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When holding the lowercase l key of my keyboard, I got a suggestion of a not-or simple. Is it possible to turn this off?

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    It’s called Pressandhold. To turn it off, try this command defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false. (Sorry, I can’t test at the moment). Let me know if that works for you.
    – Allan
    Commented May 18, 2023 at 23:06
  • That's L with stroke, used mainly in Polish
    – Tom Gewecke
    Commented May 19, 2023 at 1:27
  • @Allan Hi Allan! That works for me. A little about the problem background as feedback if you're interested: I was trying a cool terminal emulator called Warp, and I thought this is a feature of it. It seems that Apple re-enabled this option after my recent updates... (I'm at Ventura 13.4)
    – Raining
    Commented May 19, 2023 at 5:17
  • Glad it worked!
    – Allan
    Commented May 19, 2023 at 11:50
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    @Raining Unrelated... don't use Warp without reading their privacy policy. Then don't use it at all.
    – Marc Wilson
    Commented May 19, 2023 at 16:13

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This problem is solved by @Allan in the comment section of my OP. In short:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

and then either log-out or restart your computer. This is something I disabled many years ago when I bought my macbook air. I think either myself or they (since I accepted two updates of macOS recently) enable this option back for some reason.

Why there isn't an user interface to turn off it? I don't know...

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    Note that this won't take effect in any particular application until it's restarted. Probably simplest to logout and back in.
    – Barmar
    Commented May 19, 2023 at 22:15
  • @Barmar: You're right. I missed that part. just updated it!
    – Raining
    Commented May 20, 2023 at 4:42
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Instead of disabling it globally, you can also do it for a specific app. For example, I use the Warp terminal, so -

defaults write dev.warp.Warp-Stable ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Restart the Warp terminal and this feature should be disabled for just the Warp terminal. Hope this helps!

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