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It seems like the method to increase the key repeat speed further than the settings allow as mentioned in this question no longer works in Big Sur:

How to increase keyboard key repeat rate on OS X?

Has anyone figured out a way to increase the Key Repeat speed in Big Sur?

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Reset to default
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defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 1
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 10

And turn off press and hold if you haven't: \

defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

I can confirm they work because I am using these settings. Also make sure "slow keys" is disabled in System Preferences > Accessibility > Slow Keys.

Also, although it seems counterintuitive, I checked all my defaults for keyrepeat entries with defaults read | grep -i 'keyrepeat' and found that I had "KeyRepeatEnabled = 0;" in my com.apple.Accessibility defaults. So maybe setting that to 1 would override the other above defaults and prevent fast key repeat.

To match my setting you can use the command:

defaults write com.apple.Accessibility KeyRepeatEnabled -bool 0

You need to restart your computer for all of these things to take effect! Logging off and on did not change anything for me.

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  • Are you running macOS Big Sur? Commented Jan 20, 2021 at 3:25
  • @user3439894 yes Commented Jan 20, 2021 at 3:30
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    Confirming this working. Running BigSur Air M1 Commented Feb 22, 2021 at 2:23
  • -bool 0 doesn't work for me, but -bool false. defaults write com.apple.Accessibility KeyRepeatEnabled -bool false Commented Aug 26, 2021 at 14:30
  • Thank you for suggesting to check slow keys being off ( "System Preferences > Accessibility > Slow Keys"). That's what was blocking me the whole time. Commented Mar 10, 2022 at 14:10

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