Mac keyboards come with various layouts and localizations, which are specific to a given country or region. Here you'll find an infographic to quickly determine which localization you have. Below the infographic, we have listed all Mac layouts with detailed illustrations. These are also the exact layouts we use on our MacBook keyboard stickers.
If you don't have a Mac, switch to Windows keyboard layout identification guide.
MacBook Keyboard Localizations Throughout the World
These are example layouts using a standardized MacBook keyboard. By clicking on each layout you will be redirected to our keyboard stickers with this layout.
US English Keyboard Layout
Used in the US, Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and many other countries. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
(US) English International Keyboard Layout
It has identical characters layout as US English but uses ISO (European) key shapes. This is the most common layout in Poland. We also advise our customers to choose this layout, if they want to switch from any European language to English keyboard. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
UK (British) English Keyboard Layout
Used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and frequently in Malta. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Arabic Keyboard Layout
Used in Arabic-speaking countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, etc. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Armenian (Western) Keyboard Layout
Used in Armenia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Azeri/Azerbaijani Keyboard Layout
Used in Azerbaijan. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Belgian Keyboard Layout
Used in Belgium. It's identical to the French layout on a Mac. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Bengali Keyboard Layout
Used in Bangladesh and India. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Bosnian Keyboard Layout
Used in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's identical to Croatian, Slovene, and Serbian Latin layouts. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Bulgarian Keyboard Layout
Used in Bulgaria. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Burmese Keyboard Layout
Used in Myanmar. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Cherokee Keyboard Layout
Used by Cherokee people in the United States. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Chinese (Taiwanese) Keyboard Layout
Used in Taiwan and Hong Kong. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Colemak Keyboard Layout
Used by writers and programmers as a faster alternative to standard QWERTY. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Croatian Keyboard Layout
Used in Croatia and Montenegro. It is identical to Bosnian, Slovene and Serbian Latin layouts. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Czech Keyboard Layout
Used in the Czech Republic. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Danish Keyboard Layout
Used in Denmark, Greenland and Faroese Islands. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Dvorak Keyboard Layout
Used by writers and programmers as a faster alternative to standard QWERTY. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Dutch Keyboard Layout
Dutch layout is a modified English International with euro sign added. It is used in the Netherlands. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Estonian Keyboard Layout
Used in Estonia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Finnish Keyboard Layout
Used in Finland. It's identical to the Swedish layout. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
French Keyboard Layout
Used in France, Belgium, Morocco, Algeria, French Guyana, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire. It's also used in parts of Luxembourg and Switzerland. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
French Canadian Keyboard Layout
This is a QWERTY variant of French layout, used by French-speaking citizens of Canada, mainly in the Quebec region. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Georgian Keyboard Layout
Used in Georgia (country). This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
German Keyboard Layout
Used in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, and can also be found in Switzerland and Luxembourg. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Greek Keyboard Layout
Used in Greece. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Greek Polytonic Keyboard Layout
An alternative to standard Greek layout, with more language-specific symbols. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Gujarati Keyboard Layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Gujarat. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Hebrew Keyboard Layout
Used in Israel. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout. Kudos to Hila M. for corrections 😀
Hindi (Devanagari) Keyboard Layout
Used in India. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Hungarian Keyboard Layout
Used in Hungary. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Icelandic Keyboard Layout
Used in Iceland. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Inuktitut (Nunavut) Keyboard Layout
Used by peoples speaking Inuktitut, Cree, Ojibwe, and Blackfoot languages in parts of Canada. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Italian Keyboard Layout
Used in Italy. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Japanese Keyboard Layout
Used in Japan. It has distinct key shapes, with additional keys next to space, and changed placement of Caps Lock, Control, and Fn keys. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Kannada Keyboard Layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Kazakh Keyboard Layout
Used in Kazakhstan. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Khmer Keyboard Layout
Used in Cambodia and Vietnam. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Korean (2-Set) Keyboard Layout
Used in South Korea. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Kurdish (Sorani) Keyboard Layout
Used in parts of Iraq and Iran. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Latvian Keyboard Layout
Used in Latvia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Lithuanian Keyboard Layout
Used in Lithuania. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Macedonian Keyboard Layout
Used in North Macedonia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Malay (Jawi) Keyboard Layout
Used in Malaysia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Malayalam Keyboard Layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Kerala. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Maltese Keyboard Layout
Used in Malta as an alternative to widely used UK English or Italian layouts. This layout features symbols specific to the Maltese language. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Nepali Keyboard Layout
Used in Nepal and northern India. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Northern Sami Keyboard Layout
Used in northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Norwegian Keyboard Layout
Used in Norway and Svalbard. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Oriya (Odia) Keyboard Layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Odisha. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Pashto Keyboard Layout
Used in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Persian (Farsi) Keyboard Layout
Used in Iran. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Polish Keyboard Layout
Used in Poland, although the newer Polish Pro layout is much more popular. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Polish Pro Keyboard Layout
A modern version of Polish layout that is used in Poland almost exclusively. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout (Apple sells Macs with US International layout in Poland).
Portuguese Keyboard Layout
Used in Portugal and Brazil. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT2) Keyboard Layout
Used in Brazil. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Punjabi (Gurmukhi) Keyboard Layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Punjab and Pakistan. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Romanian Keyboard Layout
Used in Romania, although Romanian - Standard, US English, and English International layouts are more popular.
Russian Keyboard Layout
Used in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Belarus. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Russian Phonetic Keyboard Layout
Used mainly by foreigners who learn Russian. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Serbian Keyboard Layout
Used in Serbia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Serbian (Latin QWERTY) Keyboard Layout
Used in Serbia. Identical to the Croatian, Bosnian, and Slovene layouts. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Sinhala (QWERTY) Keyboard Layout
Used in Sri Lanka. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Slovak Keyboard Layout
Used in Slovakia. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Slovene/Slovenian Keyboard Layout
Used in Slovenia. Identical to the Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Latin layouts. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Spanish ISO (Spain) Keyboard Layout
Used in Spain. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Spanish (Latin America) Keyboard Layout
Used in the US, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Cuba, Belize, Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Surinam, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Swedish Keyboard Layout
Used in Sweden and Finland. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Swiss Keyboard Layout
Used in Switzerland. Matches both Swiss German and Swiss French layouts. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Tamil Keyboard Layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Telugu Keyboard Layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Thai Keyboard Layout
Used in Thailand. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Tibetan (QWERTY) Keyboard Layout
Used by Tibetan people all around the world. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Turkish F Keyboard Layout
Used in Turkey by enthusiasts and fast-typists. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Turkish Q Keyboard Layout
This is a modern, widely used version of Turkish layout which utilizes QWERTY key placement (Turkish-Q). You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Ukrainian Keyboard Layout
Used in Ukraine. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Urdu Keyboard Layout
Used in Pakistan and India. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Uyghur Keyboard Layout
Used in western China, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Uzbek Keyboard Layout
Used in Afghanistan and western parts of China. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Vietnamese Keyboard Layout
Used in Vietnam. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
How to physically switch layouts or to have a multilingual keyboard?
During the 12 years we have ran Keyshorts we learned how many people need to change their keyboard layout, or to have multiple layouts on the same keyboard. Unfortunately, purchasing and replacing the keyboard is expensive and hard, and - in the case of quite a few layouts - impossible.
Keyshorts keyboard stickers are a great solution for this. They are relatively cheap and easy to apply, and come with many different layouts. You can even customize their caption and background colors.
If you simply want to switch your keyboard to another layout, we can suggest choosing our Simple Black stickers for Mac or language stickers.
If you want to have two languages on one keyboard, try our bilingual stickers. If you need even more, our trilingual stickers and quadrilingual stickers will be the perfect solution.
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