MacBook Air typing '>' instead of ':'

Ineeedhelppppp wrote:

My new MacBook Air is typing > instead of :

Go to system settings > keyboard > text input > edit > all input sources and make sure there is only one item on that list, and that the name of that item is ABC or US. Use the minus buttom at the bottom of the list to remove everything else.

No, ABC only matches the printing on the us English keyboard. For a Spanish keyboard, you need to use Latin American or Spanish

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Ineeedhelppppp wrote:

My new MacBook Air is typing > instead of :

PS Are you sure you have an English keyboard and not a Spanish one? Getting > in place of : sounds like a Spanish keyboard (where : is made via shift period on the bottom row) while using the ABC input source, which is the wrong one for Spanish.

No, ABC only matches the printing on the us English keyboard. For a Spanish keyboard, you need to use Latin American or Spanish

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Are the keyboard settings set to United States (international) most of the times you want to have it set on that setting