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I have connected a Microsoft keyboard to my MacBook Pro 2019. Since doing this, the @ symbol is not appearing when pressed.

Case 1:

  • With the integrated keyboard, in Chrome, VSCode or another text editors, or even here typing:
  • Key combination: right option + q: nothing happens

Case 2:

  • With the external keyboard, in Chrome, VSCode or another text editors, or even here typing:
  • Key combination: right option + q: nothing happens

Case 3:

  • With the integrated keyboard, Slack, Notes:
  • Key combination: right option + q: @ <-- only that way works

Why I can't write at all the @ symbol with the external keyboard? Why I just can write in some apps the @ symbol with the integrated keyboard?

This is the input source: enter image description here

And this are the Modifier keys:

a) for integrated: enter image description here

b) for external: enter image description here

Note that I remapped the command/option in the USB keyboard, but with this keyboard there's no way I can write the @ symbol

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    Try Shift/2 or Shift/{ - that's where they are [physically] on most keyboards. Mac & Win often swap these two keys - see i.stack.imgur.com/6Wxy6.png
    – Tetsujin
    May 11, 2021 at 14:42
  • Doesn't work. It's very weird, why on some apps works and in others don't. Actually I can see my arroba there in the Keyboard preview
    – pmiranda
    May 11, 2021 at 15:23
  • is that Spanish? Spanish seems to have 2 on opt/G though Spanish ISO layout has it on opt/2 You can find it if you mash keys using the Keyboard Viewer in the language menu
    – Tetsujin
    May 11, 2021 at 16:33
  • Yes, it's spanish, but as I said, I tried with all combinations with command/option/shift, Q and 2, and it works ONLY in some places, but in others nothing happens, but with the integrated KB it works almost always
    – pmiranda
    May 11, 2021 at 16:36
  • I only just noticed you said 'right option'. Windows keyboards do not have a right alt[opt] key, they have AltGr, which as far as a Mac is concerned is ctrl+opt & will not generate the same key output as just opt. eg on UK, opt 2 gives € but ctrl/opt/2 gives 2 again.
    – Tetsujin
    May 11, 2021 at 16:40

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If you look on your keyboard, you should see the @ above one the keys, probably the number 2. Try the combination Shift + that number and see if that works.

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  • presumably, if it was written on the keyboard itself, the user may have already noticed.
    – Tetsujin
    May 11, 2021 at 16:34
  • I assumed so, but I just wanted to be sure, like you said in your comments. My guess is that alt-q is a shortcut in those apps to add an @, but I could very easily be wrong. It also seems that the OP is familiar with this, but I wanted to post this to be sure.
    – 2br-2b
    May 11, 2021 at 16:36
  • What is printed on the keyboard doesn't matter. The Input Source determines which key does what, and for MacOS Latin American the @ in on Option Q.
    – Tom Gewecke
    May 11, 2021 at 19:26

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