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I would like to be able to type the character ~ directly, without having to follow up with a space.

Currently, if I type the tilde character, at first I get a ˜, which becomes a ~ only if I follow it up with a space.

The same question extends to ', " and `, but I presume the solution is the same for all of them.

I am using a M1 Macbook Air, with a "U.S. International PC" keyboard layout.

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  • What is the actual keyboard? Apple don't make a 'PC keyboard' of any sort. Is it an external? If so, please post a photo of it. It's important to know whether the layout is ISO or ANSI.
    – Tetsujin
    Apr 2, 2021 at 15:26
  • @Tetsujin. The keyboard in the picture is the one called English International by Apple. I don't think they make separate one for Brazil.
    – Tom Gewecke
    Apr 2, 2021 at 16:14
  • That's just an International English keyboard, common in Europe. Tom's answer solved my issue.
    – Kira
    Apr 2, 2021 at 16:27
  • Ah, yes. The # and $ threw me ;) I'm used to UK English.
    – Tetsujin
    Apr 2, 2021 at 16:29

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Get rid of the "US International PC" layout and instead use "US" or "ABC". You do this in system preferences > keyboard > input sources.

(US International PC is a special layout adopted from Windows which is intended to make it easy to write the accents needed in common European languages.)

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