Your iPhone is configured to alert you twice to an unread text message, but at an interval of only two minutes. This produces a system that is relatively ineffective and potentially annoying. Here’s how to turn off repeating alerts for SMS or iMessages.
iOS 8: How to Leave a Group Chat in Messages
Getting roped into a group chat in Messages can be a frustrating experience, as many people you don’t really know send message after message concerning a topic your don’t really care about. Instead of pulling your hair out every time your iPhone beeps or vibrates, you can leave or mute the group chat itself. Here’s how to do it in iOS 8.
Apple Intros Tool to Deregister Former iPhone Numbers From iMessage
Apple this weekend launched a new Web-based tool to deregister a user’s phone number from the company’s iMessage service. The Deregister iMessage tool addresses an issue experienced by users who switched from the iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone and subsequently could not receive text messages from other iPhone users.
How to See iMessage Timestamps in the iOS 8 Messages App
In the iOS 8 Messages app, users can see their iMessage and SMS conversations divided up into relatively large time chunks, which often results in many messages being grouped by the day. But what if you wanted to see the exact time that a specific message was sent? Starting with iOS 7 and continuing with iOS 8, this information is indeed available, but Apple has hidden it by default.
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How to Fix iOS 8.1 SMS Relay Configuration Issues
Are you having trouble getting SMS relay set up between your iPhone, Mac, and iPad? The issue may have something to do with your iCloud email address. Here’s a potential fix.
Clipboard Manager Clipr Can Paste Text to Your Phone via SMS
Clipboard managers are nothing new, but a new app from developer Eric Mann introduces an interesting new feature: the ability to send your Mac’s clipboard contents to your phone via SMS. Clipr, available now on the Mac App Store, manages your Mac’s clipboard via a simple menu bar item. Using the app is fairly straightforward; once it’s installed and running, head into Clipr’s preferences and tell it how many items it should remember and how large the preview for each…