by Garret Cleversley | Jul 22, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Big Sur, customization, iOS, iOS 14, Mac, Messages, Restricted Content, Tip
A new feature of Messages in both iOS 14 and macOS 11 Big Sur is the option to pin up to nine conversations at the top of the conversation list for easy access. No longer do you have to worry about them scrolling out of sight. On an iPhone or iPad, touch and hold a...
by Garret Cleversley | Jan 18, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iPhone, location, Mac, Messages, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip
If you’re flying, driving, or biking to visit an iPhone-using friend or family member, you can reduce anxiety related to arrival time or pickup plans (and perhaps provide amusement) by sharing your location temporarily so they can watch your progress. The easiest way...
by Garret Cleversley | Sep 20, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Contacts, customization, iOS, Mac, Mail, Messages, Restricted Content, Tip
If you have a friend whom you refer to only by his nickname, it can be annoying to feel like you should use his proper first name when adding him to Contacts. Worse, then he shows up in Messages with a name you don’t recognize as easily. Here’s how to convince iOS to...
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...
