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Q: Can't insert emojis or symbols from Characters panel

My iMac was just upgraded to 10.3.3.

In all of my apps, Emoji & Symbols is the bottom item on the Edit menu. Clicking that item (or using the shortcut Control+Option+Space) opens the Characters panel. However, I can't insert emojis or symbols from that panel.

I researched this recently and learned that I needed to download and install the "Symbola" font, which I did. After that, emojis worked for a day or so, but now again, nothing.

Does anyone have any idea how I can solve this? Frankly, I'm regretting upgrading from Snow Leopard.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on May 28, 2015 1:52 PM

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