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    "Open keyboard settings..."
    - Open System Settings > Keyboard (
    or Command-Space "Keyboard")
    - Select "Text Input" > "Input Sources"
    > [ Edit...]

    Add "ABC - Extended" keyboard
    - There may be one or many keyboards
    on the left listed by country name.
    - If "ABC - Extended" is already listed,
    then click [ Done ]
    - Otherwise, click the [ + ] button on
    bottom left
    - Search for "ABC - Extended"
    - Select "ABC - Extended" on the right
    - Select [ Add ] button
    - Press [ Done ] and close the Keyboard
    settings window

    Activate "ABC - Extended" keyboard
    - Switch keyboards with the "global" button,
    often bottom left of the physical keyboard
    - Or select "ABC - Extended" from the
    keyboard (country code) icon in the
    top menu bar.

    Entering Pali diacritics.
    - Open any text editor
    - Ensure "ABC - Extended" keyboard is active
    - Press [ Option ] and [ x ] keys
    simultaneously then [ d ] alone to type ḍ
    - Press [ Option ] and [ x ] simultaneously,
    then [ Shift ] and [ D ]
    simultaneously to type Ḍ

    Some of the most common Pali diacritics and
    macrons are presented below. Similar patterns
    can be used for additional characters.

    [ Option x ] [ d ] for ḍ
    [ Option x ] [ t ] for ṭ
    [ Option x ] [ n ] for ṇ
    [ Option x ] [ m ] for ṁ
    [ Option x ] [ l ] for ḷ
    [ Option x ] [ Shift L ] for Ḷ

    [ Option a ] [ a ] for ā
    [ Option a ] [ e ] for ē
    [ Option a ] [ i ] for ī
    [ Option a ] [ o ] for ō
    [ Option a ] [ u ] for ū
    [ Option a ] [ Shift A ] for Ā

    [ Option n ] [ n ] for ñ
    [ Option n ] [ Shift N ] for Ñ

    [ Option w ] [ m ] for ṁ
    [ Option w ] [ n ] for ṅ
    [ Option w ] [ Shift N ] for Ṅ

    Screenshots...
    There are many ways to get to the Keyboard settings
    (with different names), but any Mac user should be
    able to find the Keyboard settings one way
    or the other...

    After clicking Text Input > Input
    Sources > [ Edit... ]

    After pressing [ + ] bottom left, the user will see:

    Above I searched for "ABC" to limit the options.
    Then I select "ABC - Extended":

    And press [ Add ]

    Then press [ Done ].

    Then at any time, to switch keyboards from
    the top menu:

    Note the "Open Keyboard Settings..."
    at the bottom. This is the simpler way
    to get to Keyboard Settings in the first step,
    however, the menu may not exist at all if
    the user only has one Keyboard layout configured.

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