How to use emoji, accents, and symbols on your Mac


Type emoji and other symbols

    Emoji menu
  3. Use the search field at the top of the window, click a category at the bottom of the window, or click the Custom View button in the upper-right corner to expand the window and reveal more characters.
  4. When you find the character that you want, click or double-click it to insert it in to your text.

In the Messages and Mail apps, you can also see the Character Viewer popup when you click the Emoji button.

Type accented characters

Press and hold a key until its alternate characters appear, then click or type the number under the character that you want to use.

If no additional characters are available for the key that you're holding, the accent menu doesn't appear.

If you decide that you don't want to type an accented character after holding a key, press the Esc (escape) key.

Repeat a character


If a character isn't repeating, check your Key Repeat settings:

  1. Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences.
  2. Click Keyboard.
  3. Make sure that the Key Repeat slider isn't set to Off.

If a key isn't designed to repeat in the app you’re using, follow these steps:

  1. Select the character that you want to copy.
  2. Press Command-C to copy the character to the clipboard. 
  3. Hold Command-V to paste the character repeatedly.
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