OS X Lion Could Be Killed Off Early As Apple Prepares Staff For Mountain Lion...
Could OS X Mountain Lion make its debut at this year's WWDC? Apple could be preparing to kill off OS X Lion early in favor of its predecessor, Mountain Lion, according to the company’s AppleCare...
View ArticleApple Pulls Messages For Mac Beta Ahead Of Mountain Lion Launch Next Month
If you don't have this installed already, you've missed your chance. If you haven’t already installed the Messages application on your Mac, you will now have to wait until OS X Mountain Lion is...
View ArticleApple Is Now Killing Messages Beta For Existing OS X Lion Users
Say goodbye to Messages. Apple's now killing it for Lion users. Shortlt after Apple announced Mountain Lion would be shipping next month, Cult of Mac reported that Cupertino had already begun...
View ArticleiMessage Growth Should Worry Mobile Carriers
iMessage and related services are gaining critical mass compared to text messaging. Apple has put a lot of work into developing its own secure messaging platform. With Mountain Lion and the Messages...
View ArticleFacebook Messenger Gets In-App Notifications, Image Sharing Enhancements & More
You can now see who’s online when beginning a new message in Facebook Messenger. Facebook has updated its standalone Facebook Messenger app for the iPhone this morning to deliver a nice selection of...
View ArticleWhatsApp For iPhone Gets Quick Reply Tweak Courtesy Of BiteSMS Developer...
Why hasn’t Apple introduced Quick Reply to iOS yet? If you’ve ever jailbroken an iPhone, you should be familiar with BiteSMS, the built-in Messages replacement that delivers almost every feature you...
View ArticleApple Online Store Now Offers Text Message Notifications For Order Status...
Apple will now text you to let you know when your online order ships. Following nearly six hours of downtime this morning, the Apple Online Store is back up. Although the Cupertino company has not...
View ArticleiPhoto Gets Mountain Lion Compatibility With Messages & Twitter Sharing
iPhoto’s latest update brings new sharing options for those running Mountain Lion. Following the release of OS X Mountain Lion this morning, it seems Apple is also pushing out updates to its...
View ArticleiTunes U Update Brings Note-Taking, New Search & Sharing Features
iTunes U finally allows you to take notes. Despite releasing OS X Mountain Lion and a whole host of app compatibility updates this morning, Apple has finished delivering new software. The Cupertino...
View ArticleMountain Lion Offers Dozens Of New Features For Business Users
Many of Mountain Lion’s new features are perfect for businesses, schools, and enterprises. Mountain Lion includes over 200 new features. Some of them are dramatic and hard to miss while others are...
View ArticleOS X 10.8 Mountain Lion [Review]
OS X Mountain Lion is here, and it’s even sleeker than Lion. 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...
View ArticleKeep Your iMessages Private On Your iPhone or iPad [iOS Tips]
Keepin’ it all hush-hush. 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...
View ArticleForward 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...
View ArticleWhy Apple’s iMessage Isn’t A Home Run For Businesses
iMessage has a lot to offers a secure messaging platform, but it isn’t without flaws. When Apple unveiled iMessage, one of the first thoughts for many IT professionals and business users was that Apple...
View ArticleApple Seeds Another OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 Build To Testers
Apple continues to test Facebook integration for Mountain Lion. Apple has seeded a new OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 build (12C35) to participants in its AppleSeed program, continuing its testing of...
View ArticleUse 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,...
View ArticleCustomize Your Text Replies To iPhone Calls When Busy [iOS Tips]
Never pass up an opportunity for potty humor. 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...
View ArticleUse 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...
View ArticleUse 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...
View ArticleApple’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...
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