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for the curious - Option+u (for umlaut) then the letter you want, so in this case O. result: Ö

If you're new to OSX I highly recommend playing about seeing which characters are possible. Hold Option and try each key, then Option+Shift and each key. Comes in handy for typing things like ©2013, 20˚, 2π and LÖVE

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Or, just hold down the O key and check out the variations available to you.

on iOS, yes, that's correct. Try it on OSX however and all you get is a line of Os :)

Not in Lion - by default holding down a key will bring up the accent menu. You can turn it off by following this http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/04/enable-key-repeat-mac-os-x-li... (though I've found it more useful to keep it on).

cool, thanks, didn't know that :) Unfortunately I'm stuck on 10.6 here as this machine's too old to upgrade. Tested it and everything before I replied, just in case I was wrong.

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