Startup password in qwerty

Hi

you just need to find the key's alignment!
what symbol are you missing?

it's the tilde n (Spanish I think) that is in place of the m

Hello,

on Mac, you get ~ by pressing alt n
but like the grave accent, the ~ is placed above the first letter typed afterwards, for example ñ is obtained by alt n n
If you want the ~ alone, you need to type alt n and space immediately after.

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Have a great day, or a good night... :)
Francis.

So actually, I manage to make the tilde. Indeed, you have to press alt n n, but then for my password it enters 2 letters instead of just one, and the password remains incorrect.
I feel like there’s no way to download without this password.

There will not necessarily be 2 letters

explanations:

" alt n space " will give: ~ (sign alone therefore alone)

" alt n n " will give: ñ

" alt n e " will give: ~e (because e cannot be placed under ~)

" alt n a " will give: ã (because a is allowed under ~)

In summary, if you type a space immediately after alt n, you will always have ~ alone, if you type a letter right after alt n, you will either have the ~ alone and right in front of the letter in question or the ~ above the letter, if that combination exists.

Have a very good day, or a very good night... :)
Francis.

type your password in a text window already to see what it looks like.

When I type it in a text window, it works right away. But not for the password... I type Alt N (it puts one letter) and then N (and it puts a second letter).
By the way, can’t I just copy and paste the password into a text window? Knowing that I don't know how to copy and paste on a Mac.

No idea, I don't have a Mac!
But if copy/paste exists, give it a try.

...Is there no copy/paste on a Mac? Yes, there is!

I am starting everything over:

I have a MacBook Air that I configured to QWERTY, and the password was created with a letter that doesn't exist on AZERTY... Since I need this password for updates like "Flash Player" and others, I can't do them. How can I get the old keyboard back and change the password? I'm not sure if I'm being very clear; but thank you in advance for your response.

Since you configured this Mac to QWERTY, and the password was created under QWERTY, set your keyboard to QWERTY mode, and that's it. No gymnastics required.

To do this, go to System Preferences, under "Language and Text," then Input Method.. check the keyboards you want to have the option for in the menu bar.

Also check the "Keyboard/Character Viewer" box, so you can see directly in the keyboard viewer what you're typing.

When you set the Mac to QWERTY mode, you simply enter your password the same way you created it.
Then switch back to AZERTY mode from the menu bar (French keyboard instead of American, for example).

To copy and paste on Mac, there are many methods. The simplest is cmd C = copy after selecting a word, and cmd V = paste where the cursor is placed.

And to get started on Mac:
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-27295231-pivoter-dans-l-apercu-de-mac#2

PS: I advise you to change your password and choose something in AZERTY mode if that's your usual working mode.

It takes 2 seconds from System Preferences / Users and Groups..
https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/HT202860

Have a great day, or a great night... :)
Francis.

What is the keyboard viewer? I can't see it.