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agarza
agarza
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I had the exact same situation (Nordic keyboard, US layout). The problem is that Mac OSmacOS thinks you're using the wrong "type" (ISO vs ANSI) keyboard. To fix it:

  1. Open keyboard settings
  2. Click "Change keyboard type..."Change keyboard type... at the very bottom
  3. The keyboard setup assistantKeyboard Setup Assistant will pop up and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift key
  4. Do Do not press that ">" keynot press that >
  5. Instead, press ZZ

Mac OSmacOS will now determine that you're using a standard US keyboard.

I had the exact same situation (Nordic keyboard, US layout). The problem is that Mac OS thinks you're using the wrong "type" (ISO vs ANSI) keyboard. To fix it:

  1. Open keyboard settings
  2. Click "Change keyboard type..." at the very bottom
  3. The keyboard setup assistant will pop up and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift key
  4. Do not press that ">" key
  5. Instead, press Z

Mac OS will now determine that you're using a standard US keyboard.

I had the exact same situation (Nordic keyboard, US layout). The problem is that macOS thinks you're using the wrong "type" (ISO vs ANSI) keyboard. To fix it:

  1. Open keyboard settings
  2. Click Change keyboard type... at the very bottom
  3. The Keyboard Setup Assistant will pop up and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift key
  4. Do not press that >
  5. Instead, press Z

macOS will now determine that you're using a standard US keyboard.

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Tom Gewecke
Tom Gewecke
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I had the exact same situation (Nordic keyboard, US layout). The problem is that Mac OS thinks you're using some sort of non-standard Englishthe wrong "type" (ISO vs ANSI) keyboard. To fix it:

  1. Open keyboard settings
  2. Click "Change keyboard type..." at the very bottom
  3. The keyboard setup assistant will pop up and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift key
  4. Do not press that ">" key
  5. Instead, press Z

Mac OS will now determine that you're using a standard US keyboard.

I had the exact same situation (Nordic keyboard, US layout). The problem is that Mac OS thinks you're using some sort of non-standard English keyboard. To fix it:

  1. Open keyboard settings
  2. Click "Change keyboard type..." at the very bottom
  3. The keyboard setup assistant will pop up and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift key
  4. Do not press that ">" key
  5. Instead, press Z

Mac OS will now determine that you're using a standard US keyboard.

I had the exact same situation (Nordic keyboard, US layout). The problem is that Mac OS thinks you're using the wrong "type" (ISO vs ANSI) keyboard. To fix it:

  1. Open keyboard settings
  2. Click "Change keyboard type..." at the very bottom
  3. The keyboard setup assistant will pop up and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift key
  4. Do not press that ">" key
  5. Instead, press Z

Mac OS will now determine that you're using a standard US keyboard.

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SeanW
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I had the exact same situation (Nordic keyboard, US layout). The problem is that Mac OS thinks you're using some sort of non-standard English keyboard. To fix it:

  1. Open keyboard settings
  2. Click "Change keyboard type..." at the very bottom|bottom
  3. The keyboard setup assistant will pop up and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift key
  4. Do not press that ">" key
  5. Instead, press Z

Mac OS will now determine that you're using a standard US keyboard.

I had the exact same situation (Nordic keyboard, US layout). The problem is that Mac OS thinks you're using some sort of non-standard English keyboard. To fix it:

  1. Open keyboard settings
  2. Click "Change keyboard type..." at the very bottom|
  3. The keyboard setup assistant will pop up and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift key
  4. Do not press that ">" key
  5. Instead, press Z

Mac OS will now determine that you're using a standard US keyboard.

I had the exact same situation (Nordic keyboard, US layout). The problem is that Mac OS thinks you're using some sort of non-standard English keyboard. To fix it:

  1. Open keyboard settings
  2. Click "Change keyboard type..." at the very bottom
  3. The keyboard setup assistant will pop up and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift key
  4. Do not press that ">" key
  5. Instead, press Z

Mac OS will now determine that you're using a standard US keyboard.

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SeanW
SeanW
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