Official documentation
Enter letters with accent marks on Mac (Mac User Guide)
Apple, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- Apple's Mac User Guide page on entering accented letters. It describes the press-and-hold accent menu and dead keys, and it says accent marks are not available in all apps.
- How much weight it carries
- Official Apple documentation for macOS. It describes typing accents with the keyboard, not dictating them, and it does not mention dictation at all.
Facts taken from this source
- Apple says that on a Mac, pressing and holding a letter key opens a menu of the accent marks you can enter with that letter.
“When you press and hold a letter key, the accent menu opens and shows the accent marks you can enter with that letter.” (Press and hold a letter key)