iMessage is Apple's built-in instant messaging (IM) service. It lives inside the Messages app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. On the iPhone it works alongside — and often replaces — carrier SMS and MMS. On the iPad provides similar functionality, allowing you to send text, picture, video, voice memo, location, contact, and other types of messages to anyone else using an iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
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Messages make using emoji easier than ever, whether it's emoji reactions or emojifications. Here's how to get it all.
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Show off how quick you are on iMessage with these gestures and shortcuts that Apple built into the app.
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Are you too popular? Do you have too many group chats and need to manage them all? Here's how to do it all on the Mac.
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It's nice to get notified when you have an incoming message or alert, but sometimes you just want your iPhone or IPad to stop bothering you.
Another option for sending quickly. Go to Settings>Messages>Low Quality Image Mode and toggle it on
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Learn how to take control of the smaller aspects of Messages for Mac, such as setting a new alert sound, or choosing where your files should be saved.
Sometimes sending pictures to your friend is easy, but sometimes it doesn't seem to work at all. How do you fix it all?
I add through email preferences, which redirect to icloud url
The idea of Do Not Disturb, as the name suggests, is to keep your Apple Watch collecting notifications without actually notifying you. Here's how you enable it, disable it, adjust it, and love it!
With iMessage you can send all kinds of messages to all kinds of people. It lets you send text, photo, video, and a whole lot more!
Widgets are incredibly convenient, especially if you want a quick glimpse at information without having to open the app. Get the most out of this feature on iOS.
Apple Support assisted me in activating Messages, within the iCloud settings on EACH device.
