I've used Macs since the late 1980's and I've coveted an iPhone for years while grudgingly using an Android device. Last year I finally took the plunge and bought an iPhone and I love it – except when it comes to cleaning out my text messages. On my old Android devices I could select specific messages and lock them so they couldn't be deleted. Then I could just go in and delete the rest of the thread without worrying about losing those individual messages I may need. iOS works in reverse, I have to select all the messages I do want to delete and manually trash them using the trash can icon – NOT the Delete button at the top that trashes the entire thread. (Made that mistake once and lost some sentimental messages.)
Also, when going through my texts to clean them out it takes forever to get back to a specific date in time where I want to begin my clean up process. (I usually make a note of the last date that I cleaned them out so I know where to start the next time.) If it has been a long time, I have to scroll, wait for more texts to load, scroll, wait, repeat, etc. Then when I finally get to where I want to be, if someone texts me during the process, it takes me back to the bottom and I have to start the whole process over again. I have spent days doing on an iPhone what I could do in a few hours on my old devices to clean out messages. How do others on the list clean up their texts? I have many I need to save, so a blanket delete of entire threads is not an option. Are there any apps available that anyone has used that would make this process easier? Thanks! Beth Phillips IT Associate PHONE | 800-626-6409 x8385 DIRECT | 502-222-8385 EMAIL | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> WEBSITE | www.Fastline.com<www.fastline.com> ________________________________ [http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/fllogo.png] Fastline PO Box 248 Buckner, KY 40010 [http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/fb.png]<http://www.facebook.com/FastlineFarm> [http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/twitter.png] <https://twitter.com/Fastline> [http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/instagram.png] <http://www.instagram.com/fastlinefarm> [http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/blog.png] <http://blog.fastline.com/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
