Enable a hidden Terminal command on your Mac running macOS Golden Gate to quickly insert emojis by typing a colon (:) followed by the emoji’s name.

There are a few easy ways to insert emojis on your Mac , but my personal favorite is pressing the fn key (or Control + Command + Space Bar ) to open the Character Viewer window and select one from there.

The second option is to show the keyboard icon in the menu bar and access emojis from there.

Or, if there is an emoji you use a lot, you can set up text replacements for it , just like I have set ‘ ggcc ’ to insert a green check mark (✅) and ‘ rrcc ’ to insert a red cross (❌), as I need these often when renaming files in Finder.

The tip below (first discovered by @ pdfu on X) seems to simplify emoji insertion even further.

If you’re a Slack user, you’ll feel right at home.…