by Garret Cleversley | May 12, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Messages, Restricted Content, Solution, troubleshooting
Apple’s Messages app for iOS and macOS generally works well, but when it doesn’t, figuring out what’s wrong and how to fix it can take some doing. Here are a few of the most common solutions we’ve come across for problems with sending and receiving messages. Help...
by Garret Cleversley | Jun 4, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, battery, Health, iOS 11, Mac, Messages, News, privacy, productivity, Restricted Content, Safari, troubleshooting
At the end of March, Apple released updates to all four of its operating systems, but iOS 11.3 was the most notable. It boasts a variety of new features and other changes—you can think of it as the midpoint update between iOS 11’s first release and iOS 12, probably...
by Garret Cleversley | Apr 2, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS, Mac, Messages, notifications, Restricted Content, Tip, troubleshooting
A client got in touch recently with a maddening problem. When he received texts on his iPhone, Messages displayed notifications for messages from everyone…except his wife! Needless to say, this was a problem. Since notifications appeared correctly for other people, it...
by Garret Cleversley | Sep 22, 2017 | App Switcher, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, camera, Control Center, customization, Do Not Disturb, Do Not Disturb While Driving, Dock, Emergency SOS, Files, iOS, iOS 11, iPad, iPhone, keyboard, Mac, maintenance, Maps, Messages, News, Notes, Photos, Restricted Content
Even if you’re not buying a new iPhone this year, you can still enjoy a hefty dose of “New and Improved!” with Apple’s iOS 11, which provides a host of new capabilities. Hold on tight, there’s a lot to cover, and we have another article coming about the iPad-specific...
by Garret Cleversley | Sep 1, 2017 | 3D Touch, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS, iPhone, Lock screen, Mac, Messages, notifications, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip
Want a faster way to reply to a conversation in Messages? If you see a Messages notification on the Lock screen of your iPhone 6s or later, press and hold on it to expand it into an interactive box where you can reply without unlocking your iPhone or navigating into...
