When you have a Mac PC, MacBook or iMac, you can type all the symbols. Whether it is a copyright symbol ©, a trademark symbol or a registered symbol. Everything is possible with Mac computer.
Copyrights are applicable on books, magazines, DVDs, software and online content as well. When you create something unique on your own, you should make it copyright protected. Many Mac users are still unaware of how to type the copyright symbol on Mac.
You should read this article carefully to learn all possible ways to type copyright symbol on Mac to make your work copyright protected.
How to Type the Copyright Symbol on Mac
Now, we will explain the different ways of typing the copyright symbol on Mac for different software and work apps.
#1. Type Copyright Symbol with Keyboard Shortcut on Mac
The fastest way to type the copyright symbol on Mac computer is to use the keyboard shortcut. The Mac Keyboard supports many shortcuts that make your typing task easier and let you type a variety of symbols in no time. The mac keyboard shortcut for copyright symbol is Option+G.
As mentioned above, you need to hold down the “Option” key on your Mac keyboard and the press the “G” key. Then leave both the keys and you will see that the copyright symbol © is appearing on your Mac screen.
#2. Type Copyright Symbol in Apple iWork and Office 365
With a Mac computer system, you need to use Apple iWork and Office 365 for creating and editing document files. At the time of preparing a document, presentation or cover, you need to add the copyright symbol with its name.
If you are using Apple iWork then you can type the copyright symbol on Mac with help of the Option+G keyboard shortcut. But the same shortcut does not work in Office 365 documents like Word, PowerPoint or others.
In Office 365 on Mac, you need to select “Insert” option and go to Advanced Symbols. Here, you will find the copyright symbol © under both the symbols category and special characters category.
In case you are still using the older version of Office 365 on Mac, you need to find the copyright symbol under “Trade” category. After finding the copyright symbol, just click on it to insert it into your document.
#3. Use AutoCorrect Feature to Type Copyright Symbol on Mac
When you go to Insert>Advanced Symbols option, you will see a small window showing various symbols and special characters. Here you need to click on the “AutoCorrect” option given right below the list symbols.
After clicking on “AutoCorrect” tab, you should Enable the feature titled as “Automatically correct spelling and format as you need” and close the symbols window. Thereafter, whenever you type (c) in a document, the AutoCorrect will change it into the copyright symbol ©.
#4. Use Option Code Shortcut to Type Copyright Symbol on Mac
The Mac operating system supports Option Code shortcut for inserting the copyright symbol. Before we tell you the option code to type © on Mac, you need to change the keyboard input source to Unicode Hex Input on your Mac. After changing it, you should type “Option+00A9” and the copyright symbol will be typed on your Mac screen.
#5. Use Character Viewer to Type Copyright Symbol on Mac
When working on a document (of Apple iWork or similar), you can use the keyboard shortcut for typing copyright symbol. In addition, you can also open the character viewer and insert symbol from it.
In order to open Character Viewer on Mac, you need to open Edit menu and select “Emoji & Symbols” or you can press Control+Command+Spacebar to open Character Viewer on screen. Here you should search for copyright and select the symbol to insert it into your document.
#6. Type Copyright Symbol in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
It is not necessary that you need to type the copyright symbol in normal documents only. If you are a programmer or web developer, you need to insert the copyright symbol into an HTML or CSS or JavaScript on Mac as a part of your coding work.
- You can use © code for HTML Entity Decimal, © code for HTML Entity Hexadecimal and © code for HTML Entity Name to type the copyright symbol.
- You can use \00A9; code for CSS value and \u00A9 code for JavaScript Escape String to insert the copyright symbol.
#7. Type Copyright Symbol with Enclosed Latin Letter C
In order to type the copyright symbol with enclosed Latin letter C on Mac, you need to use the following option codes.
- Use Option+24B8 code to type circled Latin capital letter C as Ⓒ.
- Use Option+24D2 code to type circled Latin small letter c as ⓒ.
#8. Type Music Copyright Symbol on Mac
When we are talking about all copyrights, how can we miss the music or sound copyrights. You need to type the music copyright symbol on Mac and you don’t know how to insert it. Don’t worry, we are here with a simple option code that will help you do it.
Use Option+2117 code to type the music copyright symbol ℗ on Mac.
Final Words:
In this article, we have explained all the possible ways to type the copyright symbol on Mac. You can apply one or more methods as per your needs to insert copyright symbol in various documents and other works. If you have any doubt or query regarding typing the copyright symbol on Mac computers then you can ask us in the comment section.