How do I change the default mapping for Emoji Text Replacement in Messages on OSX?
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I like that Messages uses text replacement to change
:)
into an emoji. However, I hate the default mappings. I want to change the emoji that is mapped to those text replacement strings.
For example, :)
currently gets replaced by 😊
. But I would prefer to it be 🙂
. Similarly, :(
gets replaced by 😟
, but I would prefer 🙁
.
Aside from creating my own text replacements in System preferences > Keyboard > Text
, is there a way to change this? I don't want to enable a universal text replacement because I sometimes use text emoticons in applications that don't support emojis.
Asked by Allison Shaw
(41 rep)
Mar 9, 2017, 01:31 AM
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