Sometimes it’s important to let your buddies or loved ones know your location. Whether you need to share this information for safety reasons, or because you like them knowing where you are on our beautiful planet, iOS 8 and your iPhone make it super-simple. There are two ways to let your friends know where you […]
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How to send buddies your location details with iMessage
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Bindle takes the suck out of group messaging
Chris Toy was an Everquest geek in the early days, playing the addictive open-world video game somewhat obsessively. It wasn’t slaying the monsters or leveling up that really motivated Toy, but the social aspects of the game. “I was honestly pretty isolated,” the Hong Kong native told Cult of Mac by phone, “and talking to […]
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Messages master class: How to set up Continuity in iOS 8 and Yosemite
The new messaging capabilities built into OS X Yosemite make your Mac even more useful for day-to-day communication. With this new set of features (part of Continuity), you can send SMS text messages and make phone calls from your Mac. Than can be super-helpful if you’re forgetful and leave your iPhone in another room. It […]
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Apple wants to add a lot more context to iMessage
A new Apple patent could add a startling amount of functionality to your iMessages. The tech would let you schedule pre-written texts and even send new ones automatically based on context the app draws from elsewhere on your iPhone. Apple announced its plans to make Siri a smarter virtual assistant at its Worldwide Developers Conference […]
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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion [Review]
It’s hard to believe that it was just a little more than a year ago that Apple released OS X Lion. Only twelve months later, and we’re now staring right down the maw of Apple’s ninth major release of Mac OS X: Mountain Lion. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion signifies a new approach on Apple’s […]
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Keep Your iMessages Private On Your iPhone or iPad [iOS Tips]
Has this happened to you? You’re out and about with friends, and a text message (or iMessage) hits your iPhone. Being a serious iPhone user and Tweeter, of course, you’ve left your iPhone out on the tabletop. Unfortunately, the text message that shows up on your screen isn’t very flattering to the friend sitting immediately […]
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Forward Or Delete iMessages Right From Your iPhone [iOS Tips]
Here’s an obvious yet often overlooked tip – something that I’ve personally looked at every time I use the Messages app on my iPhone, but never really “connected” with. I’ve often needed to send along a specific text message, to a boss or co-worker, or even to a family member. I’ve often copied an individual […]
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Why Apple’s iMessage Isn’t A Home Run For Businesses
When Apple unveiled iMessage, one of the first thoughts for many IT professionals and business users was that Apple had come up with a secure messaging platform that could rival RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger. While iMessage has a lot going for it as a secure messaging platform, there are still some reasons that it may not […]
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Apple Seeds Another OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 Build To Testers
Apple has seeded a new OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 build (12C35) to participants in its AppleSeed program, continuing its testing of Facebook integration. Though it states that there are no known issues with this update, the Cupertino company is also asking users to focus on Messages, Game Center, Safari, and Reminders. This beta comes just […]
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Use Quick Look Directly In Mountain Lion’s Messages App [OS X Tips]
It used to be that in order to see images sent along to you in iChat, you’d open up the File Transfers window, click on the graphic, and hit the spacebar on your keyboard to see the image full size, just like you can in the Finder or Open/Save dialogs. If you’ve migrated to Mountain […]
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Customize Your Text Replies To iPhone Calls When Busy [iOS Tips]
In our Ten Killer Tips for iOS 6 feature, we showed you how easy it is to reply to a phone caller with a text message in iOS 6. When the call comes in, tap on the little phone icon in the lower right and slide up. You’ll get the option to either reply with […]
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Use Messages To Chat On All Your Favorite IM Services [OS X Tips]
With Mountain Lion came Messages, Apple’s new version of iChat. The killer feature, of course, is that you can talk to folks on iOS or OS X right from your Mac, over the internet, without incurring SMS fees for those using an iOS device. I like it because I can chat with friends who are […]
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Use Messages To Schedule Events In Mountain Lion’s Calendar App [OS X Tips]
Mac OS X has had the ability to recognize data like dates, times, and phone numbers for a while now. If you’re using the Mail app, you can right click on a recognized date and add it to the Calendar app. If you right click on a phone number, you can add it to the […]
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Apple’s Messages Beta Program For OS X Lion Ends December 14th
Apple has just sent out the following Email to OS X Lion users, alerting them that the Messages Beta program for OS X Lion will end on December 14th. Messages for Mac, originally launched as a beta application before the release of OS X Mountain Lion, was available for free to users until it officially […]
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Preview Web Links Right In Messages App [OS X Tips]
If you’re anything like me, you use the Messages app in OS X Mountain Lion to keep chatting with those iMessage-happy iOS users in your group of friends when you’re at your computer. Nothing’s more annoying than having to pick up my iPhone while I’m on my Mac, just to text someone back. With the […]
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Change The Number Of Repeated Message Alerts On Your iPhone [iOS Tips]
One of the wacky things you may notice if you’ve just gotten a new iPhone is the default double alert whenever you get a text message, whether iMessage or SMS. Why Apple has this as the default, I’m not sure, but it kept freaking me out before I figured out how to turn it off. […]
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Here Are Some Of The Best Jailbreak Tweaks To Try On iOS 6 [Jailbreak]
Now that you’ve jailbroken your iOS device running iOS 6, it’s time to check out some tweaks and apps in Cydia, the jailbreak alternative to the App Store. There’s a lot of stuff to try in Cydia, and sometimes it can be hard to weed out of the very best tweaks from the rest. We’ve […]
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QuickPhoto Brings The Camera Roll To Your Keyboard [Jailbreak]
QuickPhoto is a new tweak for jailbroken iPhones that brings the camera roll to your keyboard for super speedy image uploading. Once installed, you have one-touch access to all the photos you’ve taken on your device — just hit the same globe key you would use to access an international keyboard. It’s pretty easy to […]
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Tweak Lets You Quickly Call Friends By Raising Your iPhone To Your Ear [Jailbreak]
Samsung’s Android smartphones have this nifty feature that lets you quickly make calls from within contact cards and messages simply by raising the device to your ear. And thanks to a new tweak called RaiseToCall, you can now get the same feature on your jailbroken iPhone. Developed by Kaushal Trivedi, RaiseToCall is designed to make it […]
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Mastering iMessages On Your iPhone: Skip The Multiple Alerts [iOS Tips]
One of the wacky things you may notice if you’ve just gotten a new iPhone is the default double alert whenever you get a text message, whether iMessage or SMS. Why Apple has this as the default, I’m not sure, but it kept freaking me out before I figured out how to turn it off. […]
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