iOS 8.3 How-to: Type like a Vulcan
With Apple’s release of iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3, there are now over 300 new emojis including diversity options. Apple uses the unicode emoji set, which includes Spock’s Vulcan salute. However, Apple hasn’t added the Vulcan salute — or “raised hand with fingers separated between the ring and the middle finger” symbol as it’s officially named — to the emoji keyboard, so you cannot type it without creating a workaround. There is a trick, however, that can be done by creating a keyboard shortcut.
Live Long And Prosper
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— Sarah Guarino (@sarahg1113) April 10, 2015
Open up this tweet on your iOS device. Then you are going to copy the emoticon by tapping and holding on it. Then press Copy.
Since we copied Vulcan salute emoji, we can now create the text shortcut. Open up Settings, and then select General.
Scroll down and select Keyboard.
Then select Shortcuts.
