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« on: June 05, 2016, 04:05:21 pm »

How to use the Keyboard Viewer on your Mac

Do you always forget where the £ symbol is on your Mac? The Keyboard Viewer will find it for you.

Apple has this useful little tool for Macs that displays an on-screen keyboard. The Keyboard Viewer is useful for two reasons: You can see all of the symbols and characters on your keyboard when you press the Option, Control, and Shift keys, and if something should happen to your physical keyboard, you can use it as a temporary fix. Here's how to use it.

How to show the Keyboard Viewer in the menu bar on your Mac

You can enable the Keyboard Viewer so that it stays in your menu bar, always easy to access.

Click on the Apple Icon () in the upper left corner of the menu bar on your Mac.
Select System Preferences from the dropdown menu.


Click on the Keyboard icon.
Select the Keyboard Tab on the far left of the sections.
Tick the box to Show Keyboard, Emoji, & Symbol Viewers in menu bar.


The icon for the Keyboard Viewer will sit to the far right of your menu bar, next to the d...

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