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title: "Comment by Chris Bongers on \"Pimp Your Terminal (macOS)\" | Hashnode"
description: "Amazing, Changing a terminal is life-changing, one thing I'm missing and truly made my terminal experience is better is this setting: Setting the key repeat"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/pimp-your-terminal-macos/5f39c8b6c4d5973f55c9157c/comment/5f3a49b00801bf3f76e607d5"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/pimp-your-terminal-macos/5f39c8b6c4d5973f55c9157c)

Comment [Pimp Your Terminal (macOS)](https://hashnode.com/posts/pimp-your-terminal-macos/5f39c8b6c4d5973f55c9157c)

[Chris Bongers](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips)

[Aug 17, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/pimp-your-terminal-macos/5f39c8b6c4d5973f55c9157c/comment/5f3a49b00801bf3f76e607d5)

Amazing,

Changing a terminal is life-changing, one thing I'm missing and truly made my terminal experience is better is this setting:

Setting the key repeat to fast and delay as well. If you ever had to backspace a terminal line, you'll know what i mean!

![Screenshot 2020-08-17 at 11.10.22.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1597655434209/mcMPzJlIi.png)

[Alyssa Holland](https://hashnode.com/@AlyssaCodes)

[Aug 17, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/pimp-your-terminal-macos/5f39c8b6c4d5973f55c9157c/comment/5f3a49b00801bf3f76e607d5#reply-5f3aabd6c4d5973f55c91ed7)

Nice! I'm always looking for new tips and tricks so I'll have to give that a try! Thanks for sharing [Daily Dev Tips](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips)!

[Chris Nagy](https://hashnode.com/@chris_the_nagy)

[Aug 18, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/pimp-your-terminal-macos/5f39c8b6c4d5973f55c9157c/comment/5f3a49b00801bf3f76e607d5#reply-5f3bcbc55b58bc2575d55e61)

I just keep `alt` pressed and it deletes whole words and pieces instead of single characters! I wasted too much time holding down `backspace` before I realized this trick😂

[Peter Thaleikis](https://hashnode.com/@spekulatius)

[Sep 14, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/pimp-your-terminal-macos/5f39c8b6c4d5973f55c9157c/comment/5f3a49b00801bf3f76e607d5#reply-5f5f1837ddc3fe5f4f24e11b)

Thanks for sharing Chris!