Category: Messages

  • How to Stop Apple From Scanning Your iPhone Photos Before iOS 15 Arrives

    How to Stop Apple From Scanning Your iPhone Photos Before iOS 15 Arrives

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Starting with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple is going to apply a new child-protection policy when it comes to scanning photos that you upload to iCloud. This policy will help Apple report illegal child pornography images to the authorities, and on the surface, it sounds like a good thing…

  • How to Turn On the New 'Announce Notifications' on Your iPhone

    How to Turn On the New 'Announce Notifications' on Your iPhone

    Read full article: at LifeHacker One of the convenient new features that’s coming in iOS 15 (already available in public beta) is the ability to have Siri read out notifications from both Apple and third-party apps. Users have had the option to have Siri announce calls and texts for a while, but Announce Notifications lets…

  • How to Bulk Delete iMessage Attachments on iPhone & iPad

    How to Bulk Delete iMessage Attachments on iPhone & iPad

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Bulk Delete iMessage Attachments on iPhone & iPad If you use iMessage to keep in touch with your friends, colleagues, and family, it’s pretty likely that you send and receive a lot of images, videos, and other attachments on the platform. Managing all this data used to…

  • How to Remove Phone Number for iMessage & FaceTime on iPhone & iPad

    How to Remove Phone Number for iMessage & FaceTime on iPhone & iPad

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Remove Phone Number for iMessage & FaceTime on iPhone & iPad Want to remove a phone number used by iMessage or FaceTime on iPhone or iPad? If you use iMessage and FaceTime, you might be interested in updating or removing the phone number you used with your…

  • How to Block Text Messages on iPhone

    How to Block Text Messages on iPhone

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Block Text Messages on iPhone Are you getting unwanted messages or texts from a random phone number? Or perhaps, it’s just an annoying contact who’s overloading your inbox on iMessage? Either way, you can easily block text messages on the iPhone, preventing your Messages app from getting…

  • How to Use Email Instead of Phone Number for iMessage on iPhone & iPad

    How to Use Email Instead of Phone Number for iMessage on iPhone & iPad

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Use Email Instead of Phone Number for iMessage on iPhone & iPad Have you ever wanted to hide your phone number from iMessage, or stop using a phone number for iMessage, whether for privacy reasons or another purpose? Ever wished you could use an email address instead?…

  • How to Share Profile Name & Picture in Messages for Mac

    How to Share Profile Name & Picture in Messages for Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Share Profile Name & Picture in Messages for Mac Apple now allows its Mac users to create an iMessage profile. Well, sort of. You can set a profile picture and assign a name that can be shared with other iMessage users who conversate with you. If you’re…

  • The iOS Message Effects You Thought You Knew How to Use but Really Don't

    The iOS Message Effects You Thought You Knew How to Use but Really Don't

    Read full article: at LifeHacker If you send “congratulations” or “happy birthday” to someone using Messages on an iPhone, they’ll get a little surprise along with it: a shower of confetti or some celebratory balloons will rain down or float around on their screen along with your words. It’s a neat little trick embedded in…

  • How to Use Mentions in Messages for iPhone & iPad

    How to Use Mentions in Messages for iPhone & iPad

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Use Mentions in Messages for iPhone & iPad If you regularly use iMessages with group conversations, you’ll likely appreciate the Mentions feature that is part of Messages on iPhone and iPad. Group chats are fun and all, but at times, it could get confusing especially when someone…

  • How to Use Inline Replies to Messages on iPhone & iPad

    How to Use Inline Replies to Messages on iPhone & iPad

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Use Inline Replies to Messages on iPhone & iPad If you’re a regular iMessage user, you may have come across a situation where you’d like to reply to a specific message sent from somebody, and have it be obvious that is the message you are responding to.…