You can send texts, pictures, and videos messages from the Messages app. When you send or receive messages (iMessage or SMS/MMS), you may see a notification saying “Number changed to Primary” (see below). So, what does that mean? And how can you remove it? Here is what and how: Newer iPhone models (Phone XS, iPhone […]
macOS Messages Freezes or Crashes, Fix
Is the Messages app crashing or freezing unexpectedly on your Mac? There’s nothing more annoying than having the Messages app crash on you when you are sending messages. Sometimes you may receive “an unexpected error message” or “an internal Messages error occured”. This problem is important because it will prevent you from sending or receiving […]
Messages Read Receipts Not Working, Fix
This short article explains how you can troubleshoot when read receipts feature for iMessage is not working properly. Several iPhone and iPad users have noticed that read receipts is not always sending or failing to deliver. For instance, some users have said that they stopped getting the notifications that their messages are read even thought you […]
How To Create and Manage Group Messages on your iPhone or iPad
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 Receive 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 […]