How to output tilde (~) directly

Question

I would like to be able to type the character ~ directly, without having to follow up with a space.

Currently, if I type the tilde character, at first I get a ˜, which becomes a ~ only if I follow it up with a space.

The same question extends to ', " and `, but I presume the solution is the same for all of them.

I am using a M1 Macbook Air, with a "U.S. International PC" keyboard layout.

Answer 1

Get rid of the "US International PC" layout and instead use "US" or "ABC". You do this in system preferences > keyboard > input sources.

(US International PC is a special layout adopted from Windows which is intended to make it easy to write the accents needed in common European languages.)