keyboard shortcuts to pounds sign

You are right, the earlier discussion was over simplified in the interest of giving the OP the easiest way to make the £ sign and then explaining to Nicolascharles why Shift + 3 may not work for £ for all English speakers. I can see how the way it was done could be misleading.

I presume you do have a US keyboad with # printed on the 3 key. I don't know whether machines with British keyboards with £ on that key sometimes get carried by retail stores. Were you able to save a significant amount, like 10%?

After taking into account the various taxes, yes it was around that number. Obviously the downside is that you get a slightly different keyboard which sometimes leaves not-so-techy-savvy people like myself trying to find symbols which are not there. Anyway, thanks for helping out with this; I've now found out another shortcut. Cheers.

I have just bought a MacBook Air with a US keyboard and I can definitely say that with mine option + 3 produces #, while shift + 3 produces £.

Perfect and simple answer.

For £ sign. Press SHIFT key and then 3, while still holding down Shift key

For # sign. Press OPTION key and then 3, while still holding down Option key

Thanks Tom, shift/3 is the £ sign on my Retina Macbook. Was driving me nuts so grateful thanks.

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Thanks Tom, shift/3 is the £ sign on my Retina Macbook. Was driving me nuts so grateful thanks.

Glad you found it. But isn't £ printed on your 3 key?

Thank you NicholasCharles! I'm Australian, and my keyboard has a # above my 3 - but when I type Option+3 I get the # - and you're spot on, when I type Shift+3, I get a £ sign! Thank you!!! 🙂

Now if your a younger person like me, you might not get the "option/alt + 3" thing. The easier way to explain is technically "option/alt AND 3". If you still find that hard then it's basically just the Option key and the Number 3 key together.