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100 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Creating Symbols

These shortcuts are for U.S. Keyboard as input source.

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Some of these symbols cannot be seen.

Let's Start with an Apple

1AppleOption-Shift-K (Apple)

Mathematical

2∫Option-B9≠Option-Equal Sign[=]
3√Option-V10≤Option-Smaller Sign[<]
4∑Option-W11÷Option-Question Mark[?]
5≈Option-X12…Option-Semicolon[;]
6∞Option-513‰Option-Shift-R
7«Option-Backslash[\]14»Option-Shift-Backslash[\]
8≥Option-Larger Sign[>]15±Option-Shift-Equal Sign[=]

Greek

16∂Option-D (Delta)20ßOption-S (beta)
17∆Option-J (Delta)21ΩOption-Z (Omega)
18µOption-M (Mu)22∏Option-Shift-P (phi)
19πOption-P (phi)

Currency

23$Shift-426£Option-3
24ƒOption-F27¢Option-4
25¥Option-Y28€Option-Shift-2

Grave

29àOption-Accent[`] A34ÀOption-Accent[`] Shift-A
30èOption-Accent[`] E35ÈOption-Accent[`] Shift-E
31ìOption-Accent[`] I36ÌOption-Accent[`] Shift-I
32òOption-Accent[`] O37ÒOption-Accent[`] Shift-O
33ùOption-Accent[`] U38ÙOption-Accent[`] Shift-U

Acute

39áOption-E A44ÁOption-E Shift-A
40éOption-E E45ÉOption-E Shift-E
41íOption-E I46ÍOption-E Shift-I
42óOption-E O47ÓOption-E Shift-O
43úOption-E U48ÚOption-E Shift-U

Circumflex

49âOption-I A54ÂOption-I Shift-A
50êOption-I E55ÊOption-I Shift-E
51îOption-I I56ÎOption-I Shift-I
52ôOption-I O57ÔOption-I Shift-O
53ûOption-I U58ÛOption-I Shift-U

Tilde

59ãOption-N A62ÃOption-N Shift-A
60ñOption-N N63ÑOption-N Shift-N
61õOption-N O64ÕOption-N Shift-O

Dieresis

65äOption-U A70ÄOption-U Shift-A
66ëOption-U E71ËOption-U Shift-E
67ïOption-U I72ÏOption-U Shift-I
68öOption-U O73ÖOption-U Shift-O
69üOption-U U74ÜOption-U Shift-U

Miscellaneous

75åOption-A88æOption-Single Quote[']
76çOption-C89‘Option-Close Square Bracket[']']
77©Option-G90“Option-Open Square Bracket['[']
78˚Option-K91ÅOption-Shift-A
79øOption-O92ÇOption-Shift-C
80œOption-Q93ØOption-Shift-O
81®Option-R94ŒOption-Shift-Q
82†Option-T95fiOption-Shift-5
83™Option-2 (Trade Mark)96flOption-Shift-6
84Option-797°Option-Shift-8
85•Option-8 (Bullet)98—Option-Shift-Dash[-]
86¡Option-199¿Option-Shift-Question Mark[?]
87–Option-Dash[-]100ÆOption-Shift-Single Quote[']

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15 Comments

Matt 

Very nice list

Sypie 

On the european keyboard the ± sign is made by pressing shift and ±/§ key. This key is on the left of the #1 key, above the "tab" key.

Also a very nice list for macwiki.nl, am i also allowed to copy this information with a reference to usingmac.com? Just like this one: http://macwiki.nl/index.php/Toetsencombinatie


Thanks, Sypie

Jeff Byrnes 

Great article. Nice to see these all laid out, easy to reference. Cheers!

Andy 

Oh, and did not know about it. Thanks for the information ...

Ellie 

Is there anyway to change these symbols? Like if i wanted a star or a heart in there?

ralph 

paano po ba yung apple

Pete 

Anyone know where the ~ symbol is to be accessed?

david 

is there one for star

Fabiola 

How do I put the at in my mac?"@"
I cant do it please help, its on a side from the number two.

Sypie 

Shift+2 will make an @.

Scott S di Vincenzo 

Option + G  Only Sometimes Makes the Copyright Symbol

ryan 

how do i type a ~ symbol. i try shift+` but that doesnt work

sapana 

i cant do that please help me........

Saibraisina 

Hello my friends :) 
;)

Matt 

This is one of the great features that has been available through the evoution of the Mac OS. In OS 9 and older there was an App called Keycaps that would show you these keystroke combinations. I miss Keycaps! If you want to have the content of this post readily available without bookmarking this page or copying and pasting you will love this widget.

http://www.tacowidgets.com/widgets/characterpal/

btw - I love this blog