"Emoji & Symbols" no longer coming up after Sequoia update.

Since Sequoia I can no longer get the Emoji & Symbols to appear. I used to use Shortcut Cntrl /Option /Space to bring these up. I said yes to the CHAT GPT shortcut. Could this have caused this problem? I have the Globe Shortcut enabled in Settings but this is not working either.

Mac mini, macOS 15.0

Posted on Sep 28, 2024 4:23 PM

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Posted on Jun 5, 2025 11:45 AM

FINALLY found the cause to the same issue I've been having related to this. Turns out that our WebRoot Antivirus has a "Secure Keyboard Entry" enabled by default if you Click the Webroot SecureAnywhere icon in the menu bar and then Pause Secure Keyboard Entry It WORKS again.

You can disable this in the SecureAnywhere - Advanced Settings, but you'll get a warning about being vulnerable.

Here is the LINK where I found this fix!

Good luck all!


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