Chapter 3: Staying in Touch with Messages and FaceTime

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arrow.png Setting up Messages

arrow.png Changing modes in Messages

arrow.png Adding Buddies

arrow.png Chatting with others

arrow.png Sharing screens with another person

arrow.png Sending and receiving files via Messages

arrow.png Ignoring those who deserve to be shunned

arrow.png Adding visual pizzazz with video backgrounds and effects

arrow.png Chatting face-to-face with FaceTime

Throughout humankind’s history, our drive has been toward communication. From the earliest cave paintings, through written language, to the telegraph, telephone, and now the ultimate in human interaction: the text message. Ah, ...

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