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iMessages on Mac consistently disappearing
I use iMessages on both my iPhone (6.1.2) and my Retina Macbook (10.8.3). Generally, it works pretty well, but on a somewhat consistent basis messages that I've sent from the Mac will disappear, but ...
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2answers
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iPhone 4S iMessaging to a iPad and iPhone - compilation of message threads
I have an iPhone 4s.
When I have conversations via iMessage to friends with an iPad a new message thread is created for the conversation, however when I iMessage their phone another message thread is ...
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What changes to send my SMS text messages that used to go to email but now appear in iMessage? [closed]
I used to be able to send text messages to my email account and they would appear in my inbox.
[Needs details. What hardware and software is sending to exactly what address? 555-1212@att.net or ...
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Email verificaton not sending when linking Messages to my iPhone iMessage phone number
I am trying to link my iPhone iMessages account (with my phone number, not email address) to Mac Messages. I entered my phone number under the "add email" option. Messages subsequently told me that a ...
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665 views
How can I transfer messages from iPhone 4 to iPhone 5?
How can I transfer my messages from an iPhone 4 to the new iPhone 5 that has a different sim card?
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1answer
179 views
Do not show iMessages on iPhone when using Messages on Macbook
Is it possible to somehow temporarily disable iMessages on iPhone when using Messages app on Macbook, I don't like my iPhone to vibrate and wake up on the table all the time when someone sends me a ...
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1answer
250 views
Set off alarm when receiving text from a certain number?
Is there a way to set off an alarm or make an audible notification when I receive a text message only from a certain number? I like to keep my notifications on vibrate while I sleep, but my district ...
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1answer
375 views
What prevents the iMessage slider from working on a new iPhone 5?
I'm struggling to enable iMessage on my new iPhone 5.
iMessage works on my iPod, but I go on settings to turn on I message and the button that slides to enable/disable it always slides back to off. ...
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2answers
481 views
Adding my iPhone number to the list of allowed accounts in Messages.app
When I enter my Messages.app settings for my iMessage account, I can see that I can receive iMessages on the two emails that I have entered. Is it possible to add my iPhone number to that list too?
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1answer
596 views
Can iMessages be deleted permanently or at least kept either on a phone or a computer, but not both?
I would like to stop messages on my Mac from loading up all the messages I have on my iPhone when I plug it in.
Scenario: receive 10 iMessages on my iPhone during the day. I then delete them. So ...
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1answer
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How can you send the same text to multiple people without it being a group message?
Suppose that I want to send "Happy Thanksgiving!" to 35 different people, but I do not want it to be treated as a group message. How can this be accomplished on the iPhone 4S (with or without ...
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1answer
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How does Messages work between my Mac and my iPhone?
I thought with Mountain Lion that Messages are shown on both my Mac and iPhone (so I can start a chat on my iPhone and continue it on my Mac).
What is weird is that I seem to get an arbitrary set of ...
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How can I get the Messages app on iOS 6 to NOT open the newest message?
All the phones I had in the past could open the SMS/text app without actually opening the newest message; not so my iPhone.
Sometimes I need to access some info from a prior text message but there is ...
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1answer
217 views
Text Abbreviations Stop Working
I was trying to send a text message consisting of an abbreviation I had set up, but I would type the two characters and the abbreviation was not appearing. Is there a cause? In the past, I have ...
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Texts/Messages shows a contact listed nowhere else
When I send a new text message, I can search in my contacts. But for some reason, deleted contacts appear in the list as well... I think they are remains from the recent-calls list and all texts ...
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6k views
How to stop messages from opening when I touch the icon
When I only have one unread message (or all from the same person), it opens that thread when I open the Messages app. I don't want the thread to open automatically when I touch the message icon, and ...
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Messages sent to iphone users aren't being received [closed]
For some reason if I send a message to an iphone user from my iphone they aren't receiving it, yet all alternative phone users are receiving theirs.
Can't figure out how on earth to solve this ...
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1answer
197 views
Determine valid iMessage address on a Mac?
On my iPhone, I can try messaging someone by tapping on a contact entry or enter a phone number or email address. If the person has iMessage enabled, the text entry field will say "iMessage" instead ...
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1answer
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Will it ever be possible to port BlackBerry messenger (BBM) to the iPhone?
Will we ever have BBM service on the iPhone ? Is it possible to port such feature from the blackberry to the iPhone ? I know they use their own servers for verification, but isn't there a method that ...
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5answers
15k views
Schedule text message on iPhone
Is there an iPhone app in the App Store which allows scheduling of text messages? For example, I would like to setup birthday messages, so I don't forget them, or reminder messages. I know of such ...
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1answer
1k views
How to mark as READ all the e-mails received in iPhone?
It's fine when you are clearing all your unread messages in a laptop or a desktop PC; but in iPhone? No good.
You see, at present, I mark my messages as read by individually tapping their checkboxes.
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1answer
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iPhone log for actions like deleting text conversations?
I recently found one of my long-running text conversations cleared. I may have deleted it accidentally, but I would like to know when I did. Is there a system log that logs information at this ...
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3answers
5k views
iPhone text messages
I do not want my new iPhone to open text messages automatically when I tap the icon because of this recent scam thing with "you've won a prize". I've gotten that message 3 times so far, and I have to ...
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Numbers appear with country code in message app
A friend of mine just bought an iPhone. She imported all her SIM contacts using the regular method: Settings > Contacts > Import from SIM All went well.
But when she opens the Messages app, ...
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2answers
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Scroll to old messages while in edit mode
I noticed that when replying to a text message I can access and scroll through previous message from the person I am replying to so I have a good view of the conversation history and can e.g. copy ...
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How do I silence the message ringtone while talking?
During a phone conversation on my iPhone (iOS5) today, I received three text messages. Each one caused my phone to play my message ringtone rather loudly in my ear.
Is this normal behavior? Is there ...
