Enter tilde on Mac - how it works

If you use the tilde character (~) more often on your Mac, you can simply type it on the keyboard instead of constantly looking for it. We'll show you how it's done.

Enter tilde on Mac - that's how you make the wave sign

• Hold down the [Alt] key on the bottom left of the keyboard, and then tap the letter [N]. Then the [~] is inserted.
• If you do not press the spacebar after the command but press the [N] again, the Spanish letter ñ is inserted.

Find special characters on Mac

In the next practical tip, we will show you how to find other special characters under Mac OS X.

Here we show you how to name files with special characters under Mac OS X.