Group messages let you communicate with a group of people (3 or more people) at once. This can be a great way to stay in touch with friends and family members. With group messaging, group members can send and receive text messages, videos and photos. See also: Messages Showing Numbers, Not Contact Names? Fix This […]
Messages Showing Numbers, Not Contact Names? Fix
Recently, I was having this problem: Every time when I receive a message , the message app was showing its phone number instead of its contact name even though I had saved the contact information of this particular person in my iPhone. For example, I had a friend named Selma and her number was (217) […]
Stuck on Downloading Messages from iCloud, Fix
If you own more than one Apple devices (e.g., iPhone, iPad, Mac Pro etc), you can set up iCloud Message Syncing, aka, Messages in iCloud. What this means is that you can use iCloud to keep all of your messages updated and available across devices by using Messages in iCloud. This will even help you save […]
Text Messages Are Disappearing? Fix
It seems that some users are experiencing this problem. The problem is that the Messages app stops working properly for some users after updating their iPhone or iPad devices to the latest iOS software version or after restarting their devices. More specifically, here are the some symptoms that users are having: The Messages app is […]
Cannot Send or Receve Messages on Your Mac? Fix
Several users have reported that they are unable to send and /or receive text messages and iMessages on Mac. This article explains how you can troubleshoot this issue. See also: iMessage Won’t Send Pictures Users report that when they attempt to send a message, they see a little red exclamation mark symbol next to my message, […]
iMessages and Text Messages Out Of Order?
Several users have reported that they have been having issues with text messages and/or iMessages being out of order. The last message may not show up at the bottom, for example, let’s say you send a message asking a question to one of your friends, and your friends answer quickly but the response is displayed […]
How to Mute Text Notifications For Individual or Group Message Conversations
When you receive a text message, you will be alerted with a sound. You may silence these alerts while your iPhone (or iPad) is locked, if you turn on “Do Not Disturb”. You may also turn off message notifications by going to Settings > Notifications > Messages > Allow Notifications. However these options will mute […]
iPhone / iPad Text Sound Notifications Not Working? How to Fix
You may lost text sound notifications with incoming texts alerting you with a sound whenever you receive a text. This article explains what to do when your idevice is not making any sounds when you get a new message. Devices: All iPhone models (e.g., iPhone 6, iPhone 5, iPhone 6s ), all iPad models (e.g., iPad […]
iOS Message Notifications: Contact Names Missing
Some users have stated that text message notifications show the phone number rather than the contact name after updating to iOS 9. Reported problems include, but are not limited to: Only iMessages do not display the name Only certain/random contact names are missing How to fix missing contact names Here is how you can fix this problem. Please, […]