Increase Keyboard Repeat Rate on Mac
If you've ever felt that your Mac was too slow when holding a key down, even after changing it with System Preferences -> Keyboard
, we've got a solution for you.
You can run this directly in your terminal:
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defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 1 defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 10
Alone, this probably doesn't make too much sense. Let's break it down.
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 1
- here, you're setting the KeyRepeat rate to 1
(15ms). The default minumum is 2
(30ms).
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 10
- here, you're setting the initial wait to 10
(150ms). The default minimum is 15
(225ms).
Source: Apple Stack Exchange