>>> Hello to all of you, On January 20, I wrote about a problem I was having sending messages to certain people ever since installing iOS/7. At least one other person on this list (I think it was Ray) reported having a similar problem. Below, I outline the problem, and then I will share the work-around I discovered. I will pass this message along to the Accessibility people at Apple, too.
The problem: >>> >>> Ever since installing iOS7, I have had extreme difficulties in sending text >>> messages to recipients in my contacts that have more than one number listed >>> there. >>> >>> Whenever I initiate a message and try to send it to a contact's mobile >>> phone, the message is always sent to the landline phone instead. Since >>> this isn't possible, I get a message from my phone company telling me that >>> a text message can't be sent to a landline phone. There is absolutely no >>> doubt in my mind that I am clicking on the recipient's mobile phone. If a >>> person sends me a message, and I simply reply, the message is properly sent >>> to the recipient's cell phone; I just can't currently start a new message >>> thread to anyone in my contact list unless that contact only has a cell >>> phone number listed. I suppose I could go through all of my contacts and >>> erase any landline numbers there, but I honestly believe that there is a >>> far better solution. >>> >>> Thanks for any thoughts. >>> The work-around: When initiating a message thread, I never go into the Message app. Instead, I now go into Contacts and select the intended recipient of my message. I then keep flicking to the right until I get to the "Send message" option. This entry is just past the "Notes" option. When I click on the "Send message" option, I am presented a list of all the numbers I have for the contact and when I select the contact's cell phone, I can send the message without a problem. As I said, I will pass this along to the Accessibility people, but perhaps my discovery can be of help to someone right now. My best to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
