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Long-time Mac users know that you can type diacritical characters—for example, â, é, ì, ü, and ñ—by first typing the diacritical (which usually requires the use of the Option key) and then typing the letter. For example, to get ä, you type Option-u and then type a.
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If you don’t want to remember the sometimes-obscure key combination required for each diacritical, you can use Mac OS X’s Keyboard Viewer to figure out which combination does what, but it’s a bit of a hassle to have to show and hide Keyboard Viewer each time you want a special character. Another option is PopChar, a third-party utility that provides a drop-down menu for accessing any special character you could ever want to type, but PopChar is probably overkill for many users.
An easier solution—and one that will look familiar to Windows users who use the US International keyboard layout—is built right into Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6). Launch System Preferences, open the Language & Text pane, and then click the Input Sources tab. In the list of input methods on the left, scroll down and enable U.S. International – PC. Then switch to this input method. (The easiest way to do so is to enable, in the same Input Sources tab, the option to Show Input Menu In Menu Bar, and then choose from that menu the U.S. International – PC layout.)
Now creating diacritical characters is as simple as typing a standard punctuation character and then the desired letter:
- ´ = ‘ (apostrophe) and then a letter; for example, ‘e gives you é
- ` = ` (grave accent, or tick mark) and then a letter; for example `o gives you ò
- ¨ = ” (quotation mark) and then a letter; for example, “u gives you ü
- ˆ = ^ (caret) and then a letter; for example, ^a gives you â
- ˜ = ~ (tilde) and then a letter; for example, ~n gives you ñ
What do you do if you need to type, say, an apostrophe followed by a vowel, as in “A better idea…? Just immediately follow the punctuation character with a space; for example, ‘[space]. The space disables that particular automatic replacement—the space character won’t even appear—and you can then type any character you want.
(Note that if you’re running Mac OS X 10.5 [Leopard] or 10.4 [Tiger], you can download Rainer Brockerhoff’s USInternational keyboard layout to get similar functionality. Just copy the downloaded file into /Library/Keyboards and then log out and back in. Rainer also has older versions of the keyboard layout for OS X 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3.)
One caveat: Depending on which keyboard you have connected to your Mac, using the U.S. International – PC keyboard layout could change the location of some keys. I’ve been using it with several standard U.S. keyboards, from both Apple and third-party vendors, and haven’t encountered any issues, but that won’t be the case for every keyboard.
(Thanks to Mac OS X Hints readers pietervw and roo.bookaroo for this hint.)
Note: This issue is apparently addressed by Subaru Technical Service Bulletin 07-155-19R. If you have an Ascent (or Forester, apparently), have your dealer update your vehicle.
When we owned a boat, we used a 2008 Toyota Sequoia to pull it. The Sequoia is a great truck—it pulled the boat, had tons of room for stuff and people, and rode quite nicely. But it was also incredibly efficient at converting money into gasoline fumes—even when not towing, it only got around 12mpg in town. It's also huge.
With the boat gone, we wanted something smaller, with better mileage, yet with room for seven people and capable of some towing. After a lot of research and a few test drives, we chose to lease a 2019 Subaru Ascent.
Reviews for the Ascent have been positive, with Consumer Reports scoring it at 96. In general, we've been happy with the car…until we took it on its first car camping trip last weekend.
It was there that we learned that Subaru made an incredibly stupid design decision with a vehicle targeted at those who use their vehicles for camping and exploring:
That's right, you're not supposed to leave the hatch open in an Ascent. Subaru positions themselves as the outdoor enthusiast car company. Their ads are full of people camping, exploring the outdoors, heading off into the great unknown. But with the Ascent (and perhaps other 2019 and newer models as well, based on what I found on the net), if you leave the rear hatch open for an extended period of time, you will kill the battery.
How long is an extended period of time? According to this post, the car draws over four amps with the hatch open, meaning you'll kill the battery within four hours. Yikes!
I'm not sure how long we had our hatch open; it was definitely at least four hours spread over one afternoon/evening and the next morning. And the battery was totally dead—nothing lit up or powered on when I opened the driver's door.
When car camping, an open rear hatch is normal—it's the best way to access the clothing, groceries, and gear in the back of the car. We did this all the time with our Sequoia, and as long as we remembered to turn off the manually-switched light, we never had a problem. But even with the light off in the Ascent, the battery will die.
And it's not just campers that have to worry about this. Dog owners often leave hatches open so their pets can relax in the shade yet covered from the sun or rain or whatever. Tailgaters need the hatch open in order to, well, tailgate. Plus who knows how many other reasons for wanting to leave the hatch open. (And it's not just the hatch—the problem occurs if any door is left open for an extended period of time.)
Why does this happen? Apparently because Subaru engineered the car to wake all the systems when any door opens, and then (this is the insanely stupid part of the design) not include any sort of time out to put those systems back to sleep. You open the hatch, the computers wake up, and then just sit there, talking amongst themselves, getting ready for your imminent departure, but that event never occurs, because you're camping. So the systems keep talking to each other, ad infinitum until the battery dies.
This problem has gotten a fair bit of attention—there are tons of posts about it, and there's even a Facebook group for Ascent owners with open tailgate induced dead batteries.
One enterprising Ascent owner has managed to find a solution that involves pulling and replacing the 14th fuse, and inserting a carabiner in the rear hatch mechanism to fool the car into thinking the latch is closed. Yea, that's what I'd expect to have to do with a Subaru…not! Repete (itch) mac os.
And it's not like this is a general issue that affects other manufacturers; we were with two Toyotas (one 2013 Sequoia, one 2016 Highlander), neither of which cause their batteries to drain if their hatches are left open.
How can Subaru fix this? They could add an idle timeout, which seems like the best solution. Barring that, they could add a setting to the system that I can access via the touchscreen to enable 'camping mode' or 'tailgate mode' or whatever.
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Hey Subaru, fix this embarrassment, and do so quickly. If we had been aware of this issue before we leased our car, we wouldn't have signed the lease. An although we'll only be one year into a three-year lease, I'll be going to visit Toyota when the new 2020 Highlander Hybrid comes out in February to see if they'll help get us out of our lease.
Magic mirror online. Not being able to leave the hatch open—without resorting to convoluted workarounds—is a deal breaker for us, because it changes how we use the car. And that's too bad, because it's otherwise an excellent vehicle.