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Hi all, I want to buy a Macbook soon and I found out it’s much cheaper for me to buy it from Germany. The problem is they use a QWERTZ keyboard layout there and I’m used to QWERTY. I was wondering if it’s possible to change the keyboard layout from QWERTZ to QWERTY myself, I only have to move the Z and the Y keys. And if I’m correct I can just change the layout in the Macbook’s settings? This small operation would save me €200, so I guess it’s worth a try. Or is there a high risk of breaking stuff? I’m pretty handy with these kind of things, also doing motherboard repairs and stuff so that shouldn’t be a problem.
Sadly the newer Touch Bar & Fn models don’t really have removable keycaps. Check these two IFIXIT vids: Apple’s MacBook Pro Keyboard Replacement Won’t Fix Your LaptopMacBook Pro 2018 Initial Findings: Keyboard Design Cover-Up? The new Butterfly keyboards are so fragile you end up needing to replace them and even then you may end up still damaging the replacement! So it needs to be replaced still again. The best option is to get a keyboard skin Kuzy Keyboard Skins for MacBook Pro Touch Bar & Fn systems, then alter the keyboard control panel input source to the other layout.
I don’t know pretty much about mac , but when I used my older laptop which also had a QWERTZ layout which had Windows , I used a standalone software which changed the settings for my keybinds. Maybe there is such software for Mac as well.
Hoi Roan, Ik heb dus precies het zelfde. Ik wilde ook een mbp met duitse layout maar ik twijfel heel erg. wat heb je uiteindelijk gedaan?
