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iOS tip: How to delete old text messages automatically

iOS tip: How to delete old text messages automatically

by ben patterson | Mar 23, 2016 | how-tos, phones, tablets

By default, your iPhone and iPad will never auto-trash any of the text messages, snapshots and video clips sitting in the Messages app. Now, that’s great if you want a record of every text message you ever sent or received from your friends and loved ones. But...
iOS tip: Family members getting duplicate iMessages? Try this

iOS tip: Family members getting duplicate iMessages? Try this

by ben patterson | Feb 3, 2016 | how-tos, phones, tablets

Raise your hand if this has happened to you: iMessages intended for another family member are showing up on both of your iPhones.  If that sounds familiar, it’s probably because your family is (or was) sharing a single Apple ID across several iPhones and iPads,...
iOS tip: 3 gotta-know iMessage and text-messaging tricks

iOS tip: 3 gotta-know iMessage and text-messaging tricks

by ben patterson | Sep 2, 2015 | how-tos, phones, tablets

Want to forward an iMessage to a friend, or find out the exact time you received a specific text message? No problem. Also: how to silence a group conversation that just won’t stop. Forward an iMessage or text message So, you just got a text message or iMessage...

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