macOS - How to Enable the Hawaiian Language Keyboard

Overview

This articles guides you through enabling and using the Hawaiian keyboard on your macOS device.

Enabling the Hawaiian Keyboard on macOS

Hawaiian diacritics can be produced using the Hawaiian keyboard built into macOS.

  1. Go to the Apple menu (upper left corner of the screen) and select System Settings
  2. In the left hand column click on Keyboard
  3. Scroll down to the Text Input section
  4. On the Input Sources line, click on Edit.
  5. Click the + button on the bottom left of the page.
  6. In the left hand column, click Hawaiian, then click Add
  7. Click on Done
  8. The Hawaiian keyboard should now be installed

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Using Hawaiian Diacritics on macOS

  1. Click on the US icon (used to be a flag icon) located on the right side of the menu bar at the top of your screen.
  2. Select Hawaiian for the Hawaiian keyboard
    1. To input the `okina, use the single quote (‘) key that is on the right of the semicolon key
    2. To input the kahakō (line above a vowel), hold down the option key (on either side of the keyboard) and press your desired vowel (a, e, i, o, u)

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