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Practical guides for typing :emoji: faster on your Mac.
Notion Emoji Shortcut on a Mac, and a Faster One
How to add emoji in Notion on a Mac with its built-in :colon menu and page icons, plus Slack-style colon shortcuts that work in every app.
Read more →Google Docs Emoji Shortcut on a Mac, and a Faster One
How to insert emoji in Google Docs on a Mac with the @ menu and special characters, plus Slack-style colon shortcuts that work in every app.
Read more →Outlook Emoji Shortcuts on a Mac: New and Classic
How to add emoji in Outlook on a Mac, in both new and classic Outlook, plus Slack-style colon shortcuts that drop emoji at your cursor everywhere.
Read more →The Best Emoji Picker for Mac, and a Faster Alternative
The best emoji picker for Mac: how to use the built-in Emoji and Symbols viewer and Character Viewer, plus a faster inline colon picker.
Read more →How to Use Emoji Shortcuts on X (Twitter) on a Mac
Add emoji to a tweet on a Mac without the mouse: the Control-Command-Space picker, or Slack-style colon shortcuts that drop emoji at your cursor on X.
Read more →How to Open the Emoji Keyboard on a Mac
Four ways to open the emoji keyboard on a Mac: the Control-Command-Space shortcut, the Globe key, the menu bar, and the Edit menu, plus a faster way.
Read more →How to Type Emoji on a Mac: Every Shortcut, and a Faster One
The complete guide to typing emoji on a Mac: the Control-Command-Space shortcut, search by name, Text Replacements, and a faster Slack-style way.
Read more →How to Search and Send GIFs in Apple Messages with /gif
Apple Messages has no real GIF search on the Mac. Here’s how to type /gif, search a query, and drop an animated GIF into your chat, all from the keyboard.
Read more →How to Add a Searchable Sticker Picker to Apple Messages
Apple Messages hides stickers behind a tap-and-scroll drawer with no search. Here’s how to type /sticker, search by keyword, and drop it in with a Tab.
Read more →How to Use Discord-Style Emoji Shortcuts Anywhere on Your Mac
Type :fire: and :joy: without thinking in Discord? Here’s how to get the same colon emoji shortcuts in Messages, Mail, Notes and every other Mac app.
Read more →Apple Text Replacements vs. Emoji Autocomplete: Which Is Better?
macOS Text Replacements can turn :fire: into 🔥, but they don’t scale. Here’s how they compare to live emoji autocomplete.
Read more →How to Add :emoji: Autocomplete to Apple Messages
Apple Messages has no Slack- or Discord-style colon emoji autocomplete, here’s how to add it so :liz becomes 🦎 with a single Tab.
Read more →How to Use Slack-Style Emoji Shortcuts Anywhere on Your Mac
Love typing :fire: and :joy: in Slack? Here’s how to get the same colon emoji shortcuts in Messages, Mail, Notes and every other Mac app.
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