Option 5 produces "§" instead of infinity symbol. Why?

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pluton Author

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Option 5 produces "§" instead of infinity symbol. Why?

I have two Macs, both Macbook Pro, mid-2009 with latest OS 10.10.2

On one MBP, but not the other, typing <Option + 5> produces the symbol " § " instead of the infinity symbol.

The last time I typed <Option + 5> to get the infinity symbol it worked, but that was months ago.

I have no idea what I've done to create this issue. I'd really like to get my infinity symbol back!

Any suggestions?

MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2009), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 15, 2015 9:11 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Feb 15, 2015 9:13 PM in response to pluton

Select the correct keyboard layout from the Input menu. If needed, open the Keyboard pane of System Preferences, click on the Input Sources tab, and show it.

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Answer 2

pluton Author

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Feb 15, 2015 9:21 PM in response to pluton

Turns out I had "U.S. Extended" selected; "U.S." is the one that works. Thank you Niel

∞∞∞∞∞∞ "Australian" also has the ∞ symbol on Option/5 ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

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