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What is the Difference Between Apple's Spanish and Latin American Keyboards

Last modified: Nov 29, 2024 4:26 PM
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You can see the differences in the layout between Apple's two Spanish language keyboards in the images below. They are primarily at the right edge. The Spanish keyboard has a key printed with Ç (for use in Catalan) while the Latin American keyboard does not. Spanish has @ on Option 2, while Latin American has @ on Option Q. Spanish has square and curly brackets on the Option level. The keys with orange borders are dead keys for making accented characters.


Spanish (Input Source = Spanish, or in MacOS earlier than Monterey, Spanish ISO):




Latin American (Input Source = Latin American):




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