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Guides

How to type emoji, symbols, and GIFs on a Mac. Most of these questions have a stock-macOS answer, and each guide leads with it.

Where Mojito shows up, it's because one shortcode beats memorizing an Option-key chord: the app watches for a colon and autocompletes as you type, in any app. Three triggers cover everything:

Emoji

• 😀How to type emoji on a MacFive methods, slowest to fastest, step by step.
• ⚡Emoji shortcuts on MacEvery shortcut macOS has, and the one it's missing.
• 🎉Shortcode cheat sheetThe :tada: and :fire: codes people actually use.
• 🔍A better Mac emoji pickerWhat inline autocomplete fixes about the built-in panel.
• 🛠️Emoji picker not working?The five fixes, most common first.
• 🏆The best emoji app for MacBuilt-in vs Rocket vs Raycast vs Mojito, honestly compared.

Symbols & special characters

• °Degree symbolShift-Option-8, and the two lookalikes to avoid.
• —Em dashEm, en, and hyphen, each with its keystroke.
• ✓Check markNo, Option-V is not a check mark.
• €Currency symbols€ £ ¥ by keyboard layout, plus the ones with no keystroke.
• πMath symbolsπ ∞ ± ≈ in one table, and the gaps macOS leaves.
• ©© ™ and ®Three Option-key combos and when each mark applies.
• ⌘Mac key symbolsHow to type ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ themselves into your docs.

GIFs

• 🎬How to send GIFs on a MacMessages' built-in way, and GIF search everywhere else.