The @ symbol on a Spanish keyboard on a new MacBook Pro

If the keyboard is set to Spanish (Spain) then the @ symbol can be produced by typing Option+2.

If its set to Latin America, then its Option+Q.

If its set to English its Shift+2

You can change the input language in Settings ➜ Keyboard if you want a different layout.

Okay. Are your keyboard languages set to Spanish?

Write in another language on Mac - Apple Support (also test with the Keyboard Viewer)

Yours is an ISO Spanish Keyboard, which should be recognized automatically:

Specify a keyboard type on Mac - Apple Support

Also check that the Modifier Key definitions (for Option) aren’t weird:

Change the behavior of the modifier keys on Mac - Apple Support

hayde48 wrote:

I got the Spanish keyboard on my new MacBook Pro, but I don’t know how to type the @ key. Is under the Q and I can’t make it work. Please help

If the @ is printed on the Q key, your keyboard is the Latin American one. Go to system settings > keyboard > text input > input sources and make sure you have Latin American as the only item on the list. Remove Spanish.

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LeslieTabarez wrote:

I’ve tried option+q on a Latin American Spanish keyboard, but I still can’t get the “@“ sign.

You need to make sure you have the right input source active.

For European Spanish, the only input source in your system settings > keyboard > text input > edit > input sources should be named Spanish. @ is on option 2. Remove Latin American.

For Latin American, it should be Latin American, @ is on option Q. Remove Spanish.

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If you still cannot make @, tell us exactly what you have on your input sources list.

LeslieTabarez wrote:

I need to have access to symbols as they appear on my Latin American Spanish keyboard, NOT as they appear on the American English keyboard, but have no idea how to check or change what keyboard is being used.

Go to system settings > keyboard > text input > edit and on your list of input sources, get rid of everything besides Latin American. Then your output will match what is printed on your keys.

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This info has already been posted here a few times, I guess you are not seeing all the posts?

Phil0124 wrote:

If its set to Latin America, then its Option+Q.

Yes. And if you see @ printed on your Q key, you should set your input source to Latin America so that the printing on the keys matches what appears on the screen.

Tom Gewecke wrote:

Phil0124 wrote:

If its set to Latin America, then its Option+Q.

Yes. And if you see @ printed on your Q key, you should set your input source to Latin America so that the printing on the keys matches what appears on the screen.

I respectfully disagree. You should set your input source to whatever it is you want to use. Just because it's printed on the keys does not mean you should be tied to that layout and not change it ever.

I happily change between US English, British English, Spanish (Spain) and Spanish Latin America as required.

Only one of those layouts matches what's printed on the keys.

Phil0124 wrote:

You should set your input source to whatever it is you want to use. Just because it's printed on the keys does not mean you should be tied to that layout and not change it ever.

You are right, for some users it may not be very important to have output match the printing on the keys. I am curious though about what benefits you find in switching between two English keyboards or between two Spanish keyboards. Is it for an app like Word where the proofing tools can change with the input source?

There are slight variations to the layouts for the languages.

The Latin American keyboard for instance has a Ç key, which in regular Spanish is hardly ever used. The actual input source does not use this key where it's labeled on the keyboard, providing a } and a ] instead.

If I want to type that for any reason, I change to the Spanish (Spain) layout. Not usual, but it can happen.

I normally change to the British-PC layout when working on Databases, because it offers the backtick ` next to the 1 key which is used to encase column names in queries, instead of §. and has the | character used as separator in certain cases, easily reachable by the left shift key.

I can’t make it work either. I’ve tried option+q on a Latin American Spanish keyboard, but I still can’t get the “@“ sign. Just in case, I also tried the option for Spanish keyboards from Spain, but that didn’t work either.

Thanks for trying to help. I just bought s new Mac with a Latin American Spanish keyboard, since I am an interpreter/translator who types mostly in Spanish. It says the “@“ is on the “q” key, accessible by pressing “option+q” but this gives me that strange “oe” symbol. I was finally able to access “@“ as I would on sn English keyboard, with shift+2. I need to have access to symbols as they appear on my Latin American Spanish keyboard, NOT as they appear on the American English keyboard, but have no idea how to check or change what keyboard is being used.

Option-Q

Thanks for the explanation!

If you need a ç when in the Latin American layout, it can also be found on option c.