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by pasc1878 1417 days ago
Much of that is not the keyboard but the OS So running Linux on an Apple keyboard will not have the last two issues.

As for # in macOSdon't use a UK layout use Irish or Australian which are the same except for shift-3

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> Much of that is not the keyboard but the OS So running Linux on an Apple keyboard will not have the last two issues.

Only the last two items and I did prefix those items saying it was the OS so wouldn't be affected by running Linux. I'm not trying to deceive people here.

> As for # in macOSdon't use a UK layout use Irish or Australian which are the same except for shift-3

...or you can just redefine the keyboard layout, as I also stated in my comment (I assume you did actually read it?).

None of the problems I raised were intended to be negative about Apple so you don't need to jump to the defence here. I'm just stating the differences between Mac and IBM/Microsoft keyboard layouts.

Sometimes Mac OS doesn't like to co-operate with "just change the keyboard layout": https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/255082/external-is...