How to put the "apostrophe" symbol with the keyboard on Mac? - All methods

With the use of our personal computer in the different projects we carry out on a daily basis, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of our keyboard. This of course to insert any signs or symbols we need, such as apostrophes. If in your case you do not know how to do it, in this article we will tell you how to put apostrophe symbol with keyboard on Mac.

Unfortunately there are some signals that, although they are clearly seen on the keyboard, it is not possible to enter them on the screen simply by pressing it. In these cases it is necessary to use keyboard combinations or shortcuts. They are special commands that when pressed insert the symbol or the sign on the screen without complications.

Quotation marks or apostrophes are a widely used literary resource that serves to highlight words, to start and end a bibliographic citation or speech. And although we already show you how simple it is to put quotes from the keyboard on Windows PC and Linux. You will see that it is also very easy to do it on your Mac and devi alone know which commands or key combinations to use.

How can you put the quotes with the Mac keyboard in Spanish?

It is important to know that include the apostrophe or quotation marks on the screen with the Mac keyboard will have a variant and this will be determined by the type of keyboard you are using. Therefore, if in our case we are using the Spanish keyboard, the steps to follow to put the quotes are as follows.

To open the quotation marks you need to press the key combination ALT + Shift + 8, in some cases you can use the Shift key instead of Shift. To close the quotation marks, press the ALT + Shift + 9 keys again. Remember that if that doesn't work, you have to press the Shift key instead of Shift, either way to open the quotation mark and close it.

What commands should be used to add the apostrophe with the Mac keyboard in English?

Now, if your Mac has an English keyboard, you will also find that it is very easy add apostrophe or quotation marks to the screen. But we will do it differently and this time you have to go to the numeric part of the keyboard. Next to the number '0' you will find the quotes.

To insert it, just press it before writing your appointment, and at the end press the button again and the quotation marks will appear. As you can see, there is no need to use the special key combination in this case.

What are the commands to use to be able to enter symbols with the Mac keyboard?

In Mac there are some commands that allow us to insert any symbol mentioned we need from the keyboard. But it is necessary that you press the correct keys and in this way you can have access to the large number of symbols or signs, including the apostrophe, which you can add in your document without having to configure your PC keyboard.

Symbols with the combination 'Option + Alt'

The keyboard of a Mac PC has special commands that, when pressed, will reflect on the screen some symbols or characters that we may need. And this is the case of the combination of keys «Option + Alt» together with another key you will have a new mark on the screen. For example, if you press the P key you will get the symbol 'π' or if you press the g key you will get '©'.

Other symbols to use the 'Option + Alt + Shift' combination

In case you want to include other symbols that you can't find on the keyboard, you just need to execute the key combination Option + Alt + Shift. Using these commands together with other keys will allow you to show more symbols, for example if you press the number key 2, it will reflect the '€' sign, also if you want you can write the copyright symbol from the Mac keyboard.