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29/9/2024 0 Comments

One of my favourite features of iOS/iPadOS 18 is in the Messages app

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A feature of the Mail and Outlook apps that I use regularly is the 'Send Later' feature - to set up an email to send at a future time.

I have so many times wished that this same feature was available in the Messages app, for those occasions when I don't want to disturb someone by sending a message at an unsuitable time - but still need to be sure that I remember to send the message.

iOS/iPadOS 18 has finally brought the 'Send Later' feature to the Messages app.

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2/9/2023 0 Comments

Why doesn't my husband get an iPhone sound when he receives my texts?

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My husband asked me to investigate a problem that was really bugging him about his iPhone.

​He kept missing text messages because his phone did not 'ding' during the day. In fact, he had missed two important texts from me during the week!!

It was certainly 'dinging' first thing in the morning when he received regular daily texts (Wordle results from friends!), but for the rest of they day he was not hearing the arrival of any messages.

​Here's why.

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16/11/2022 0 Comments

Some of my Messages appear on my iPad (and Mac), but not all. How do I fix this?

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It was my husband who asked this question just a couple of days ago.

He has a relatively new iPad Air, and had just realised that he wasn't seeing all his Messages on his iPad. In fact, his iPad seemed to only show the messages from his iPhone that were blue in colour, not the green ones.

​There was a very simple fix for this problem.

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21/10/2022 0 Comments

Messages now allows you to recall or edit a sent message - and more

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iOS 16 includes some really useful new features for the Messages app. You can now
  • Edit Sent Messages
  • Recall Messages
  • Retrieve Deleted Messages
  • See you Recently Deleted Messages
  • Mark a Message as ’Unread’
  • See just your 'Unread' messages

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19/10/2021 0 Comments

How to copy all your Messages from your iPhone - especially those with precious memories

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This is a topic that has come up a few times a year in my dealings with clients, especially at a time of loss.

How can you take a copy of all the precious messages that someone sent you and that you sent them - so that they don't get lost if something happens to your phone?

If you do have precious messages on your device, there IS a way that you can extract them and back them up in a format that allows you to look back at them in future, even if those messages are no longer present on your phone.

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5/6/2021 0 Comments

Images in Messages are always of low quality - how do I make them better (or vice-versa)?

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I noticed recently that the photos that I was sending via my Messages app were of quite low quality. 

This low image quality can be a good thing if you don't want to use a lot of data sending (and storing) photos in Messages.

​But if you are wanting to send a decent resolution version of a photos or photos, you will want to adjust your settings to ensure the quality you need.

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4/3/2021 23 Comments

I keep getting  a message showing a sign-in is requested from a strange location.

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iPhone shows wrong location
If you have you been confused about why Apple sometimes shows that your device is in some other location, you are not alone. This article was first published December 2016, and is one of iTandCoffee's 'most read' articles.

In particular, the message you receive says that 'Your Apple ID is being used to sign in to a device near ...' and shows a location that may not be your current location. More recently, the location has shown 'near Melbourne'. It used to show 'near St Kilda Road' (which I am not).

iTandCoffee gets asked about this one on a very regular basis.  

When I originally wrote this article, it was my own Mum who was confused by it. Her Messages was failing to complete activation because she kept was choosing the 'Don't Allow' when shown a message on her iPad - a message indicating that someone was attempting to access her account 'near St Kilda Rd'.  

This was confusing, given she lived in Clayton - so she she though it best to go with 'Don't Allow' every time it popped up.

Why do I get a message that shows a sign-in has been requested at some other location?


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11/2/2021 0 Comments

How to prevent your private messages from showing when your screen is locked?

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Image by Jan Alexander from Pixabay
I often see iPhones and iPads that show the content of Messages and emails even when the device's screen is locked. It is a feature called Show Previews.

For me, this is a privacy concern - because your phone may be in the hands of someone who should not see the message that appears. 

In my own case, I disabled Show Preview when my kids were younger - because, like most kids, they would check out the message that appeared on my phone, especially when I was driving and could not check it myself.

Here's where to find this Setting.

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15/1/2021 0 Comments

Adding Message Effects to your Messages sent from the Mac

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I am a big user of the Messages app on the Mac. It allows me to compose, read and respond to Messages without having to pick up my phone - with the benefit of a real keyboard to use in typing my messages.

But one thing that I really missed when sending a message from my Mac was the ability to send animated Message Effect (such as balloons, fireworks, confetti) with my message - something that I can do on the iPhone and iPad.

Here is a past article that shows an example of one of these effects.

The great news is that, with macOS Big Sur, you can now send such effects from your Mac. Here's how.

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12/12/2020 0 Comments

Now you can easily find the perfect emoji for any occasion

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The latest upgrade to the operating systems for our iPad and iPhones (iPadOS 14 and iOS 14) delivered quite a few changes to the Messages app.

But there is one that I have been wanting to see for a long time - in relation to emojis. And it has finally arrived.

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