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How can I use Emoji with a MacBook Air while writing an email?

There are two ways to use an emoji on a MacBook Air.

1. Type Command-Control-Space to bring up the emoji picker, and choose an emoji. More instructions on how to do this here.

2. If you prefer use the web, you can copy and paste any emoji from getemoji.com into an email in any browser, such as Safari or Chrome.

How to copy and paste star symbols

Unicode characters like stars and circles can be copied and pasted from here.

✢ ✣ ✤ ✥ ✦ ✧ ★ ☆ ✯ ✡︎ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✶ ✷ ✵ ✸ ✹ ✺ ❊ ✻ ✽ ✼ ❉ ✱ ✲ ✾ ❃ ❋ ✳︎ ✴︎ ❇︎ ❈ ※ ❅ ❆ ❄︎ ⚙︎ ✿ ❀ ❁ ❂

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What does the vertical rectangle with intersecting lines in the shape of an "x" mean?

A rectangle which has an X inside means there is a Unicode character or emoji that is meant to show there, but your system doesn’t support it. This shows as a question mark in a box on iOS.

The most common reason people see an X in a box instead of an emoji is if the sender is using a new emoji, and your phone operating system or app hasn’t been updated to support that emoji yet.

To fix it, check if your phone has any new software updates available. Some phones don’t provide updates for long, and if that is your case, you might not be able to ever see new emojis.

You can tweet emojis to @botmoji on Twitter (even the x in a box) and it will tell you what you’re meant to see.

How to use the 🥺 Pleading Face emoji

Lots of phones don’t yet support the pleading face emoji because they are running outdated apps or operating systems.

Even if the pleading emoji doesn’t work on your phone, you can use it by copying and pasting it from here:

🥺

^ just above here is the pleading face emoji.

It might show as an X or an empty box if you are on an old system, but when sent to a newer phone it will show correctly at the other end. Just because you have an old phone, tablet or computer doesn’t mean you can’t use this new emoji in messages, tweets or comments like YouTube or TikTok.

Another option instead of copy and paste is to use the emoji keyboard on your phone or computer, if you are running a recent update.

You can copy and paste any emoji on the web, or try to keep on top of new operating system updates so you can do this straight from your phone or laptop.

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What does a question mark in a box mean

A question mark inside a box means there is an emoji you cannot see, usually because your phone software is out of date.

New emojis are released every year and because these send as Unicode characters not pictures, your phone system software (iOS or Android) or the app you are using needs to add support for new emojis for them to work.

If you see a question mark in a box, try updating your phone software and you might see the emoji!

🇧🇱 Where is this flag from?

This is the flag of 🇧🇱 St. Barthélemy.

What does the x in the box mean?

An X inside a box means there is an emoji you cannot see, usually because your phone software is out of date.

If you see an X in a box, try updating your phone software and you might see the emoji!

Using Emojis On macOS 10.12 Sierra

Follow these instructions to to insert an emoji on a Mac running macOS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra and 10.14 Mojave.

The emoji keyboard for Mac is quick, easy to use, and built in to the operating system. View this tutorial on YouTube or read on for step-by-step instructions.

To use emojis on previous releases of OS X such as El Capitan, check out the relevant guide. The following instructions are for macOS 10.12 Sierra, released in late 2016. The same instructions apply to macOS 10.13 High Sierra (2017), and macOS 10.14 Mojave (2018).

1. Go to any text field, then press the following keys at the same time:

Control ^

Command ⌘

Space

Alternatively, this same feature is available under Edit > Emoji & Symbols

2. An emoji insertion palette will appear. Click any emoji to insert it at the location of your cursor.

3. If you want to see more emojis, either scroll up and down the list, or click another category listed at the bottom of the palette.

4. Tip: If you click-and-hold on some emojis, you get a choice of skin tone. Release on the skin tone of your choice:

Note: Only some emojis are enabled for diverse skin tones. This is mostly the human-looking characters. Families and emojis with more than a single person do not support skin tone modifiers.

Create a palette

To insert more than one emoji without the picker disappearing each time, you need to turn the picker into a palette.

Drag and drop any of the empty space in the emoji picker interface to create a floating emoji palette. This can be placed anywhere on your screen, and closed by clicking the X close button.

Copy and Paste

To see a larger version of these emojis, or to copy and paste an emoji, view all emojis in Safari:

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