A utility software that quickly lets you access all kinds of special characters

PopChar X for Mac

PopChar X 9.0

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  • Latest Version

    PopChar X 10.2

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.10 or later

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  • Author / Product

    Ergonis / External Link

  • Filename

    PopCharX90-Install.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    9220ee3d2aa19c3871e0e0f910575bb9

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of PopChar X 9.0.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of PopChar X for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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  • PopChar X 9.0 Screenshots

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    PopChar X 9.0 Screenshot 1

What's new in this version:

- PopChar is now ready for Big Sur
- The required minimum system version is now 10.10 (Yosemite)
- Support for Unicode 13.0 (including Emoji 13.0)
- New “Character Info” window with detailed information about any character
- It is now possible to assign custom names to characters, which can be used in the search field
- PopChar can now show all the fonts in which a character is available, along with the character's appearance
- Keyboard equivalents for the context menu items when a character is selected
- Supports the “Brand New Roman” color font
- Built-in layout for Emoji 13.0
- PopChar now knows the names of the characters listed in the “SF Symbols” application
- Built-in layout “SF Symbols” for the symbols in the “San Francisco” fonts
- Improved detection of cases where the text presentation of an Emoji character was not yet supported on the current version of macOS
- Significantly faster type selection in the font list (especially when font names are shown in their own font)
- Improved visibility of the PopChar icon in the translucent menu bar of Big Sur
- Improved representation of the names in the font list for certain special-purpose fonts
- Improved handling of keyboard navigation and shortcuts in the character table view
- Support for system-wide licenses
- Faster search for PopChar character from Typinator's Quick Search
- When invoked from Typinator's Quick Search, PopChar now returns only characters that are available in any installed font
- Metrics adjustments for Apple's new “SF Compact” and “SF Pro” fonts
- Improved visual feedback for certain operations on the selected character
- The “corner P” now uses a representation that is easy to see against any background, especially in Big Sur's translucent menu bar
- Works around a problem where certain hard-wired keyboard shortcuts did not work when the font list was active
- Fixes a vertical alignment issue when Apple Color Emoji characters were displayed in small sizes
- Fixes a problem where some context menu commands sometimes did not correctly process the selected character
- Fixes a problem with horizontally clipped icons in the “San Francisco” fonts
- Works around a crash caused by incorrect ligature definitions in certain fonts