The MacWhisperer Academy - 💬 iOS 18 iMessage Tricks Elevate Your Messaging Game
The video provides a comprehensive guide to using iMessage's new features in iOS 18, including pinning contacts, managing messages, and using text effects. Pinning contacts allows users to keep frequent contacts at the top of their message list for easy access. Managing messages includes marking them as unread, editing, or unsending them. Text effects, such as bubble and screen effects, enhance message presentation. The video also introduces new text formatting tools, allowing users to add bold, italics, and motion effects to their messages. Additionally, it covers the use of tapbacks and stickers for quick responses and personalization. Apple Intelligence features, like writing tools and Genmoji, offer advanced message customization and emoji creation. The video concludes with iMessage apps like SendLater for scheduling messages, Check In for safety notifications, and Apple Cash for easy money transfers.
Key Points:
- Pin contacts to keep frequent conversations easily accessible.
- Use text effects and formatting tools to enhance message presentation.
- Apple Intelligence offers advanced writing tools and emoji creation.
- iMessage apps like SendLater and Check In provide scheduling and safety features.
- Apple Cash allows for easy money transfers through iMessage.
Details:
1. 📱 Introduction to iMessage Enhancements
1.1. Introduction to New iMessage Features
1.2. Maximizing Existing iMessage Features
2. 📍 Pinning Contacts for Easy Access
- Pinning contacts allows users to quickly access frequent contacts without searching through messages, enhancing communication efficiency.
- Up to nine contacts can be pinned at the top of the iMessage chain, offering significant convenience for regular conversations.
- Pinning is performed by pressing and holding on an existing conversation and selecting 'pin', which immediately moves the contact to the top.
- Accidental pinning can be undone easily by pressing and holding the contact and selecting 'unpin'.
- The 'edit pins' feature, accessible via the three dots in the upper right corner, allows users to manage and rearrange pinned contacts effectively.
3. 📥 Managing Messages: Unread, Unsend, Edit
3.1. Mark Messages as Unread
3.2. Unsend Messages
3.3. Edit Messages
4. 🎉 Adding Text Effects and Screen Effects
- iMessage offers tools to enhance messages with text effects, accessed by pressing and holding the blue arrow after typing a message.
- There are two types of effects: bubble effects and screen effects.
- There are four bubble effects: slam, loud, gentle, and invisible ink, each providing a unique way to present your message.
- Screen effects can be accessed by clicking on the screen's top, offering multiple effects such as echo, spotlight, balloons, confetti, love, lasers, fireworks, and celebrations.
- Certain phrases like 'happy new year' or 'happy holidays' trigger automatic screen effects, enhancing message presentation with both visual and sound effects.
5. 🖌 Text Formatting Tools in iOS 18
- iOS 18 introduces new text formatting tools that enhance message appearance.
- Users can easily apply bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough to text.
- Motion effects such as shake, nod, ripple, bloom, and jitter can be added to messages to capture attention.
- Text can be resized or animated to emphasize certain parts of a message, like making words explode off the page.
- These tools are accessible above the keyboard, making them convenient to use while composing messages.
- The effects are embedded into messages, ensuring recipients experience them as intended.
6. 👍 Tapbacks and Using Stickers
6.1. Tapbacks Enhancements in iOS 18
6.2. Stickers and Visibility Improvements
7. 🤖 Apple Intelligence: Writing Tools and Genmoji
7.1. Apple Intelligence: Writing Tools
7.2. Apple Intelligence: Genmoji Features
8. 🎨 Creating Custom Emojis with Genmoji
- Genmoji allows users to create custom emojis using Apple Intelligence by describing the desired emoji, which can then be generated and customized based on user input.
- Users can search for existing emojis by typing keywords and then create new emojis by clicking a 'Create New Emoji' button, which uses the description to generate options.
- Once an emoji is created, users can add a caption for easy future retrieval and save it to their Stickers section for organization and easy access.
- The feature enables the resizing, tilting, and pinning of emojis to messages, providing personalized expression and ensuring messages stand out.
- Customization options include changing colors, adding accessories, and adjusting facial expressions to match the user’s intent, enhancing the uniqueness of each emoji.
- Custom emojis can be used in various contexts like enhancing personal messages, creating branded communication for businesses, or adding a fun element to social media interactions.
9. 🧮 Smart Responses and Math Calculations
- Apple Intelligence provides smart, automatic responses to messages, enhancing the ability to quickly make plans, such as scheduling a movie night.
- iOS 18 allows users to perform math calculations directly within message conversations and other apps in the Apple ecosystem.
- Example: For a total cost of $45 for tickets and $35 for popcorn and parking, users can simply input these figures into the message chain and use the equals sign to automatically calculate the total.
- The keyboard offers three options for displaying calculations: include the calculation, include the calculation with the total, or display only the total, making bill splitting and basic math more convenient.