This may seem like the strangest question. But i have just purchased a new Apple laptop and cannot figure out how to get the @symbol!!
It is in the middle of the keyboard, which is also shared with the letter G but no combinations are working, including all the shift, control, command keys.
I have an acer computer at work and it is ctrl-alt-2 but i didnt think it would be possible to change the keyboard...i think i would prefer to leave it as is.
There are two "alt" keys on a mac keyboard. For a Swiss keyboard the the "@" sign is obtained by pressing "alt" and "G" at the same time assuming you've set the input source as a swiss keyboard.
However, there's a catch. If you're running another system other than Mac OS, native or virtualised, you may find that the left "alt" key will no longer work in conjunction with the "G" to produce the "@" symbol. You need to use the "alt" key on the right side of the keyboard for this to work.
Go to System preferences, select keyboard and tick show keyboard & character viewers in menu bar.
you can then click input sources and also select an english keyboard.
After this a flag will appear by the battery symbol allowing you to switch keyboards and also an option saying show keyboard viewer, when this is open pressing one of the modifier keys will show you the symbol for each key under the modifier...