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Messages

Project Amy makes App.net private messages feel right at home in Messages for Mac

04 Mar 2013
David Chartier
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ADN, Messages, Messages for Mac, private messages
App.net’s private messaging (PM) system is getting a lot of attention lately, and a March hackathon for the service produced one of its
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How to quickly silence a call and reply with a message

01 Feb 2013
David Chartier
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iOS 6, lock screen, Messages, phone calls, reply with message
In iOS 6, you can now silence a call and quickly reply with an iMessage or SMS to let the caller know what’s up. You can also set a
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Messages lets you disable Airplane Mode, no Settings necessary

15 Nov 2012
David Chartier
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Airplane mode, iOS 6, Messages, Settings
If Airplane Mode is enabled and you open Messages, an alert will let you turn data on right there instead of making you open Settings. As far as
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Messages can now use your phone number

19 Sep 2012
David Chartier
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iMessage, Messages, OS X 10.8.2
As of OS X 10.8.2, Messages will prompt you add your iOS phone number for your iMessage account. This means you will be able to send and receive
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16 Apr 2012
David Chartier
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icons, iMessage, iOS 5, Messages, Push Notifications, SMS, tech
iOS 5’s top bar notifications for SMS and Apple’s iMessage service display a custom icon for attachments.
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iChat, Messages let you set buddy alerts

13 Mar 2012
David Chartier
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chat, iChat, Messages, Notifications, tech
In iChat and Messages, you can turn on a whole bunch of alerts for individual buddies. Want to hear a custom sound when a certain person returns
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Messages: how to easily combine multiple buddies into one Address Book card

28 Feb 2012
David Chartier
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Address Book, Contacts, iChat, Messages
If you select more than one contact in iChat or Apple’s new Messages beta for Mac (hold ⌘ or ⇧ when selecting multiple people in your Buddies
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27 Feb 2012
David Chartier
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Apple apps, beta, Messages, OS X Lion, submission, tech
One of the problems with Lion’s scroll bars is loss of context for how much content is in the window; unless you pay attention while you
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Messages downloads your previous conversations, syncs them

16 Feb 2012
David Chartier
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Messages, sync
When Apple unveiled its iMessage service in iOS 5 last fall, one of its perks is that it can sync your conversations between all your iOS
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Apple – OS X Mountain Lion. Innovation comes back to the Mac

16 Feb 2012
David Chartier
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AirPlay, Game Center, Gatekeeper, Messages, Notes, Notification Center, OS X Mountain Lion, Twitter
Apple – OS X Mountain Lion. Innovation comes back to the Mac Apple has whipped out a preview of the next major version of OS X, and its
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