i have new mac with a keyboard that is wired. the keyboard is set to US but i can't access many of the symbols on the keyboard including questionmark. i have not been able to find "change keyboard" under System Preferences, keyboard - can't use forward slash, cant use greater than or lesser than. help
iMac, brand new imac core i7
Go to System Preferences -> Language & Text -> Input Sources, then enable 'Keyboard & Character Viewer' in addition the languages that should be available. With this you get an icon in the menu bar. Click it and select 'Show Keyboard Viewer' to display an onscreen keyboard. Compare this with your actual keyboard.
Go to System Preferences -> Language & Text -> Input Sources, then enable 'Keyboard & Character Viewer' in addition the languages that should be available. With this you get an icon in the menu bar. Click it and select 'Show Keyboard Viewer' to display an onscreen keyboard. Compare this with your actual keyboard.
While you're in 'Input Sources', uncheck all the language options except the one you want (presumably US or US extended)
Make sure you are using Shift to access those characters; Caps Lock won't do it.
nah, its not that. i'm having the same problem a fellow had back in nov. i just read that thread. my keyboard is set wrong and i can't follow apple's advice to `'change keyboard`' through system preferences as the `'keyboard assistant`' is not appearing. `i'm going to ask the experts at apple tomorrow. thanks
It's really not clear from your description whether you need to change your "keyboard type" or just make sure the "input source" has been set correctly and uniquely in Language & Text preferences. For "keyboard type" issues, which seem pretty unlikely in your situation, this may help:
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2009/12/fixing-keyboard-type-problems.html
minus the US version and instal +GB version - worked for me🙂
morgold wrote:
minus the US version and instal +GB version - worked for me🙂
That's odd, since the question mark is at exactly the same place on both the US and British keyboards (even 5 years ago when this discussion ended).
question mark on keyboard
