MacbookPro 2014 Keyboard - where is pipe key on British keyboard?

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MacbookPro 2014 Keyboard - where is pipe key on British keyboard?

I have a MacBook Pro (2014) and cannot type the pipe key. The pipe symbol appears on the physical key above the backslash, which suggests that holding the shift key while pressing the key should type a pipe symbol - however a tilde (~) results.

I have tried all sorts of combinations with the Alt and **** keys on all the keys on the keyboard with no luck.

Could anyone help me with this information?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 8.1.2, Yosemite

Posted on Jan 12, 2015 4:46 AM

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brenden dv

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Jan 13, 2015 9:56 AM in response to SueMcL

Hi SueMcL,

If you are seeing a tilde typed when you expect a pipe, you may want to double check to see if your keyboard layout/input source has been set to "British-PC" as opposed to "British" or other English language layouts. On the British-PC layout, the tilde is above the right return key and the pipe key is moved to the key to the left of the "1" key. For more information on changing layouts, or to see what keys the computer is mapped for if they don't match your physical keyboard markings, you may find the following articles helpful:

OS X Yosemite: Use input sources to type in other languages

OS X Yosemite: Use the Keyboard Viewer

Regards,

- Brenden

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