Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

The Mac can support different keyboard layouts and you can switch between them quite easily. It’s one way you can get more out of the keyboard, especially if you work in multiple languages. However, ...

Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator will allow you to create custom keyboard layouts for your language Microsoft does not support in Windows. Should you wish to create a custom key setting for your ...

During my recent attempt to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout, my goal was to remain proficient in QWERTY, trying to store both layouts in my brain and be able to eventually use them both equally. At ...

If you ever use any of the alternative keyboard layouts available in OS X (System Preferences -> Language & Text, Input Sources tab), you know that some of their names are quite cumbersome—U.S.

When you type a document in a language such as French, Belgian or Lithuanian, you may find yourself limited by the standard QWERTY keyboard, which lacks many of the special characters found in these ...

You use your keyboard every day, but I bet you've rarely thought about why your keys are where they are. In the 1870s, typewriter manufacturers arranged the keys to prevent mechanical jams. Over a ...