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imessage

  1. L

    Change the Message sounds when you send a message

    I am a person who loves to customize things to my liking, and I do not like being forced to use things. The sound when you send a message in Messages (that little WOOOOO that goes up in tone) or when you have the chat open and you receive a message (the WOOOO sound going down in tone. Is there...
  2. R

    iMessages will not work to one contact

    I'm having the weirdest issue with my 7+. All of a sudden yesterday all messages to one (and only one) contact will not send as iMessage. This also affects group chats with this person in it. His iMessage works for other friends and contacts, but will only send as a text to me. He's a close...
  3. Ryankontos

    Weird Bug: Adding yourself back to an iMessage group chat from Apple Watch

    So I have a habit of p*ssing my friends off in our iMessage group chat, so I get removed from our group chat quite frequently. (Not a great way to introduce myself as OP.) Since I got my Apple Watch for Christmas last year, I've noticed this little issue with the iMessage App: Whenever I get...
  4. TRDmanAE86

    Resolved iOS 6.1.6 iMessage Authentication Issues

    Lately, my iPod Touch has been a hassle. First, it kept signing me out of iMessage to the point where I had to continue authenticating. Now, its at the point where iMessage and Facetime kicked me out and, won't let me sign back in. I enter my Apple ID and password and, then it asks me for which...
  5. V

    Inconsistent iMessage notifications (iPhone + iMac + VPN)

    I am experiencing inconsistent iMessage notifications when my iPhone is near my iMac and my iMac is connected to a VPN. I get no notifications at all, neither on the iPhone, nor on the iMac, of any kind - no sound, no banners. If I disconnect the VPN, all is back to normal. Anyone knows the reason?
  6. DangerousYams

    Universal Text Mess for iMessage, by ex-Pixar artist

    Hi guys, I'm very excited to share my new iMessage app - Text Mess Click here to check it out Turn your words and emojis into really cool word-art. Send your creations as personalized stickers to friends over iMessage. Or save a high-resolution photo to share on your favorite social network...
  7. M

    iMessage to SMS over WiFi?

    So, I was on a plane the other day, connected to the WiFi and I received a text from a friend. I replied and he said he received it. I didn't think about it at the time, but later I realized, "Hey, he doesn't have an iPhone, he has an Android!" And sure enough, my messages to him are green and...
  8. WillyN

    IOS 10 iMessage notification bug

    As mentioned in the title, the notifications of my iMessages are very buggy. When I receive a message, I sometimes see a message from 2 hours ago (I shouldn't see it, because i've received over 30 messages in that period). I tried everything: reseting, logging out of my iCloud, turning iMessage...
  9. N

    how to Connect imessage to work on a mac without an iphone

    My wife lost her iPhone in a lake. (Tough day, I know. I will spare you the details on the phone model, and just say new.) Is there a way to get imessage working on her macbook pro without having access to her recently "lost at sea" iPhone?
  10. dra

    iPhone BoomBar brings loyalty cards to iMessage

    Stop carrying dozens of loyalty and reward cards around ! Get BoomBar 3 Easy Steps Scan , Save and Use with your iPhone, Apple Watch and iMessage. BoomBar is a forward thinking application aim to record barcodes from various cards used in people's daily life and save them into different...
  11. clausbvc

    Send as SMS gone?

    The option of sending a text as SMS, instead of iMessage, seems gone in iOS 10.2. At least on my phone (5SE) and carrier combination. Anyone else?
  12. BlahBird

    Universal Hueliday: World Travel Animated Stickers (for iMessage)

    Hi everyone! I have just released my sticker app. App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1180327599?ls=1&mt=8 Usage Video: Thank you for your interest
  13. archagon

    Universal MusicMessages! — A Collaborative Sequencer for iMessage

    I'm a believer in oddball ideas, so I made (what I'm fairly certain is) the first sequencer for the iMessage App Store, MusicMessages! The interface is mainly comprised of a grid of buttons, each representing a musical note in time. Tap in a few melodious chords, play back your piece, and send...
  14. K

    How can I mark/select text in an iMessage?

    Previous to upgrading to OS X 10.12 on my Retina MBP(Late 2013) , I could select a text piece in an Messages by clicking and dragging the cursor. Since the update to OS X 10.12 and Messages 10.0, if I click and drag, I can only tag the message with ridiculous teenage-girl-pictures, but whatever...
  15. M

    iPhone SE will not delete texts

    I recently updated my iphone SE and now it seems to be keeping a count of all my sent and received imessages and texts... It won't let me mark anything as "read", but I can delete conversations for a short time, but they then reappear if that contact texts me or if I try to restart my phone. If...
  16. B

    imessage doesn't say delivered

    My imessages to a specific person that I text daily all of a sudden doesn't say delivered when I try to send a message to him. He doesn't have me blocked, because we were just texting now all of a sudden my messages aren't delivering. I reset my phone and turned my imessage on and off but...
  17. B

    Pictures in older messages appear blank and songs greyed out, Storage Issue

    I have a confusing problem with my iPhone 6, with iOS 9 on it. It is a 16GB phone and I have always struggled with running out of storage space. In my Storage section is often shows that I have 0 Bytes of space available. Here is the issue. I have been going through text and iMessages and...
  18. L

    IMessage not activated with Apple ID? Pls Help.

    I have an Iphone 7plus and a Macbook Pro 2015; Im having problems activating imessage on the iphone and macbook using my apple ID, the error message "An Error occurred during activation. Try Again." appears when I try to use my apple Id on my iphone & macbook. Does anyone have a solution, Ive...
  19. D

    iMessage activation error iOS 10.

    Hey guys. So I got the iPhone 7 plus and restored the back up from my 6. Everything works fine I'm loving the phone but iMessage can't be activated it. Anyone with this problem or anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance!
  20. xFormational

    Apple ID isn't working

    I cannot login to iMessage, log out of iCloud, do anything in the App Store. When I try to login to iMessage: "An error occurred during authentication" When I try to go to the App Store: "Didn't get a response from the apple software update server" I have tried everything from deleting...