Is there no contact merge feature for iThings? In Google's contacts, for
Android, one can merge possible duplicate contacts, either in automated
fashion by letting the system use it's best guess (it guesses quite
conservatively, I have found) or by selecting two contact entries and
telling Contacts to merge them.
Also, regarding recent talk about printing from iThings, I found it to be
next to impossible to accomplish without an Airprint (izzat name right?)
capable printer. 'Tis much, much simpler to do via Google's Cloud Print,
and a device once set up, can print to a cloud print capable printer no
matter where each is, as long as both are powered up and the tablet or
phone is network-connected.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4/4/2014 5:06 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> > A cogent, reasonable and well written exposition. Thank you.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > Now, for an iMystery. Joan and I have iPhones. My son Duncan and his
> wife Shiva have iPhones. We are having a lot of trouble with texting among
> our devices. Shiva gets Joan's texts. Joan does not get either Shiva's
> texts or replies. Duncan gets Joan's texts. Joan does not get her replies.
> A few days ago, when we were all in the same room, I had Duncan call Joan,
> and her phone did not ring. We then did a reboot on her phone, and the next
> call came through, but texts did not.
> >
> > A while back, Duncan and I had trouble with our texts. He would get
> mine, I would not get his. That seems to somehow have resolved itself
> though no actions on our own (that we are aware of). Except:
> >
> > Both Joan and I have not received original texts from both of them. I
> didn't know, and was about to castigate the kids for not occasionally
> passing along happy-snappies of the baby. Turns out they _have_ been
> passing along happy snappies of the baby, but we have not been receiving
> them.
> >
> > I am at a loss, though I am beginning to suspect it might have something
> to do with iMessaging, and settings in our phones.
>
> Ya think? Could also be in Contacts, which iMessage uses to send stuff.
>
> Go through Contacts on each phone and make sure all the family members
> have only one entry and all the contact info is
> correct. Somehow, we have multiple entries for various people in our
> shared Contact list. At least some is the fault of
> bringing in lists from elsewhere when we got iPhones. Some may be adding
> contacts, auto or manually from calls, emails, etc.
>
> Then, one each phone, iPad, etc., go into Settings=>Messages
>
> First, make sure the AppleID at the top is the right one for this
> phone/user. IF phones have been traded, it may not be.
> When I gave my 5 to Carol and got a 5s, the phone folks said they
> transferred everything, but this and a couple of other
> personal account settings weren't changed.
>
> Then, select the contact choice(s) at which you want to receive iMessages
> on the individual device. Best is probably the
> Apple ID above. IF Contact info includes both the ID and phone #, phone #
> should work, too. These may be duplicated. For
> example, I receive Messages on both my iPhone and my iPad Mini.
>
> Once all phones have Contact and iMessage settings straight, each one
> should send a new Message to each other one. Use
> the New Message icon (empty square with pencil) link at the top right of
> the Messages panel/column to start the message,
> then the plus sign in a circle icon to select from the Contact lists, to
> assure the correct, possibly new to iMessage,
> address is used. For this step, don't send to multiple recipients, just
> one at a time. Not that I know that won't work
> right, but I don't know that it would, either.
>
> Then each should reply. If you then use those threads, either old ones
> that are OK, or new ones, everybody should be
> connected.
>
> This was right for us. Some may not be strictly necessary, but getting it
> all straight is worthwhile to avoid future
> problems. Hope it helps.
>
> Connected Moose
>
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