View Emoji
macOS supports emoji on 10.7 Lion and above. 10.6 Snow Leopard and below did not have support for emoji.
| App | 10.10+ | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safari | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Chrome | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Firefox | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Emoji Keyboard
OS X 10.9 Mavericks and above include a handy emoji-picker tool, while OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and below included an option to add emoji to the Character Palette.
| 10.10+ | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Instructions
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Sample Images
A sample of Emoji characters from OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Images via Emojipedia