keyboardmacos
For some strange reason when I try to type these keys:
I get different chars, for the grave I get this = §
and for the tilde I get this: ±
My keyboard is:
My PC is configured right as you can see in the image of the virtual kb:
I don't have a clue why! Someone how to solve this ?
The most common cause of one key not functioning is that it has been somehow set as the trigger for Text to Speech or Speech Recognition in system preferences/speech.
The "~" key is located between the "left shift" and "Z" keys on the international english keyboard.
Many users are used to have this key under the escape key (the US layout), and they (including me) use the KeyRemap4MacBook software to swap those keys.
Edit: KeyRemap4MacBook is now called Karabiner. Here is a screenshot of the configuration I'm using to remap Section to Backquote key.
Edit: Karabiner does not work on macOS Sierra, however a new project is in development: Karabiner Elements. As of now, it can do the replacement in question:
Best Answer
It sounds like your machine thinks you have an ISO keyboard (which has an extra key to the left of z for grave/tilde) instead of ANSI. Some possible fixes are at
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2009/12/fixing-keyboard-type-problems.html