How to Allow Key Repeating in SecureCRT on macOS

Various versions of macOS have presented end users with differing long-press key behavior. With the release of macOS Sonoma, when a key is long-pressed, a pop-up window with special alternate language characters is presented (known as the accent menu) instead of repeating the key. For example, holding down the I key might display the accent menu as follows:

Screenshot of the macOS accent menu when the I key is long-pressed

On macOS, if you would rather have a long press repeat a key instead of displaying the accent menu, the behavior may be changed by modifying an app-specific setting on your machine as described below:

Close all instances of SecureCRT (Command⁠-⁠Q within the application).
Open the native Terminal application and run the following command:
```
defaults write com.vandyke.SecureCRT ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool False
```
You should now be able to launch SecureCRT, open a Local Shell window (Command⁠-⁠L) or connect to a remote host, and test long pressing a key to confirm that the accent menu no longer appears.

To re-enable the accent menu in SecureCRT, repeat the above command with "True" instead of "False":
```
defaults write com.vandyke.SecureCRT ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool True
```

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