Hashtag symbol on a UK MacBook

gdaisy17 wrote:

Hello,

How do I type a hashtag symbol on a UK MacBook?

All the forums are saying Alt+3 but this doesn't seem to be working for me?

Go to system preferences > keyboard > input sources and make sure there is only ONE item on the list, and that the name of that item is "British". Then your output should match what is printed on the keys, and # should be at Alt/Option 3.

Unless you got some other country keyboard on your MacBook....

Hello,

Can you please try Shift + 3 and see ? For me Alt/option gives me " £ " and Shift +3 gives " # ".

Thanks!

There may be a way to see the keyboard effects by using the

menu bar "Show Keyboard Viewer" or such similar item when

that is visible by the date/time, if activated in your macOS.. (or)

• How to type Æ, €, #, @, © and more special characters on a Mac | macworld.uk

https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-keyboard-type-symbols-3504584/

Ideas among these should work:

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=MacBook+Air+2018+UK+keyboard+output+hashtag&ia=web

With 'keyboard viewer' you could see what keys can alternatively

do when pressed; with optional effects due to Shift, Opt, Control

among major keys; such as Fn, which varies the key-effect output.