Mac Extended Codes | Mac Character Palette | Windows ALT Codes
In an app on your Mac, choose Edit Emoji & Symbols, or press Control-Command-Space to open the Character Viewer. If you previously used the Character Viewer, or set the option in Keyboard preferences to show it in the Input menu, you can also open it from that menu. To open Keyboard preferences, choose Apple menu System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Keyboard. The paused symbol over the OneDrive or OneDrive for work or school icon means your files are not currently syncing. To resume syncing, select the blue or white OneDrive icon in the notification area, select More and then Resume syncing. Learn more about How to Pause and Resume sync in OneDrive. Those are all symbols that you may find yourself needing to type again and again, and yet they are hidden from view on your Mac keyboard. Don't worry though, we'll let you know what you need to do. With over 2,400 configurable symbols, SF Symbols is designed to integrate seamlessly with San Francisco, the system font for Apple platforms. Each symbol comes in a wide range of weights and scales that automatically align with text labels, and supports Dynamic Type and the Bold Text accessibility feature.
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- Letters with Accents – (e.g. ó, ò, ñ)
- Other Foreign Characters – (e.g. ç, ¿, ß)
- Currency Symbols – (e.g. ¢, £, ¥)
- Math Symbols – (e.g. ±, °, ÷)
- Other Punctuation – (e.g. &, ©, §)
- Extra Accents:Extended Keyboard for OS X – (e.g. Ā, ý, č) New Page
Letters with Accents
This list is organized by Accent type. For the Template, the symbol 'V' means any vowel. The format is to hold the first two keys down simultaneously, release, then type the letter you wish to be accented.
ACCENT | SAMPLE | TEMPLATE |
---|---|---|
Acute | ó Ó | Option+E, V |
Circumflex | ô Ô | Option+I, V |
Grave | ò Ò | Option+`, V |
Tilde | õ Õ | Option+N, V Only works with 'n,N,o,O,a,A' |
Umlaut | ö Ö | Option+U, V |
Examples
Example 1: To input the letter ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type lowercase o.
Example 2: To input the letter Ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type capital O.
Other Foreign Characters
To insert these characters, press the Option key (bottom of keyboard) then other 'code' key to make the symbol appear.
SYMBOL | NAME | CODE |
---|---|---|
¡ | Upside-down exclamation mark | Option+1 |
¿ | Upside-down question mark | Shift+Option+? |
Ç,ç | French C cedille (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+C Option+C |
Œ,œ | OE ligature (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+Q Option+Q |
ß | German Sharp/Double S | Option+S |
º, ª | Masculine Ordinal Number (Span/Ital/Portuguese) Feminine Ordinal Number | Option+0 Option+9 |
Ø,ø | Nordic O slash (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+O Option+O |
Å,å | Nordic A ring (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+A Option+A |
Æ,æ | AE ligature (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+’ (apostrophe key) Option+’ |
« » | Spanish/French quotation marks | Option+ Shift+Option+ |
Examples
Example 1: To input French ç (Option+C), hold down the Option, then the C key. The ç will appear.
Example 2: To input French Ç (Shift+Option+C), hold down the Shift key, then the Option key,then the C key. The ç will appear.
Currency Symbols
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SYMBOL | NAME | CODE |
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¢ | Cent sign | Option+4 |
£ | British Pound | Option+3 |
¥ | Japanese Yen | Option+Y |
€ | Euro Sign. | Shift+Option+2 May not be in older fonts. |
ƒ | Dutch Florin | Option+F |
Math Symbols
SYMBOL | NAME | CODE |
---|---|---|
÷ | Division sign | Option+/ |
± | Plus/minus sign | Shift+Option+= |
° | The degree symbol | Shift+Option+8 |
¬ | 'not' symbol | Option+L |
≥ | Greater than or equal to | Option+> |
≤ | Lesser than or equal to | Option+< |
√ | square root radical sign | Option+V |
π | Pi symbol | Option+P |
∞ | Infinity symbol | Option+5 |
≈ | Approximately | Option+X |
Δ | Delta/Difference | Option+J |
Σ | Sum Sign | Option+W |
∏ | Product Pi Symbol | Shift+Option+P |
Ω | Ohm sign | Option+Z |
µ | Micro | Option+M |
∂ | Partial Derivative | Option+D |
∫ | Integral Sign | Option+B |
‰ | Per Mil (1/1000) Sign | Shift+Option+R |
Other Punctuation
SYMBOL | NAME | CODE |
---|---|---|
© | Copyright symbol | Option+G |
® | Registered | Option+R |
™ | Trademark | Option+2 |
¶ | Paragraph Symbol | Option+7 |
• | Dot | Option+8 |
§ | Section Symbol | Option+6 |
– | en-dash. Option, then minus sign | Option+- |
-- | em-dash | Shift+Option+- |
† | Dagger | Option+T |
Other Symbols
If the symbol you need is not on this page, try these options.
With over 2,400 configurable symbols, SF Symbols is designed to integrate seamlessly with San Francisco, the system font for Apple platforms. Each symbol comes in a wide range of weights and scales that automatically align with text labels, and supports Dynamic Type and the Bold Text accessibility feature. You can also export symbols and edit them in vector graphics editing tools to create custom symbols with shared design characteristics and accessibility features.
What’s new
750+ New Symbols
SF Symbols 2 features over 750 new symbols, including devices, health, transportation symbols, and more. These new symbols are available in apps running the beta versions of iOS 14, iPadOS 14, or macOS Big Sur.
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Multicolor Symbols
Over 150 preconfigured, multicolor symbols that adapt dynamically with Apple platform system colors.
Refined optical alignment
Negative side margins are now supported both natively and in custom symbols, enabling greater control over horizontal alignment.
Improved localization
New, localized variants of symbols for both Right-to-Left writing systems as well as script-specific symbols for Arabic, Devanagari and Hebrew.
App Enhancements
Symbols For Mac Key Commands
Organize symbols into custom collections and view symbol metadata including localization and OS availability in a new inspector panel.
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Symbols For Mac
Using SF Symbols
Keyboard Shortcuts For Symbols Mac
Read the Human Interface Guidelines to learn how to make the most of SF Symbols in your apps.