How to send buddies your location details with iMessage
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...
View ArticleBindle 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...
View ArticleMessages 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...
View ArticleApple 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...
View ArticleOS 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...
View ArticleKeep 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...
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
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...
View ArticleApple 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...
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]
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...
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 SMS...
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...
View ArticlePreview 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...
View ArticleChange 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...
View ArticleHere 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...
View ArticleQuickPhoto 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...
View ArticleTweak 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...
View ArticleMastering 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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