Some MacOS Sequoia users have discovered the familiar handy Emoji keyboard shortcut to access the Emoji & Symbols panel is no longer working as expected. This can be immensely frustrating, especially if you rely on it for quick access to emojis in messages, emails, documents, and in general.

While it might seem like a minor issue, an inability to access the Emoji & Symbols panel by keyboard shortcut can disrupt workflow and make simple tasks like writing messages and emails much harder. Fortunately, there are ways to troubleshoot and fix the problem, whether it’s a settings adjustment or a quick reboot. With a little patience, it’s usually possible to get things working again and bring back that seamless emoji experience on the Mac.

If you’re frustrated with an unreliable Emoji keyboard shortcut on macOS Sequoia, read along.

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Amazon is offering some all-time-low prices on some fantastic Apple products right now, including the latest Apple Watch Series 10 for just $299 (down from $399 retail), AirPods Pro 2 with Hearing Aid functionality for just $169.99 (down from $249), and the M2 MacBook Air 13″ 16GB / 256GB model for just $699. What’s not to love about these great deals? Why pay more than you have to, check out the deals below!

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ChatGPT allows you to upload documents, which you can then describe, analyze, summarize, explain, or even get assistance with that particular document. ChatGPT works with just about any document type that you might be working with or come across in the world of tech and computers, including .pdf, .doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf, .xls, .xlsx, .csv, .ppt, .pptx, .md, .json, .xml, .html, as well as image file formats like JPG, GIF, PNG, and more.

Why might you want to upload a document to ChatGPT? Well there are plenty of practical applications for this. For example, maybe you were provided with a tax form that you’re not sure about, you can upload it to ChatGPT and have ChatGPT explain the purpose of that particular file, and even get assistance in how to fill the form out properly. Or perhaps someone emailed you a Word document that you want to summarize the key points for, or maybe you have an Excel spreadsheet that you want to analyze and explain. ChatGPT can do all of that and more, and it’s incredibly powerful and very easy to use.

We’re going to assume you have the ChatGPT app installed on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Windows PC, but you can also use the ChatGPT web site for uploading documents to as well. If you don’t have ChatGPT installed on your devices yet, you’ll want to do that first, it’s a free download available from OpenAI here.

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Apple has released updated MacBook Air and Mac Studio models with spec bumps, and a new color option for the MacBook Air.

The MacBook Air gains the M4 chip and is now available in a new light blue color option that Apple calls ‘sky blue’. Meanwhile, the Mac Studio gains the M4 Max and M3 Ultra chip options.

These updated Macs come a day after Apple spec-bumped the iPad Air to an M3 chip as well.

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Amazon is back with some great deals again, this time offering the fantastic 27″ Apple Studio Display for just $1299, and the Apple Watch Series 10 for just $329. Why pay full price when you don’t have to?

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Apple has given the iPad Air lineup a spec-bump update to include M3 chips, but otherwise the new iPad Air remains pretty much the same as the previous M2 model.

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The second beta versions of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and MacOS Sequoia 15.4 are available for users enrolled in the beta testing programs for the Apple operating system suite.

The latest beta builds continue to refine Apple Intelligence features, add a new Ambient music feature from Control Center, and for iPadOS and MacOS include the controversial Mail Categories feature from iPhone that aims to sort your mail inbox for you. There are also new Emoji icons available in the latest betas, including a tired face, a fingerprint, and a shovel.

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Amazon has returned with more great deals on Apple products, including taking $100 off the all-new iPad mini 7, taking 18% off the Apple Watch Series 10, and getting an AirTags 4-pack for just $70. Check out the deals!

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This is a helpful reminder for Mac users that it’s important to periodically restart your Mac to maintain optimal system performance.

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AirTags are powerful and handy personal trackers for being able to track and locate your possessions with the Find My network, whether you’re keeping an eye on your luggage, purse, briefcase, car, bike, scooter, a dog, cat, horse, cow (hey why not?), package, or just about anything else you can imagine would be useful to track. Right now Amazon is selling an AirTag 4-pack for just $65, which is $16 per AirTag, and the lowest price ever seen for a 4-pack, down from the $99 retail price. With AirTags this cheap you might as well grab a few and try them out!

• AirTags – 4-pack – $65 (down from $99)

Apple Watch Series 10 – $329 (down from $399)

While you’re shopping around, you might also consider getting the latest edition of Apple Watch, Series 10. The 10th Apple Watch features an always-on 42mm display, all day battery life, sleep tracking, fitness tracking, activity tracking, step counter / pedometer, heart rate monitor, ECG, crash detection with emergency SOS, fall detection with emergency SOS, ovulation tracking, GPS, water resistance, voice control, pinch gestures, Siri commands, and much more. You can find the nicely discounted price in various color and band options, so check out which you prefer.

• Get Apple Watch Series 9 for $329 (check out color options, down from $399 MSRP)

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Whether you’re a regular video and audio editor or just have occasional needs to do so, you might appreciate using the handy free LosslessCut app, the “swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing”, which allows for lossless editing and cutting of video and audio files.

LosslessCut lets you quickly extract, remove, add, and combine audio and video tracks from both video and audio files, helping you to make quick work of these tasks without having to re-encode the media file, which typically results in losing quality (hence the lossless feature, and namesake). It’s quite fast and uses the command line ffmpeg tool under the hood.

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Amazon is offering the 10th generation iPad at a 20% discount, taking the price down to $279 from the $349 retail price from Apple. The iPad 10th gen model features a modern design, 10.9″ Retina LCD display, A14 chip, Touch ID on the power button, 64GB base storage, 12MP front and back cameras, all day battery life, and is available in four different color options.

• Get the iPad 10th gen for $349 (Discounted $100 from $349)

One caveat to consider when looking at the 10th gen iPad is whether or not you want Apple Intelligence support on your iPad, because this model does not support those features. But for the price point, or your particular use case, or your opinions on Apple Intelligence in general, you might not care about that.

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WARNING: My name is Jamie, and I have a sense of humor. This post is for fun and the aforementioned humor. Before proceeding any further, let’s understand what “humor” means so that any potential outrage addicts don’t have a meltdown. Here’s what the Apple Dictionary app defines Humor as; “the quality of being amusing”

Now, we here at OSXDaily.com are a website that is focused on helping you use and learn Apple products, thus we are apolitical and nonpartisan, and this post is not a political statement. This is not a partisan thing, is that OK in this day and age? Humor can just be that, it can just be funny or amusing, OK? We do like to goof off, have fun, or simply be amusing sometimes.

With that obvious preamble out of the way…

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Amazon is offering a great deal on the latest model Apple Watch Series 10, the M2 MacBook Air, and AirTags 4-pack, don’t miss these if you’re in the market for some new Apple gear.

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Sharing an AirTag with someone makes it super easy for multiple people to track a single item through the Find My app and network. For example, maybe you want track some baggage as it is traveling around the country or world and share that AirTag equipped luggage with a friend or colleague, or maybe you want to use an AirTag with a dog and share that with your entire family, or a pet sitter. There are endless reasons to potentially share an AirTag, and it’s easy to do once you learn how it works.

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Amazon is offering $50 off the AirPods Pro 2 with clinical grade hearing aid features, as well as some great deals on Apple Watch Series 10, AirTags 4-pack, the M2 MacBook Air, and M2 iPad Air in 13″ and 11″ sizes. Check out the deals below, and enjoy the savings from Amazon!

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AMBER alerts are well intentioned and aim to help locate missing children, but can also be incredibly disruptive and jarring, thus many iPhone and Apple Watch users might want to disable AMBER alerts on their devices. By turning off AMBER alerts, you will avoid the sudden screeching loud alarm sound that is disruptive to whatever you’re doing, whether you’re sleeping, in a meeting, a library, at a performance, or whatever else you’re doing that you might not want to be startled by a screamingly loud alarm sound coming from the government directly to your iPhone or Apple Watch.

One of the most annoying things about AMBER alerts is that they’re not always location precise, sometimes they’re off by hundreds or even thousands of miles (for example, I’ve received an AMBER alert for California while in Seattle… not that useful!). They can also be glaringly loud even if the iPhone or Apple Watch is in silent mode or muted, and so when you combine these factors, many users might want to disable these features.

If you want to have a much less intrusive experience on your iPhone and Apple Watch, you might decide you wish to opt out of AMBER alerts and disable the intrusive alarm on your devices.

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Amazon continues to offers fantastic deals on various Apple products, and right now you can get 18% off the Apple Watch Series 10, $100 off M2 iPad Air models, the M2 MacBook Air for just $799 (down $200 from $999), or a 4-pack of AirTag trackers for just $70. What’s not to like about that? Check out the deals below.

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