This shortcut makes an emoji keyboard pop up anywhere you can type on Mac

It turns out that sending emoji from a Mac laptop or desktop running an up-to-date version of OS X is easy.

It's not as easy as it is on a smartphone, but it's still pretty simple. Just press control + command (⌘) + space at the same time.

It's these three keys:

Pressing them at the same time in most text fields brings up this little menu:

Pressing the "⌘" button in the upper-right corner provides even more shortcuts for weird characters:

Go forth and pepper your chats and emails with as many emojis as you'd like.��

Judging from the constant chatter on social media from users just discovering this shortcut for the first time, Apple should include this shortcut on the front page of its OS X user manual.

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