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Modifications

Modifications I make to MacOS to make my experience a bit more nicer.

Keyboard

Settings > Keyboard

  • Key Repeat -> fast
  • Delay Until Repeat -> short

Further modifications using defaults:

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The above setting corresponds to the following config. InitialKeyRepeat corresponds to Delay Until Repeat.

$ defaults read | grep KeyRepeat
    InitialKeyRepeat = 15;
    KeyRepeat = 2;
    KeyRepeatEnabled = 0;

To decrease these values even further, use:

defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10 # normal minimum is 15 (225 ms)
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1 # normal minimum is 2 (30 ms)

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