{"id":10747,"date":"2017-05-06T17:45:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T12:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=10747"},"modified":"2017-05-06T17:50:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T12:20:13","slug":"type-hidden-mac-keyboard-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/type-hidden-mac-keyboard-symbols\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Type Hidden Mac Keyboard Symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every keyboard around the world all are similar, as well Mac keyboard looks the same as every other keyboard except the command and option buttons, it comes packed with a plethora of hidden symbols that\u00a0users can make use of. The root symbol and a lot more hidden stuff that\u00a0users might not even be aware of hidden symbols consist of fun things like the Apple Symbol, to extremely useful symbols like the degree symbol.<\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p>Now we are going to discuss about how you can type some of the most commonly used yet hidden symbols via keyboard shortcuts, and also discuss how\u00a0users can find out\u00a0additional Mac special characters. So read on to learn how you can use the evasive\u00a0Mac keyboard\u00a0symbols that you have always wanted to use and could never find on your keyboard.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"commonly-used-yet-hidden-mac-keyboard-symbols\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Commonly Used Yet Hidden Mac Keyboard Symbols<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Let\u2019s start off with symbols that people\u00a0use quite often, but can never find on their keyboards.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"1-the-symbol\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>1. The \u00a9 Symbol:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>I know\u00a0what you are thinking, you could just go to the symbol viewer on your Mac and double click on the copyright symbol to insert it at your cursor position. But why go through all the trouble when there\u2019s a much easier way to get the\u00a0\u201c\u00a9\u201d symbol to show up? It\u2019s easy. Simply press\u00a0<strong>Option + G<\/strong>\u00a0and the \u201c\u00a9\u201d will appear at the position of your cursor.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"2-the-symbol\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>2. The \u00ae Symbol:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>You can easily access the \u201c\u00ae\u201d Registered symbol by pressing\u00a0<strong>Option + R<\/strong>. Easy, right?<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"3-the-symbol\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>3. The \u00b0 Symbol:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>This is one I have to use pretty often, and I assume a lot of people do. The only way to access\u00a0the \u201cdegree\u201d symbol was by going to the \u201c<strong>Character and Emoji<\/strong>\u201d viewer on the Mac and looking for it. However, you can also use\u00a0<strong>Option + Shift + 8<\/strong>\u00a0to get to this symbol. A similar symbol appears by pressing\u00a0<strong>Option + 0 (Zero)<\/strong>, so make use of whatever suits your needs best.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"4-the-symbol\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>4. The \u2122 Symbol:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>If you do a lot of branding work, or just want to make sure that you include the \u201c\u2122\u201d symbol with every brand name that has been trademarked, feel free to use this symbol by pressing\u00a0<strong>Option + 2<\/strong>\u00a0on your keyboard.<\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"discovering-additional-mac-keyboard-symbols\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Discovering Additional Mac Keyboard Symbols<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Obviously the four symbols I covered above aren\u2019t the only ones that people use frequently. Depending on the kind of work you do on your Mac, you might have a highly different list of symbols that you use frequently. While it is not humanly possible for me to cover each and every symbol that the Mac keyboard offers to users, I can point you in the right direction to find the shortcuts to your favorite symbols on the keyboard with ease.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t already have the Keyboard viewer enabled on your Menu bar, go to\u00a0<strong>System Preferences -&gt; Keyboard<\/strong>\u00a0and check the checkbox next to \u201c<strong>Show viewers for keyboard, emoji, and symbols in menu bar.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1-147.png\" alt=\"How to Type Hidden Mac Keyboard Symbols\" width=\"640\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1-147.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1-147-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you are done with that, simply\u00a0<strong>click the icon on your menu bar<\/strong>\u00a0and click on \u201c<strong>Show Keyboard Viewer<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2-146.png\" alt=\"How to Type Hidden Mac Keyboard Symbols\" width=\"234\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will show a virtual keyboard on your screen. You can press any of the modifier keys \u201c<strong>Option, Shift or\u00a0Command<\/strong>\u201d to see the\u00a0difference in the keyboard. The keyboard on the screen will change to reflect the\u00a0symbols you can type by pressing the respective modifier keys.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-126.png\" alt=\"How to Type Hidden Mac Keyboard Symbols\" width=\"433\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-126.png 433w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-126-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p>Keyboard Viewer (Top), Keyboard Viewer with Option pressed (Bottom)<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"even-more-mac-keyboard-symbols-and-emojis\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Even More Mac Keyboard Symbols and Emojis<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>There are only a limited number of keys on your keyboard, and there is a\u00a0whole plethora of special symbols, characters, emojis and whatnot that\u00a0are supported by devices these days. Well, you can access all the different symbols, emojis, and special characters easily by using the built-in \u201c<strong>Character Viewer<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>You can launch this viewer by\u00a0<strong>clicking the menu bar icon<\/strong>\u00a0and selecting \u201c<strong>Show Emoji &amp; Symbols<\/strong>\u201c, or by pressing\u00a0<strong>Control + Command + Space<\/strong>. Either way, this will launch the Character Viewer, which will allow you to view all the symbols or emojis sorted by categories, making it somewhat easier to locate the one you are looking for.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-121.png\" alt=\"How to Type Hidden Mac Keyboard Symbols\" width=\"634\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-121.png 634w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-121-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you have found the symbol, or emoji that you wanted, you can simply\u00a0<strong>double click on it to insert it<\/strong>\u00a0at your cursor position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Type Hidden Mac Keyboard Symbols &#8211; PC &#8211; learn how you can use the evasive Mac keyboard symbols that you have always want to use and could never<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5739],"tags":[32128,32098,32095,32118,32101,32130,32097,32121,32110,32104,32103,32099,32096,32109,32108,32111,32100,32135,32107,32136,32119,32106,32105,32123,32117,32122,32115,32125,32112,32124,32116,32134,31771,32127,31769,32114,32132,31777,32129,32126,32120,32113,32131,32133,32102],"class_list":["post-10747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-accents-on-keyboard","tag-ampersand-keyboard-shortcut","tag-apple-hidden-keyboard","tag-apple-keyboard-symbols","tag-apple-special-characters-list","tag-apple-symbol-keyboard","tag-apple-symbols-font","tag-character-keyboard","tag-hidden-characters-keyboard","tag-hidden-keyboard-characters","tag-hidden-keyboard-symbols","tag-hidden-keyboard-symbols-iphone","tag-hidden-keyboard-symbols-mac","tag-hidden-letters-on-keyboard","tag-hidden-symbols-keyboard","tag-hidden-symbols-on-keyboard","tag-how-to-get-hidden-keyboard","tag-imac-keyboard-symbols","tag-indesign-show-hidden-characters","tag-keyboard-accents","tag-keyboard-characters","tag-keyboard-hidden-keys","tag-keyboard-hidden-symbols","tag-keyboard-keys-symbols","tag-keyboard-mac","tag-keyboard-shortcuts-symbols","tag-keyboard-signs","tag-keyboard-special-characters","tag-keyboard-symbols","tag-keyboard-symbols-mac","tag-keyboard-symbols-names","tag-mac-computer-keyboard","tag-mac-keyboard","tag-mac-keyboard-option","tag-mac-keyboard-special-characters","tag-mac-keyboard-symbols","tag-mac-keyboard-type","tag-option-mac-keyboard","tag-special-characters-keyboard","tag-special-keyboard-characters","tag-symbols-in-keyboard","tag-symbols-keyboard","tag-symbols-with-keyboard","tag-tilde-mac-keyboard","tag-typographic-characters-definition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}