Question

Mac special characters - these key combinations work

Answer 1

How to make special characters on Mac

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Have you just switched to a Mac and do not yet know all the important keyboard shortcuts for special characters? You are right here!

Anyone who switches from Windows to macOS knows the problem: The familiar shortcuts for special characters no longer fit. We have compiled a list of the most important special characters and the corresponding Mac keyboard shortcuts for you below.

How to make special characters on Mac

A key legend and other Mac shortcuts can be found here..

special character	designation	Keyboard shortcut
@	At	old + L
€	Euro	old + E
$	dollar	shift + 4
£	British pound	alt + shift + 4
©	copyright	old + G
®	Registered	old + R
™	Trademark	alt + shift + D
	Apple	alt + shift + +
§	paragraph	shift + 3
~	tilde	alt + N (then space)
(	Bracket open	shift + 8
)	Clip closed	shift + 9
[	square bracket	old + 5
]	square bracket closed	old + 6
{	curved bracket open	old + 8
}	curly bracket closed	old + 9
/	Slash	shift + 7
\	Backslash	alt + shift + 7
|	Pipe (vertical bar)	old + 7
"	German quotation marks below	old + ^
"	German quotation marks above	alt + shift + ^
‚	single quotation mark below	old + S
'	single quotation mark above	old + #
»	French quotation marks	alt + shift + Q
«	French quotation marks too	old + Q
›	simple French quotation marks	alt + shift + N
‹	single French quotation marks too	alt + shift + B
=	Equal	shift + 0
≠	Unequal	old + 0
≤	Less than or equal to	old +>
≥	Greater or equal	alt + shift +>
>	Greater	shift +>
<	Smaller	fn +>
±	Plus minus	old + +
≈	Approximately	old + X
O	average	old + O
∞	Infinite	old +,
%	percent	shift + 5
π	pi	old + P
√	Hook / root sign	old + V

special character	designation	Keyboard shortcut
@	At	old + L
€	Euro	old + E
$	dollar	shift + 4
£	British pound	alt + shift + 4
©	copyright	old + G
®	Registered	old + R
™	Trademark	alt + shift + D
	Apple	alt + shift + +
§	paragraph	shift + 3
~	tilde	alt + N (then space)
(	Bracket open	shift + 8
)	Klammer zu	shift + 9
[	eckige Klammer auf	alt + 5
]	eckige Klammer zu	alt + 6
{	geschwungene Klammer auf	alt + 8
}	geschwungene Klammer zu	alt + 9
/	Slash	shift + 7
\	Backslash	alt + shift + 7
|	Pipe (senkrechter Strich)	alt + 7
„	dt. Anführungszeichen unten	alt + ^
“	dt. Anführungszeichen oben	alt + shift + ^
‚	einfaches dt. Anführungszeichen unten	alt + S
‘	einfaches dt. Anführungszeichen oben	alt + #
»	frz. Anführungszeichen auf	alt + shift + Q
«	frz. Anführungszeichen zu	alt + Q
›	einfaches frz. Anführungszeichen auf	alt + shift + N
‹	einfaches frz. Anführungszeichen zu	alt + shift + B
=	Gleich	shift + 0
≠	Ungleich	alt + 0
≤	Kleiner gleich	alt + >
≥	Größer gleich	alt + shift + >
>	Größer	shift + >
<	Kleiner	fn + >
±	Plusminus	alt + +
≈	Ungefähr	alt + X
ø	Durchschnitt	alt + O
∞	Unendlich	alt + ,
%	Prozent	shift + 5
π	Pi	alt + P
√	Haken / Wurzelzeichen	alt + V

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