i can't type this "~"

hi everyone.

i have this sign ~ over number 5 but if i hit shift+5 a get %. everything else works
±!@#$%^&*()_+ - except the ~~ (i copied this ~ from terminal)

as i'm not english native speaker a also had other language installed. i thought that was the problem, so i set everything to english. date, time, language preff, just everything and still the same problem.
is there some trick tat i'm missing??? i'm new with mac. thank u all in advance.

Martin

Check your keyboard layout settings.

Sys Pref > International > Input Menu (tab)

On both my windows box at work and my macbook the ~ is [shift+`] the ` is imediately to the left of 1.
Hope that helps.

DCraver said:

Check your keyboard layout settings.

Sys Pref > International > Input Menu (tab)

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that was firs thing i did. i have US as default and Slovak as secondary. i tried to disable slovak and have just US with no success.

jhelm007 said:

On both my windows box at work and my macbook the ~ is [shift+`] the ` is imediately to the left of 1.
Hope that helps.

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well i'm windows user so i thougth that too but i have ± in stead of ~.
§1234567890-= without shift
±!@#$%^&*()_+ with shift

Go to 'international system prefs' and under input menu check the keyboard viewer option.

Also make sure 'show input menu in menu bar' option at the bottom is checked.

Click on the little flag that should appear in the menu bar, and select 'show keyboard viewer'.

A little diagram of your keyboard should pop up. Hold down different modifier keys (shift, command, alt etc.) to see the different symbols the keys input.


Btw: With a german layout it seems to be alt/option + n (~).
You can probably just leave the slovak layout btw.

If you set your keyboard to English, you will get % for shift+5. You need to leave your keyboard setting to match the hardware, but you should be able to select the system language separately from the keyboard layout.

On my UK macbook, ~ is to the left of Z in the lower left corner of the screen, and is shift+`

cazabam said:

If you set your keyboard to English, you will get % for shift+5. You need to leave your keyboard setting to match the hardware, but you should be able to select the system language separately from the keyboard layout.

On my UK macbook, ~ is to the left of Z in the lower left corner of the screen, and is shift+`

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thank u. that's the only button i didn' t try (the one next to Z). it's there.