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Some additional questions about it on my mind: • Does "Messages in iCloud" work for syncing regular SMS messages too, or does it only include iMessages? • It

Some additional questions about it on my mind: • Does "Messages in iCloud" work for syncing regular SMS messages too, or does it only include iMessages? • It looks like there's no corresponding macOS update today to add Messages in iCloud support, is there? Should we expect it to be bundled into the next minor macOS patch, or is it more likely to be pushed into macOS 10.14?

0x0 8y ago
It's supposed to come in macOS 10.13.5, but today's Xcode 9.4 update says "...includes SDKs for iOS 11.4, ... and macOS 10.13.4" so I wonder if 10.13.5 will come later?
newscracker 8y ago
> Does "Messages in iCloud" work for syncing regular SMS messages too, or does it only include iMessages? It works for all messages, that is, SMS and iMessages. You turn it on in the iCloud account settings and it uploads everything. The device needs to be connected to mains power though. Otherwise it pauses the sync process until you do. The upload/download progress is shown at the bottom of the screen in the Messages app.
- miles 8y ago
  Any chance of auto-reply (not just "Do Not Disturb while driving") at long last? I've had to keep an old jailbroken 4s around with iBlackList on it in order to auto-reply to SMS and iMessage texts[1], as scripting in Messages for macOS is just so buggy. [0] http://www.iblacklist.com.br http://www.iblacklist.com.br [1] https://tinyapps.org/blog/misc/201307210700_iphone_text_auto_reply.html https://tinyapps.org/blog/misc/201307210700_iphone_text_auto...
  - newscracker 8y ago
    Not from Apple with so much flexibility. But there could be third party apps that use Apple's CallKit SDK to provide something similar for calls. I'd also suggest sending feedback to Apple periodically at https://www.apple.com/feedback https://www.apple.com/feedback even if it seems like the feedback is never taken into account for changes or new features.
saagarjha 8y ago
The macOS 10.13.5 beta has it, so I'd assume that it'll be rolled out rather soon.
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0x0 8y ago

It's supposed to come in macOS 10.13.5, but today's Xcode 9.4 update says "...includes SDKs for iOS 11.4, ... and macOS 10.13.4" so I wonder if 10.13.5 will come later?

newscracker 8y ago

> Does "Messages in iCloud" work for syncing regular SMS messages too, or does it only include iMessages? It works for all messages, that is, SMS and iMessages. You turn it on in the iCloud account settings and it uploads everything. The device needs to be connected to mains power though. Otherwise it pauses the sync process until you do. The upload/download progress is shown at the bottom of the screen in the Messages app.

miles 8y ago
Any chance of auto-reply (not just "Do Not Disturb while driving") at long last? I've had to keep an old jailbroken 4s around with iBlackList on it in order to auto-reply to SMS and iMessage texts[1], as scripting in Messages for macOS is just so buggy. [0] http://www.iblacklist.com.br http://www.iblacklist.com.br [1] https://tinyapps.org/blog/misc/201307210700_iphone_text_auto_reply.html https://tinyapps.org/blog/misc/201307210700_iphone_text_auto...
- newscracker 8y ago
  Not from Apple with so much flexibility. But there could be third party apps that use Apple's CallKit SDK to provide something similar for calls. I'd also suggest sending feedback to Apple periodically at https://www.apple.com/feedback https://www.apple.com/feedback even if it seems like the feedback is never taken into account for changes or new features.

saagarjha 8y ago

The macOS 10.13.5 beta has it, so I'd assume that it'll be rolled out rather soon.

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