On the MacBook Air, M2 chip, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1
The keyboard has changed symbols
examples
-question mark key gives a Ç symbol
-@ symbol gives a !
-! symbol gives a ¡
I have confirmed the keyboard settings to be in U.S. English language.
How do I revert it back to a standard U.S. English keyboardÇ
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Original Title: Keyboard characters and symbols
MacBook Air 15″, macOS 15.6
Go to system settings / keyboard / text input / edit / all input sources and use the minus button at the bottom to remove all items from the list except US or ABC.
System Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources / Edit. Set it to U.S.
I was able to address the problem by removing keyboards that had been activated when replying in different languages. (I assume it was activated by action) Thank you all for your help
Aleroma wrote:
-question mark key gives a Ç symbol
-@ symbol gives a !
-! symbol gives a ¡
When you go to "all input sources", could you tell us what item you had there besides US or ABC? The changes you describe do not fit any of the many input sources I am familiar with. ¡ is pretty much confined to Spanish, but it is located at +/= on an English keyboard, not on Shift 1.
Aleroma wrote:
-question mark key gives a Ç symbol
-@ symbol gives a !
-! symbol gives a ¡
This appears to correspond to an obsolete version of the Latin American input source, as shown below. The Latin American input source (and related Latin American hardware keyboard) used in the current Macs and MacOS is totally different.
I see now that this input source is still part of MacOS, with the name "Spanish Legacy". I don't think anyone makes keyboards printed to follow that mapping.
U.S. English keyboard symbols changed on MacBook Air
