Tilde character on Mavericks/Macbook air with Norwegian keyboard turns into >

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After upgrading my MB Air & upgrading to Mavericks, I can't get my beloved tilde character to turn up. I got a Norwegian keyboard, so there is no dedicated tilde character.

Answers from Google and search here has so far not solved the problem for me.

I tried using KeyRemap4MacBook with option Shift+Escape to tilde, which gives me the > character.

This fits what has been mentioned elsewhere: That the tilde on the international keyboard is between left Shift and the Z key - which on mine is >

Is there something obvious i'm missing?

On a Mac Norwegian keyboard the tilde is not on the key next to Z. That has > and < . — Tom Gewecke, Aug 05 '14 at 21:03

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '14 at 18:53

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On the Apple Norwegian layout, tilde should be at option plus ¨, then space.

On the Apple Norwegian Extended layout, tilde should be at option plus k, then space.

answered Aug 05 '14 at 18:53

Tom Gewecke

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I was using Norwegian Extended keyboard layout, and you're totally right! – Fred Carlsen Aug 05 '14 at 21:59

Pylinux · Answer 2 · 2016-05-03T05:14:13.263

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If you switch to the non "extended" keyboard layout (doing this does not mean that the numpad stops working) then you can use the much simpler key combination Alt+^ to make a ~ character

How to do this:

Open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources -> find Norwegian Bokmål in the list -> select Norwegian

When you have done this I would urge you to delete the "Norwegian Extended" keyboard so you are sure what keyboard you are using. You can just re-add it using the recipe above if you change your mind.

edited May 03 '16 at 05:14

answered May 02 '16 at 13:48

Pylinux

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Kindly add a little more details on how to "switch to the non "extended" keyboard layout" for clarity. – perhapsmaybeharry May 02 '16 at 14:02
@perhapsmaybeharry Hope the extra info helps you along – Pylinux May 03 '16 at 05:20

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 05 '18 at 09:31

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On my Macbook Pro with a Norwegian Extended keyboard I press Option + k, and then I press Space

edited Apr 05 '18 at 09:31

Nimesh Neema

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answered Apr 05 '18 at 08:04

Karl Oskar Andersen

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Tilde character on Mavericks/Macbook air with Norwegian keyboard turns into >

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