Insert Emoji Here 🧐

Inserting Emoji in a text can be made simple. For many of us, emoji are fun, but we don’t want to choose Edit > Emoji & Symbols whenever we want to insert one. A faster, better technique is to set up text replacements for emoji you insert often. Open System Settings > Keyboard > Text Replacements. Click the + button at the bottom then enter the “trigger” text you want to type and the emoji you want entered. You can set the trigger to anything you like. We prefer the Slack convention of a colon and a few characters from the emoji name. (Such as :roll for 🙄.) And as a bonus: these replacements sync between your Mac, iPhone, and iPad!

What Does that Emoji Mean?

Before inserting an Emoji in your message, you might want to take a look at the meanings to the Emoji before hand – Emoji Meanings. Some meanings may surprise you; so don’t send an unintended meaning into your message, be sure! We have definitely seen some unfortunate text threads here, don’t let yourself become the bud of a joke. As usual, if you are having a difficult time with this or something else visit us here at MacEdge! Appointments do help!