Many international users have keyboards with the U.S. layout, and are accustomed to typing accented characters with the key sequences of the Windows "U.S. - International" keyboard layout. They often don't wish to get used to the Mac's option-key sequences for accented characters, and many mistakenly complain that "the Mac doesn't allow accented characters at all".

Now here's a Mac version of the "U.S. - International" keyboard. It duplicates as closely as possible the Windows key sequences, while keeping most of the option-key sequences intact.

Unfortunately, this keyboard layout will work only for "normal" applications. Some games don't check the keyboard layout correctly, and Unix-ported applications running under X11 won't see it either.

Version 1.1 (Size: 43264 bytes) is for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and up.

If you still use Mac OS X 10.1.x, Mac OS 9, or the Classic environment, download version 1.0 (Size: 90732 bytes).

USInternational is freeware. However, if you think it was useful to you, you may contribute with a donation.