I've seen this answer, but on my Italian keyboard I've got < between Z and Left Shift instead of the ~. So, how can I type it?
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Is there anything wrong with fn + n? – Gerry Aug 16 '12 at 14:06
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@Gerry it's not the same tilde – Nicola Peluchetti Aug 16 '12 at 14:07
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1try option and 5 – ICL1901 Aug 16 '12 at 14:14
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Despite a keyboard combination, if you don't want to use it by its own, you could still use the Character picker. Just press and hold the N, for instance, and a pop-Up will show, giving you the option of choosing the Ñ letter. – Thecafremo Aug 16 '12 at 14:22
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@Thecafremo But he doesn't want Ñ, he wants ~, and Character Picker is useless for doing that. – Tom Gewecke Feb 10 '16 at 16:01
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@TomGewecke I know. That's why it's a comment and not an answer, as I don't know what exactly he's trying to achieve. Plus it might help someone else landing in this page looking for a way of writing Ñ. – Thecafremo Feb 10 '16 at 17:01
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Just change the language of your USA International Keyboard - PC for USA
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You need to say which key/keys it is you type in order to get a tilde for this to be an "answer". – Tom Gewecke Feb 13 '20 at 04:33
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worked for me, I was in US layout and changing to US international PC was indeed a solution since it changes the behavior when pressing space changing the small tilde to a normal one – Mehdi S. Jan 11 '21 at 16:21
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I struggled a lot about writing accents and special characters in macOS with an Italian keyboard. The most comfortable way to do them is to hold option + press a key.
Specifically, for tilde, as mention above is Option + 5 (try other keys also, you'll be used to it in a while).
There are other special combinations for accents which are:
- option + N and a letter for ñ
- option + U and a letter for ü
- option + 8 and a letter for ú
- option + 9 and a letter for ù
- option + ì and a letter for ô
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Using an Italian Keyboard.
The option + N will Also give you a Small Tilde ˜ as apposed to ~
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This small tilde is normally used to accent over the other letters.
If you
Option + Nand then for exampleoyou will getõNot entering another compatible character while the small tilde is highlighted and moving on will leave you with
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Totally fails to answer the question, tells you how to make the wrong tilde, should be deleted. – Tom Gewecke Feb 10 '16 at 13:16