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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Tweak Lets You Quickly Call Friends By Raising Your iPhone To Your Ear...
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...
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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...
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LockLauncher 2.0 Arrives With Support For iPhone 5 & iOS 6 [Jailbreak]
LockLauncher, a handy tweak that allows you to run apps from the lock screen on jailbroken iPhones, has today been updated to add support for the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. You can download it now from...
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BiteSMS Gets Quick Compose Widget For Notification Center [Jailbreak]
Popular jailbreak tweak biteSMS just got a new update that introduces a quick compose widget to your iPhone’s Notification Center. The feature promises to be a simple and convenient way to send text...
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Viber Is Now Available On Mac & PC
Viber, the popular cross-platform messaging service for smartphones, is no longer just for smartphones. The company has today launched new desktop applications that allow you to chat with friends;...
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This Gorgeous Theme Gives Your iPhone A Much-Needed Lick Of Paint [Jailbreak]
iOS is a fantastic platform, but as it approaches its sixth birthday, it’s in desperate need of a lick of paint. If you jailbreak your devices, then you don’t need to sit and wait for Apple to...
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Makers Of Fantastical Are Working On A New App For Searching Messages On The Mac
Have you tried searching in Messages on the Mac? Well don’t try now unless you want to get really frustrated. Among the app’s other numerous bugs, Messages can tend to suddenly throw a tantrum...
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Jony Ive Is So Obsessive He Gave iOS 7 Icons The Same Rounded Corners As The...
As the new Director of Human Interface, Jony Ive has gone from making beautifully beveled Macs, to redesigning iOS into a multi-layered Parallax operating system. By drawing from his deep well of...
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Chatology From Flexibits: A New App For Searching Messages On The Mac
The makers of Fantastical have a new Mac app. Chatology is a brand new tool for searching Messages on the Mac without the headaches. If you’ve been experiencing bugs, random crashes, and a lack of...
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Access Special Characters In Any App With OS X Mavericks Beta [OS X Tips]
Don’t forget that the OS X Mavericks beta isn’t a final version—it’s meant to be used by developers to ensure that their software will work with Apple’s latest and greatest. With that disclaimer in...
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Send iMessages From Notification Center In Mavericks Beta [OS X Tips]
One of the coolest things about Messages is the cross-device functionality, in that you can send messages to and from your Mac and your iOS devices. I use it while at work to chat with folks who text...
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See Timestamps For iMessages In iOS 7 Beta [iOS Tips]
In previous versions of iOS, the date and time stamps of iMessages you sent and received were printed right in the app, above the iMessages they pertained to. Not so in iOS 7, with only a date stamp...
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Reply To iMessages From Notification Center In Mavericks [OS X Tips]
Of course you know already that you can send iMessages to your iOS or OS X using friends and family via the Notification Center, because we told you that a while ago. Did you know, however, that you...
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Set Default Font Choices For Messages You Send And Receive In Mavericks Beta...
In the OS X 10.8 version of Messages on the Mac, you can set the background color of your own messages, and you can set the background color, font, and font color of anyone who sends you messages. Now,...
View ArticleShare Files Quickly And Easily With Messages [OS X Tips]
Ever need to send a buddy a quick screenshot or file? How about sending a file from your iPhone to your friend on a Mac? Getting files from one computer to another is a fairly easy task, what with...
View ArticleCatch Your Significant Other Peeking At Your iPhone Messages [iOS Tips]
Think your messages are private? Think again! A Cult of Mac reader, asking to remain anonymous, sent in a tip about how he caught his girlfriend reading Messages on his iPhone. Privacy is important to...
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