Maci Peterson made a Christian man blush with a text message she sent to plan a first date.
“I wanted to know where to meet, D.C. or Maryland,” she told Cult of Mac. “So I typed, ‘Are you in DC or MD?’ and AutoCorrect changed it to, ‘Are you in D.C. or Me?’ I was so embarrassed.”
Skype offers the ability to send text messages from the Skype desktop app. Unlike Google Voice, this is available worldwide. However, Microsoft does charge for this service, so you’ll have to pay to send text messages from Skype. Pay for credit and you can send and receive text messages directly from Skype. True, but Apploe & Android do not allow to send text messages without taping the 'Send'-Button, so this kind of app is the only solution to have something similar like an automatic scheduled text message. And this also will not change for sure. Nov 20, 2018 Send SMS & MMS text messages from your PC, Mac, or Tablet without touching your Android phone. Named one of Time Magazine's 'Best 50 Android Apps' As seen on TechCrunch, Washington Post, Business Insider, Engadget, PC World. I too have noticed that trying to send an SMS text messages to a Number does not seem selectable on the Mac version (Click and hold and 'Send as SMS' is not an option) Hopefully this can be set up so the app can recognise Non iPhones in some way. I have yet to find a way to start an SMS conversation from the Mac.
Peterson recovered and hopes she is on the verge of saving us all from stumbling fingers, drunken texts and the bewildering algorithms of AutoCorrect. Her new app, On Second Thought, launches this week for Android devices with a version for iPhone users due out early next year.
On Second Thought works with SMS and MMS on smartphones and gives the author of a text up to a minute to decide if that message should reach its destination. Poor word choice, harsh tones and AutoCorrect indignities can be aborted with a swipe of the finger.
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The app also features a “curfew” mode, which allows a user hitting the bars or a party to embargo messages for review at a later, more sober, time.
“It’s like a filter for our emotions — it’s insurance,” said Peterson, 27, an Illinois native who works in marketing and brand management for Mariott International in Washington, D.C.
If necessity is the mother of invention, On Second Thought began to develop in Peterson’s head when yet another AutoCorrect misfire bit her the same week as that date two years ago. After that, she began asking friends about their texting horror stories and went online searching for a way to recall a message.
There are messaging apps, like Delay Text, Go SMS Pro or Text Later, that allow you to compose a message and set a date and time for its delivery. These are especially helpful with calendar items and those birthdays we tend to forget. Tiger Text, used in the corporate world, allows a user to recall a message and even disappears after a preset amount of time.
On Second Thought might have become an afterthought had it not been for friends urging Peterson late last year to pursue creating the app.
She entered and won a pitch competition at South by Southwest, and investors made it possible for her to hire officers and developers for her startup.
The app received favorable publicity from tech journalists when she introduced it at the Web Summit last month in Dublin, Ireland. The app will offer compatible plug-ins for GroupMe and SnapChat, plus additional features including group and instant messaging. Befuddled texters can sign up for beta testing at the On Second Thought website now.
Given the popularity of blogs and websites like Damn You Autocorrect, we happily laugh at our haste. But considering that the speed of technology seems to outpace our eye for accuracy or processing of rational thought, Peterson wants us all to pause a little before hitting send.
“I’m OK with those lists because they are a lot of fun,” she said. “But if there is an opportunity to never regret sending an embarrassing message, that sits really well with me.”
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I was on ATT for years and could text iPhone and Android users with the iMessage app on my Macs and the Messages app on my iPad. I switched to T-Mobile (and ported over the same phone number) and now I can no longer use iMessage or Messages to text Android users except on my iPhone itself. How can I send and receieve text messages with Android users once again?
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I was on AT&T for years with multiple iPhones and I was able to use the iMessage app on my Mac laptops and the Messages app on my iPads to send text messages to people who used Android phones. Apple users received texts via the iMessage protocol and those messages showed up across all devices as blue. Android / non-iPhone users in general always used SMS/MMS and texts showed up as green across all devices. I could switch between devices and continue conversations with no problem. All devices were always aware of each conversation as they happened.
I recently switched to T-Mobile and ported over my ATT number. I can no longer use the iMessage program on my Macs nor can I use the Messages app on my iPad / iPod (okay, iPhone 5 with no cell signal) to text message friends that are not themselves Apple iPhone users. I can only text message non-Apple users by directly using my iPhone 6 running iOS Also, all devices are logged in with the same Apple ID.
I'm uncertain if the change of carriers has anything to do with it, but that's the only significnat change that's taken place that I'm aware of, and correlation always implies causation.. right? Right.
How can I SMS/MMS non-iPhone people from my iPad / iPod / Macs?
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On your iPhone, I'd try going into Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding and then uncheck the switches by whatever is not receiving SMS messages and then check and then re-authenticate them individually, it should only take a couple of minutes. What text editor do you use for mac.
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I had a similar problem when I changed SIM cards (though I also changed numbers).
To fix the problem I suggest:
Note:I think you'd really benefit from updating your iPad Air to iOS 8.whatever instead of trying to get it to work with iOS6
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I'm also not sure if you're going to run into problems trying to get it to work on 2 phone devices. I'd try and get it working on all the other devices first and only then try and add your iPhone 5 into your ecosystem.
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Hopefully you get it working!
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I had the same issues after I restored my iPhone 6. Using siri on mac for speech to text. Going into
Settings > Messages > Text message forwarding did the trick.
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The only hangup was that the code took about 30 seconds to appear on my Mac's screen. And if you're impatient like I was you cancelled and tried it again some 5 times. So I'd suggest waiting at least 2 minutes before cancelling.
It works, afterall.
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