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Useful keys on a MacBook Air with Finnish keyboard

November 24th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Wow, it’s been two and a half years since my last post.  I don’t think blogging is my thing.  I think and plan too much about what to write and then never get around to it.  So instead, I think I’ll just use this space to write down stuff so I don’t forget.

For example, I can never remember how to type pipes or square brackets on my MacBook Air.  A quick Google doesn’t really help as it seems to be different on my Finnish keyboard.  So here’s a list of keys that I think are useful to know:

Pipe (|) = Alt + 7
Backslash (\) = Shift + Alt + 7
Open square bracket ([) = Alt + 8
Closed square bracket (]) = Alt + 9
Open curly bracket ({) = Shift + Alt + 8
Closed curly bracket (}) = Shift + Alt + 9
Dollar sign ($) = Alt + 4
Tilde (~) = Alt + ¨

Page up = Fn + Up
Page down = Fn + Down

Print screen = Cmd + Shift + 3
Partial print screen = Cmd + Shift + 4 (You get a cursor to select what to capture)
Print window = Cmd + Shift + 4 and then press Spacebar

Delete = Fn + Backspace
Delete file from Finder = Cmd + Backspace

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  1. anon
    March 1st, 2014 at 11:21 | #1

    Typo close curly braces. 9.

  2. aksel
    December 17th, 2014 at 14:21 | #3

    Kiitos paljon;)

  3. marko.
    December 6th, 2015 at 14:53 | #4

    Super-useful, thanks! Superhyödyllinen, kiitos!

  4. costara
    January 29th, 2017 at 22:22 | #5

    ctrl+alt+2=@ in boot camp

  5. Kourosh
    January 14th, 2018 at 05:32 | #6

    Try “Alt+K+Space bar” for Tilde sign ~

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