Installing Mac Keyboard Layouts

  1. Download the keyboard you want to use by finding Mac Keyboard in the download table. By clicking on this link, the Save File process will begin. Remember where you save it! The desktop is a convenient location.
  2. Unzip by keyboard layout by either simply double clicking the zipped file. Some browsers might unzip it automatically. Clicking on the layout file will not install the keyboard automatically, there are more steps! There may be one or two files (with the same filename but with different extensions .keylayout).
  3. In the Finder, choose Go from the menu at the top of your screen. Select Computer. Choose Macintosh HD → Library. If you don't see ‘Library’ in that menu, try holding down the Option-key, that should make ‘Library’ appear.
  4. In the Finder window, scroll down to find Keyboard layouts.
  5. Drag the keyboard layout file or files you saved earlier into the Keyboard layouts list. Do not drag over the entire folder which contains the keyboard into your library, only the contents of the folder.
  6. Log off the computer or restart it.
  7. Open System Preferences >Language and Region. Click the Keyboard Preferences button at the bottom.
    • Click the Input Sources tab at the top.
    • Click the + (plus) sign at the bottom left to ‘add a keyboard layout’.
    • Select Others in the left-side pane, this should display a list of keyboard layouts which includes the one you are looking to activate. Select the keyboard you want and click add. Don’t worry if the message says ‘Keyboard layout not available’, just ignore this.
    • The layout is now ready to use.
  8. To access the key layout, click on the flag at the top of your screen. Select the keyboard layout from the list.
  9. The keyboard may be listed under either its Native, English, or French name. Please check through the list for alternate names and/or spellings.