do the following:
- Run the following command in terminal:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
- Restart your Mac
Now you’ll have your keys repeat the way you want.