Beth, This may not be as slick as the Android but on my text messages, a long list, I hit the edit button at the top left, pops open a list for me to put a checkmark beside the ones I want to delete, I can go through dozens of them in seconds or just a minute. Hit delete they are all gone.
The same process works in Mail, go into the mailbox I want where all the messages are listed, hit Edit at the top right and now I have a choice of “marking” , “moving” , or “Trash”. I scroll down the list clicking on the ones I want to trash and it’s done, takes no time at all. John > On Feb 26, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Beth Phillips <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
