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Alt Codes For Mac 11/6/2019 Alt is used in non-Mac software, such as non-macOS Unix and Windows programs, but in macOS it is always referred as the Option key. The Option key's behaviour in macOS differs slightly from that of the Windows Alt key (it is used as a modifier rather than to access pull-down menus, for example). The ALT key can help you in accessing the alt characters or codes that are not readily available on a simple keyboard. These codes can be used to write in mathematical equations, foreign languages or even to add fun symbols to your messages. In the Below ☟ article you could learn the way to type symbols using the alt key on a PC or a Mac. Alt key on Mac is indeed exist. And it’s called Option key. Windows vs Mac—there are so many differences. A lot of our customers have used a PC before and then decide they want to switch to Mac for better performance, nicer design, or for better security.

Columns in the tables:

• Sym: The symbol representing the key
• Key: The common name of the key
• CrossPlat?: Whether the symbol is cross-platform. If 'No', then the symbol is unlikely to render properly outside the Apple ecosystem.
• Alt: An alternate symbol used in some contexts (e.g., legacy)
• Alt CrossPlat?: Whether the alternate symbol is cross-platform

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Modifiers

When a key combination is displayed, the modifiers are written in the order presented here. For example, Control + Option + Shift + Command + Q would be written as ⌃⌥⇧⌘Q.

The Command key was formerly represented by an Apple logo. The Apple logo is one fo the few symbols here that can be easily typed with a typical keyboard layout: ⌥⇧K

There is also a Fn modifier on modern Mac keyboards. Typically this isn't seen in keyboard shortcuts because it's only used to access keys F1 through F20. However, it can technically be combined with Control plus one other key to get a unique legacy combination. Each of these Fn + Control combinations maps to a character in Unicode's U+F700 to U+F7FF private use range. Some programs will erroneously print these characters upon receiving such a combination. With system Mac fonts, these characters lack visible glyphs, and are for internal use only. Quote from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/CORPCHAR.TXT:

NeXT's OpenStep reserved corporate characters in the range 0xF700 to0xF8FF for transient use as keyboard function keys. The ones actuallyassigned in NextStep are 0xF700-0xF747, as follows. These are stillused in the Mac OS X AppKit frameworks. Note that there is no glyphassociated with these, and they are not mapped or used by the Mac OSText Encoding Converter.

Normal

The alternate eject symbol,  (U+F804), is from a Unicode private use region. Apple designates it for use with mapping to/from the Mac OS Keyboard encoding. Ideally, the official Unicode variant should be used instead, as it will be compatible with fonts on other platforms. Quote from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/CORPCHAR.TXT:

The following (11) are for mapping the Mac OS Keyboard and Mac OS Koreanencodings (for Mac OS Korean also see 0xF83D, 0xF840-0xF84F).

Reference: ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/KEYBOARD.TXT

These are the official Unicode symbol mappings published by Apple.

Some entries are missing key names; these don't map to physical keys.

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LTR indicates usage with left-to-right languages: that means text flows from left to right, such as in most Western languages. RTL indicates the opposite. Many keyboards have both Delete Left and Delete Right, regardless of text direction.

ISO indicates a symbol designated by an ISO standard. ISO standard symbols aren't necessarily used by Mac.

Symbols composed of multiple Unicode characters are special in that they are treated as a single character on Mac, despite appearing as multiple symbols. For most of the characters, this grouping is controlled by the first character, which is a Unicode private use character that is invisible on Mac. The others use standard Unicode combining techniques. Quote from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/KEYBOARD.TXT:

The block of 32 characters 0xF860-0xF87F is for transcoding hints.These are used in combination with standard Unicode characters to forcethem to be treated in a special way for mapping to other encodings;they have no other effect.

Macintosh supports typing and a wide variety of languages but you need to activate their keyboards before they can be used.

Page Content

1. Activate Keyboards
   On Student Computing Labs
2. Extended Keyboard Accent CodesAccents Section
3. Unicode Character PaletteNew Page

Activate Keyboards

Mavericks/Yosemite/El Capitan/

The interface for accessing the non-English keyboard has changed as of Mavericks.

1. Go to the Apple menu and open Systems Preferences. This is on the second row.
2. Click the Keyboards preferences icon on the second row.
   Note: If you clicked Language & Region option, there is a Keyboard Preferences button is at the bottom of the screen.
   
3. In the next window, click the Input Sources tab.
   
4. In the next window, click the + key to open available keyboards by language.
5. Next click Show Input menu in menu bar at the bottom of the window.


Click the + link at the bottom left to see list of available keyboards.


6. In the next window scroll to languages you are interested. Highlight any keyboard you want to activate with the mouse, then click the Add key. Repeat as needed for each keyboard.
   The Dvorak keyboard highlighted and a preview is shown. Click Add button to add keyboard

Location of Certain Keyboards

• English has U.S. Extended, Dvorak and keyboards for different countries
• Others has Unicode Hex Input

Older Systems

1. Go to the Apple menu and open Systems Preferences.
2. Click the Text and International icon (or International in OS X 10.5-10.2) on the first row of the Systems Preferences panel.

   
   System Preferences Language & Text Option (OS X 10.6)

3. Click the Input Sources tab or (or Input Menu (OS X 10.5 or earlier ) and check the keyboards you want activated.
   NOTE: If you do not see the keyboard you need to activate, you may need to install them from an OS X CD or download the most recent version of OS X from Apple. Make sure the appropriate Localized Files are checked during the installation set-up wizard.

   
   Input Menu listing available keyboards and input palettes in OS X 10.6

Student Computing Labs

For the OS X machines in the Student Computing labs, a number of keyboards have been activated already.

Other keyboards can be activated by following the instructions above, but they must be reactivated every time you log in.

Switch Keyboards

To switch keyboards:

1. Make sure you have activated all the appropriate keyboards
   following the instructions in the previous section.
2. Open a software application such as a word processor, spread-sheet or any
   other application in which you need to enter text.
3. On the upper right portion of the screen, click on the American flag
   icon ().
   Use the dropdown menu to select a script or language.
4. The keyboard will be switched and an appropriate font will be selected within the application. A flag icon corresponding to the keyboard will be displayed on the upper right.
5. To switch back to the U.S. keyboard or to some other keyboard, click on the flag icon on the upper right and select a keyboard from the dropdown menu.

View Keyboard Layouts

Activate in Yosemite Mavericks

1. Go to the Apple menu and open Systems Preferences.
2. Click the Keyboard option.
3. In the Keyboard window, check the option Show Keyboard and Character Viewers in menu bar at the bottom of the window.
   

Activate in Older Systems

1. Go to the Apple menu and open Systems Preferences then International (U.N. flag icon). Check Keyboard Viewer as one the options, then close this window.
   Note: In System 10.6 (Snow Leopard), the Keyboard Viewer is bundled with the Character Palette option.

Use Keyboard Viewer

1. Open a document in any application, then switch your keyboard by clicking on the American flag icon (). and using the drop down menu to switch to another keyboard.
2. Return to the keyboard menu and select Show Keyboard Viewer. A virtual keyboard will open.
   Yosemite Keyboard Viewer set to Greek Polytonic. Orange keys are accent keys.
3. Press the Shift, Option or Shift+Option to see the keyboard layout under those conditions. Hot keys (e.g. accents) may appear in yellow in newer versions.

Unicode Hex Input

This keyboard allows you to generate many Unicode characters by manually inputting the hexadecimal Unicode entity code.

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1. Make sure you have activated the Unicode Hex Input keyboard. See the activate keyboards section for more details.
   Note: In Mavericks and Yosemite, the Unicode Hex Input is listed under Others in the language category.
2. Switch keyboards to the Unicode Hex Input from the flag icon dropdown menu on the upper right. If the Unicode Hex Option is grayed out, then you are in an application which does not support this keyboard.
   Note: Most current applications support this keyboard, but some old versions of software may not.
3. To input a specific character, hold down the option key, then type in the four-digit hexadecimal Unicode value (e.g. 044D = Cyrillic э). Charts listing Unicode values for different scripts are available at www.unicode.org/charts.

Available Keyboards and Applications

Available Language Input Keyboards

Below is a list of supported languages available in OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Earlier versions of OS X may be missing some utilities. See individual Language pages to see information about different options for each language.

Table of Version Names

Different viersions of OS X are named after different animals. See table below. The interface for activating keyboard has been evolving between systems, so knowing your system number is important.

Keyboard Downloads

Several sites list links to freeware keyboard utilities for languages not supported
by Apple. Thes sites include:

• Melell – Check your system first to see if the language is supported.
• Language Geek (Native American & Australian languages)

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To use these files, you should install them in the Library/Keyboard Layouts folder (all users) or the ~Library/Keyboard Layouts folder (one user only). Reboot and Activate following the activation instructions.

Read the instructions for each keyboard layout for details on installation and use.

Notes on Where to Install

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• Installing a keyboard layout in just one user’s folder reduces the risk of damage to a system.
• However some older versions of OS X only recognized layout installed in the main (all users) library.