On the Mac, this the default method for accessing diacritical marks is by holding the "Option" key, followed by a vowel that represents a specific accent character; however, there are alternate ...

Whether you prefer to use a Mac or a Windows PC, you might think you know all your computer’s secrets. After all, you use it every day, and modern technology is supposed to be so intuitive that you ...

Nicolas Finney finds El Capitan has elided his ability to enter accents easily: In iOS and Yosemite, there was a very convenient shortcut for inserting alternate characters (e.g., an ‘e’ with an ...

Reader Stephen Mette and his keyboard don’t see eye-to-eye about what should appear on his Mac’s display when he presses the quote key. He writes: What appears to be happening is that the Mac believes ...

Unlike our phones, which we can customize with cases, PopSockets, ringtones, and more, our computers can be a little plain. But that's all about to change, because we just found a new way to spice up ...