Apple keyboard: Overview of special characters for Mac

In this practical tip, we will show you how to use the special characters on your Mac on your Apple keyboard.

The main special characters for Mac

On the Mac, the special characters are usually not found on the keyboard. It is therefore difficult to keep an overview. The most important special characters and associated key combinations can be found here:

• You write square brackets with Alt + 5 "[" or Alt + 6 "]".
• For curly brackets press Alt + 8 "{" or Alt + 9 "}".
• A vertical line "|" do with the key combination Alt + 7. Write tilde "~" with Alt + N.
• You put the French quotation marks with Alt + Shift + Q "» "or Alt + Q" «".
• You write the registered sign "®" with Alt + R. You get copyright "©" with Alt + G.
• You write the currency "£" when you press Alt + Shift + Control + 4.
• And for Apple fans, the key combination Alt + Shift + Plus (+) is important. With this you write .

In another practical tip, we will show you how to select special characters in Mac OS X.