# Using accents with Mac and iphone causes a double letter

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**Created:** [June 24, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/using-accents-with-mac-and-iphone-causes-a-double-letter/31525 "2023-06-24T16:54:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/using-accents-with-mac-and-iphone-causes-a-double-letter/31525/2 "2023-06-24T18:44:35Z")

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> [@\[macos\] Letters double while typing with diacritics](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/macos-letters-double-while-typing-with-diacritics/27457/2):
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> [https://docs.ankiweb.net/editing.html#inputting-foreign-characters-and-accents](https://docs.ankiweb.net/editing.html#inputting-foreign-characters-and-accents) The toolkit on which Anki is built has trouble dealing with a few input methods, such as holding down keys to select accented characters on macOS

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