MacBook Air: Change dollar to pound symbol on key 4 in UK

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MacBook Air: Change dollar to pound symbol on key 4 in UK

Got a new Macbook air. the key on number 4 is a dollar. i am here in the uk, so i dont care what it shows, but how can i get it to be a pound if i press it in text?

MacBook Air (M4, 2025)

Posted on Jan 24, 2026 10:08 AM

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Answer 1

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MartinR

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Jan 24, 2026 11:00 AM in response to xxymoxx

The simplest thing is probably just remember that pressing Option-3 will produce the £ sign anywhere you type.

You can change the keyboard to the British keyboard. Go to System Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources. Click the "+" to add a new Input Source. Select English > British > Add. That should remap your keyboard to the UK.

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xWauwau

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Jan 25, 2026 5:46 AM in response to xxymoxx

To change your keyboard layout, please enter the settings application, scroll down to keyboard in the sidebar, look at text input -> input sources. There you can add the English - British keyboard layout, and, by chance, remove your apparent standard/US one if you no longer require it.

Nonetheless, the British keyboard will still have the shift+4 input as '$' and I currently see no way to mitigate that.

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xxymoxx Author

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Jan 25, 2026 5:35 AM in response to MartinR

Thanks for this, option 3 works fine.. i cannot change the keyboard as its already in the UK Region and UK measurement. The physical key shows as a $, and types as a $ and cannot change this.

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