Mac Shortcuts to input Alphabets with Accents or Symbols

Mac OS Cheat Sheet: How to Input Accents and Symobols

Here is how to input accents and symbols with keys on Mac.
You can try to type on the form on the right of each row.

Mac Key Legend

symbol	name
⌘	Command key
⌃	Control Key
⌥	Option Key
⇧	Shift Key
⇪	Caps Key
fn	Function Key

Accents (Diacritic)

name	example	keyboard	keys	here to practice
cédille	ç	any	⌥ + c
capital cédille	Ç	any	⌥ + ⇧ + c
acute (accent aigu)	é á	any	⌥ + e, an alphabet
grave (accent grave)	è à	Japanese, etc.	⌥ + _, an alphabet
		English	⌥ + `, an alphabet
circumflex	ê î	any	⌥ + i, an alphabet
Umlaut	ä ü	any	⌥ + u, an alphabet
tilde	ñ	any	⌥ + n, an alphabet

Symbols

name	symbol	keyboard	keys	here to practice
Yen	¥	Japanese	¥
Yen	¥	English	⌥ + y
back slash	\	Japanese	⌥ + ¥
leader	…	any	⌥ + ;
guillemet start	«	Japanese	⌥ + ]
		English	⌥ + \
guillemet close	»	Japanese	⌥ + ⇧ + ]
		English	⌥ + \
bullet	•	any	⌥ + 8
degree	°	any	⌥ + ⇧ + 8
Eszett	ß	any	⌥ + s
euro	€	any	⌥ + ⇧ + 2
apple		any	⌥ + ⇧ + k
delta	∆	any	⌥ + j
function	ƒ	any	⌥ + f
phi	ø	any	⌥ + o
capital phi	Ø	any	⌥ + o

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Mac Key Legend

symbol	name
⌘	Command key
⌃	Control Key
⌥	Option Key
⇧	Shift Key
⇪	Caps Key
fn	Function Key

Mac OS

Display

keys	action
fn ⌘ F1	Mirror (Duplicate) the current desktop to the projector.
⌘ ⌥ D	Hide/show the Dock.

Chrome

Display

keys	action
⌃ ⌘ F	Switches to the full screen.
⇧ ⌘ F	Switches to the presentation mode.

Navigate

Tabs

keys	action
⌘ ⌥ →	Switches to the next tab.
⌘ ⌥ ←	Switches to the previous tab.

Bookmark

keys	action
⌥ ⌘ B	Open Bookmark Manager.