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.
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The infographic
MacBook Keyboard Localizations Throughout the World
US English 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 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 Layout
Used in the United Kingdom and Ireland. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Arabic 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) Layout
Used in Armenia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Azeri/Azerbaijani Layout
Used in Azerbaijan. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Belgian 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 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 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 Layout
Used in Bulgaria. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Burmese Layout
Used in Myanmar. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Cherokee 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) Layout
Used in Taiwan and Hong Kong. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Colemak 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 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 Layout
Used in the Czech Republic. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Danish Layout
Used in Denmark, Greenland and Faroese Islands. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Dvorak 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 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 Layout
Used in Estonia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Finnish Layout
Used in Finland. It's identical to the Swedish layout. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
French 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 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 Layout
Used in Georgia (country). This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
German Layout
Used in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, and can also be found in Switzerland. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Greek Layout
Used in Greece. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Greek Polytonic 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 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 Layout
Used in Israel. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout. Kudos to Hila M. for corrections :-)
Hindi (Devanagari) Layout
Used in India. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Hungarian Layout
Used in Hungary. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Icelandic Layout
Used in Iceland. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Inuktitut (Nunavut) 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 Layout
Used in Italy. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Japanese 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 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 Layout
Used in Kazakhstan. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Khmer 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) Layout
Used in South Korea. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Kurdish (Sorani) 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 Layout
Used in Latvia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Lithuanian Layout
Used in Lithuania. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Macedonian Layout
Used in Macedonia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Malay (Jawi) Layout
Used in Malaysia. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Malayalam 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 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 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 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 Layout
Used in Norway and Svalbard. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Oriya (Odia) 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 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) Layout
Used in Iran. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Polish 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 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 Layout
Used in Portugal and Brazil. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT2) Layout
Used in Brazil. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Punjabi (Gurmukhi) 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 Layout
Used in Romania, although Romanian - Standard, US English, and English International layouts are more popular.
Russian 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 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 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) 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) Layout
Used in Sri Lanka. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Slovak Layout
Used in Slovakia. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Slovene/Slovenian 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) Layout
Used in Spain and Latin American countries: 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.
Spanish (Latin America) 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. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Swedish Layout
Used in Sweden and Finland. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Swiss Layout
Used in Switzerland. Matches both Swiss German and Swiss French layouts. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Tamil 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 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 Layout
Used in Thailand. You can buy a MacBook or Apple keyboard with this layout.
Tibetan (QWERTY) 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 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 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 Layout
Used in Ukraine. This layout is available through Mac OS keyboard settings. You can't buy a Mac with this layout.
Urdu 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 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 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 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 years we run 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.
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 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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