Special Character Shortcuts for Mac Os

How to type special characters in Mac Os?

Special Characters Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac Os

In Mac Os, you can type special characters using shift and option keys in your keyboard. To make a special character, hold down the both shift and/or option keys, and press the letter key simultaneously. Here is the list of special characters and its keyboard shortcuts for Mac operating system for your reference.

Description	Glyph	Shortcut Keys
Left Single Quotation Mark	‘	option+]
Right Single Quotation Mark	’	shift+option+]
Left Double Quotation Mark	“	option+[
Double Low 9 Quote	„	shift+option+w
Dagger	†	option+t
Double Dagger	‡	shift+option+7
Horizontal Ellipsis	&	option+;
Per Mille Sign	‰	shift+option+r
Single Left Pointing Angle Quotation Mark	‹	shift+option+3
Single Right Pointing Angle Quotation Mark	›	shift+option+4
Trademark Symbol	™	option+2
Hyphens	–	option+hyphen
Long Hyphens	—	shift+option+hyphen
Inverted Exclamation Mark	¡	option+1
Cent Currency Symbol	¢	option+4
Pound Sterling Currency Sign	£	option+3
Yen Symbol	¥	option+y
Section Symbol	§	option+6
Umlaut	¨	shift+option+u
Copyright Symbol	©	option+g
Feminine Ordinal Indicator	ª	option+9
LEFT POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE Quote	«	option+\
Not Sign	¬	option+l
Registered Trademark Symbol	®	option+r
Degree Symbol	°	shift+option+8
Plus Minus Sign	±	shift+option+=
COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT	´	shift+option+e
Lowercase Letter Mu	µ	option+m
Pilcrow Sign	¶	option+7
Interpunct	·	shift+option+9
Cedilla	¸	shift+option+z
Masculine Ordinal Indicator	º	option+0
RIGHT POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK	»	shift+option+\
Upside Down Question Mark	¿	shift+option+?
Capital Letter A With Grave Accent	À	option+` A
Capital Letter A With Acute Accent	Á	option+e A
Capital Letter A With Circumflex Accent	Â	option+i A
Capital Letter A With Tilde	Ã	option+n A
Capital Letter A With Umlaut	Ä	option+u A
Capital Letter A With Ring	Å	shift+option+a
Uppercase AE	Æ	shift+option+'
Capital Letter V With Cedilla	Ç	shift+option+c
Capital Letter E With Grave Accent	È	option+` E
Capital Letter E With Acute Accent	É	option+e E
Capital Letter E With Circumflex Accent	Ê	option+i E
Capital Letter E With Umlaut	Ë	option+u E
Capital Letter I With Grave Accent	Ì	option+` I
Capital Letter I With Acute Accent	Í	option+e I
Capital Letter I With Circumflex Accent	Î	option+i I
Capital Letter I With Umlaut	Ï	option+u I
Capital Letter N With Tilde	Ñ	option+n N
Capital Letter O With Grave Accent	Ò	option+` O
Capital Letter O With Acute Accent	Ó	option+e O
Capital Letter O With Circumflex Accent	Ô	option+i O
Capital Letter O With Tilde	Õ	option+n O
Capital Letter O With Umlaut	Ö	option+u O
Upper Case O With Slash	Ø	shift+option+o
Capital Letter U With Grave Accent	Ù	option+` U
Capital Letter U With Acute Accent	Ú	option+e U
Capital Letter U With Circumflex Accent	Û	option+i U
Capital Letter U With Umlaut	Ü	option+u U
Lowercase Sharps, German	ß	option+s
Lowercase A With Grave Accent	à	option+` a
Lowercase A With Acute Accent	á	option+e a
Lowercase A With Circumflex Accent	â	option+i a
Lowercase A With Tilde	ã	option+n a
Lowercase A With Umlaut	ä	option+u a
Lowercase A With Ring	å	option+a
Lowercase Ae	æ	option+'
Lowercase C With Cedilla	ç	option+c
Lowercase E With Grave Accent	è	option+` e
Lowercase E With Acute Accent	é	option+e e
Lowercase E With Circumflex Accent	ê	option+i e
Lowercase E With Umlaut	ë	option+u e
Lowercase I With Grave Accent	ì	option+` i
Lowercase I With Acute Accent	í	option+e i
Lowercase I With Circumflex Accent	î	option+i i
Lowercase I With Umlaut	ï	option+u i
Lowercase N With Tilde	ñ	option+n n
Lowercase O With Grave Accent	ò	option+` o
Lowercase O With Acute Accent	ó	option+e o
Lowercase O With Circumflex Accent	ô	option+i o
Lowercase A With	õ	option+n o
Lowercase O With Umlaut	ö	option+u o
Lowercase A With	ø	option+o
Lowercase U With Grave Accent	ù	option+` u
Lowercase U With Acute Accent	ú	option+e u
Lowercase U With Circumflex Accent	û	option+i u
Lowercase U With Umlaut	ü	option+u u
Lowercase Y With Umlaut	ÿ	option+u y