How to write out a NORMAL tilde sign (~) in Mac?

I switched to Mac recently. The only thing that's disturbing me until now is the missing of the tilde sign (~). The closest thing I achieved to this sign is the accent tilde (˜). My passwords are not satisfied with that second little tilde sign.

I'm using a U.S International PC keyboard layout.

How do I make the tilde sign work on my Mac?


You type the accent tilde (shift `) then space: ~


You might consider switching "U.S. International PC layout" to "U.S. layout" enter image description here


On my U.S. layout keyboard it works to use shift+\ (button next to left shift, see the screenshot). I believe the same button is above the enter key on MacBooks from other countries.

MacBook keyboard keyboard preferences


On a French, Spanish or German Mac keyboard, type +N to write the ~ character then space for normal tilde or n for tilde over n.


On a Finnish Mac keyboard layout (probably applies to some other international keyboard layouts as well) the tilde can be produced with the key with the symbols . That is on the left side of Enter and below the Backspace key.

When pressing Alt and space the tilde ~ appears.