How to use Group FaceTime
Without signing up for a Zoom or Teams account, you already have a fast and convenient way to do video calls using Apple's Group FaceTime. Here's how to set it up and get the most out of it.
Messages
William Gallagher
How to use Messages to share your screen in macOS
If you need to quickly offer help to another Mac user you know, there's no quicker way to remotely provide assistance than via Apple's own Messages. Here's how to take control of another person's Mac on their behalf, and how to allow others to do the same to your desktop.
Malcolm Owen
Users complain of missing message alerts in iOS 14
A number of iPhone users are having issues receiving notifications from Messages in a timely manner in iOS 14, with users not being informed via an alert or a red badge that there are unread messages waiting for them.
How to use the new Messages features in Big Sur
With macOS Big Sur, Messages on the Mac is now in step with it on iOS. Here's how to pin conversations, reply to specific people, and quickly add meme-style images.
Group SMS issues plague iPhone 12 upgraders
A number of iPhone users have complained of issues surrounding missing text messages, with the bulk of complaints relating to group chats and users who have upgraded to the iPhone 12 range.
Facebook is pushing for Apple to open up default messaging app options
Emboldened by users able to change default email and browser apps in iOS 14, Facebook is pressing Apple to allow its users to set third-party platforms, such as Facebook Messenger, as their default messaging app.
Mike Peterson
How to use the new Messages features in iOS 14
Messages used to be a simple replacement for the limited and sometimes costly text messaging we all did, but it's evolved into a powerful communications tool — and iOS 14 has added many improvements.
Here are the 217 Emoji arriving on the iPhone and iPad in 2021
Following the introduction of new emoji as part of the recent launch of iOS 14, attention has turned to a new batch of 217 emoji characters that have been approved by the Unicode Consortium, which will be available to use on iPhones in 2021.
Lawsuit targets Apple iMessage, FaceTime flaw related to phone number recycling
A class action complaint filed Monday takes aim at Apple and T-Mobile for a long-running iMessage and FaceTime flaw that tied Apple services to a specific cellular number, leaving users open to inadvertent and continuous access to private data when a number was recycled.
Mikey Campbell
Andrew O'Hara
Mike Wuerthele
