Mac key symbols in character viewer. - Apple Community
How to type Mac-specific symbols like ⌘ and ⌥ and ⇧
Some extremely useful Mac keyboard shortcuts that I use daily. Tell me yours.
macOS special characters typed using option and shift+option
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Use the Text Replacements tool like the one that’s built-in to macOS, iPadOS, and iOS, or a similar third-party tool like typeit4me or textexpander.
Choose the special character you want to add, and then choose a shortcut that, when typed, will be replaced with that special character.
Add the shortcut, then copy & paste the special character from this message.
You can use a shortcut like cmd or commandkey for ⌘.
I prefer to just precede the name of the special key with a semicolon, so my shortcut is ;command.
The special symbols are shown below, along with their official names, and my shortcuts.
⌘ Command ;command
⌥ Option ;option
⇧ Shift ;shift
⌃ Control control
↵ Return ;return
⌫ Backspace ;backspace
⌦ Delete ;delete
⏏ Eject ;eject
Apple logo ;apple Note: This last one only works on Apple devices.