Tibetan Input Method for Mac OS-X

Mac OS-X 10.5 support for Tibetan

Mac Tibetan keyboard: select System Preferences / Language & Text / Input Sources

Mac OS-X since version 10.5 supports different Tibetan keyboards including Wylie.

Please go to System Preferences / Language & Text / Input Sources to enable one of the following keyboards:

• Tibetan Otani
• Tibetan QWERTY
• Tibetan Wylie

Mac Wylie keyboard

alternatively, or for older Mac OS-X versions, you can use:

Monlam BodYig package

The Monlam BodYig package includes a Mac OS-X installer. (The IME is described in the Windows section.) Download at http://lobsangmonlam.org/Product.html or from http://tibetangeeks.com/downloads/bodyig/Monlam_BodYig-v.3/་

See: Installing Monlam BodYig

More information

• Preparing a Computer running Mac OS-X for Tibetan Editing
• Tibetan Input Method (general, all operating systems)
• How to edit Tibetan texts
• Installing Monlam BodYig
• Preparing Computers for Tibetan Editing

External Links

• EWTS Extended Wylie system (PDF file) http://www.thlib.org/reference/transliteration/teachingewts.pdf
• Input Methods, at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_method
• Monlam BodYig, fonts with input program http://lobsangmonlam.org/Product.html
• Unicode, at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode
• Wylie transliteration, at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wylie_transliteration