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HelpGetting started with Messages
If you thought the only way you could use your Mac to communicate with other people was to send email messages, I’m about to brighten your day....
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BlogsTen improvements we’d like to see in OS X
As part of last year’s surprise release of Mountain Lion, Apple promised that it would begin delivering yearly updates to Mac OS X, much as it...
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App GuideReplacing Messages: three alternative apps for iOS messaging
Messages for iOS is arguably the most-used app on my iPhone: I use it more than Mailbox, more than Camera+, more than Google Maps, and definitely...
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HelpFour ways to get things done with Siri
You can have a lot of fun with Siri, the artificially intelligent, voice recognition-based assistant built into newer iPhones and iPads. But fun...
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Features32 expert tips and tricks for iOS 6
Perhaps you are already an iOS master. Or maybe you consider yourself more of a novice. Either way, we feel confident that at least some of the tips...
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HelpKeep track of important messages with Mail’s VIPs
If you get a lot of email, you know how hard it can be to spot messages from friends and family, or from your most important contacts. The recently...
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NewsApple to kill Messages beta for OS X Lion next month
Apple has told Mac owners running OS X Lion that the beta of Messages, its replacement for both the older iChat instant messaging service and SMS...
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HelpGetting started with Messages
When OS X Mountain Lion first appeared, many veteran iChat users fired up the new Messages chat program, poked around a bit, and then quit it in despair....
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HelpHow to extract voice and text messages from an iPhone
Reader Amy Campbell has all the right reasons for extracting data from an iPhone. She writes: A Mac-using relative recently passed away, and there...
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News 1Apple releases Mountain Lion 10.8.2 beta to developers, featuring new Facebook integration
Apple has released its second beta of OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion to developers, less than a week after the first beta version was seeded. Beta OS X...
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NewsSkyCube satellite offers iPhone users access to outer space
Apple iPhone users may have the opportunity to broadcast messages and capture images in space through a nano-satellite, if a Kickstarter campaign...
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HelpQuick Look in Messages, renaming Safari bookmarks
A new operating system means new reader tips, and we’ve been getting plenty of them for Mountain Lion. Here are two quick ones for two of the most...
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NewsNotes for Gmail adds sticky notes to your messages
In recent years, a handful of developers have attempted to add note-taking capabilities to Gmail, the idea being to let you attach custom, personalised...
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News 2iMessage fails, as iCloud issues continue
Following a discussion thread on Apple’s support forum from users reporting that all of their iCloud content had disappeared, it seems iMessage...
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Features 2Up close with Mountain Lion: Messages
Messages is not just a reskinning of iChat. Sure, the interface looks different. But in addition to its updated interface, Messages introduces a big...
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NewsApple changes OS X security messages
Apple has quietly removed a statement from its website that the Mac operating system isn’t susceptible to viruses. Computerworld Australia...
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Help 1The limits of Mail’s rules
Reader Jordan Janssen unwittingly asks for the gist of how Apple’s Mail rules work. He writes: I have become really lazy with my mail. I usually...
