1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: A new Apple feature sinks your text messages across various devices, 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: and it can free up some precious storage space on 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: your iPhone. What's going on, I'm Rich Demiro. This is 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: Rich on Tech Daily. Apple has released iOS eleven point four, 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: which has several new features, but one in particular could 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: make managing your text messages easier, especially if you have 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: multiple Apple devices. As a bonus, it can help you 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 1: free up some space consumed by your messages. The new 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: feature is called Messages in iCloud. And here's the thing. 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: It was announced last year at WWDC. Now we're coming 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: up to this year's WWDC and the feature was just launched. 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: But I guess Apple wanted to get it right. So 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: you might be thinking, wait a second, didn't iCloud always 14 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: store my messages? Well, kind of sort of. Yes, No, 15 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: it was really a mixed bag. Historically, when you would 16 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: back up messages using iCloud, you were really getting only 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: half the story. Messages were backed up based on the 18 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: device that you were backing up to iCloud. If you 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: did a restore, you would get your messages back, but 20 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: only the messages that were on that device, and they 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: were never truly synced across devices. This means that if 22 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: you deleted a text on one device, it might still 23 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: show up on another device. Now, with messages in iCloud, 24 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: once you turn on the future, you can manage your 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: messages kind of like you manage webmail. They'll be on 26 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: all your devices. When you delete one place, it'll be 27 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: gone from another place. If you send a response from 28 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: one device, that response will be reflected on the other device. Now, 29 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: before I explain how to turn it on, let me 30 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: tell you some of the other benefits. One of the 31 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: big ones is that since your messages are now stored 32 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: in iCloud, this can save you storage space on your phone. 33 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: So before all of your I messages were sort of 34 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: in this giant backup, which included the photos and attachments 35 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: and older messages that you had. All of that was 36 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: in a giant messages backup. Well, now a lot of 37 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: that is going to be offloaded to eye. Only a 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: portion of your messages will actually be stored on your phone. 39 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: The rest will all kind of be on demand. When 40 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: you need something, you tap it and your iPhone will 41 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: pull it off the cloud and deliver it to you instantly. 42 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: That means your nightly backups will also be faster since 43 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: you're not backing up a giant messages backup. It's just 44 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: a backup of the local messages that are on your phone. 45 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: I know that's kind of a small delineation, but it 46 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: is there and it will impact your nightly backups. And finally, 47 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: when you get a new device, it's all going to 48 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: be restored with all of your messages, not just whatever 49 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: you had lingering on the device that you're restored from. 50 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: So basically, in a word, this is going to be 51 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: really cool because finally you now keep track of all 52 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: your texts, no matter where you send or receive them from, 53 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: and they will all be in one nice, nicely organized backup. 54 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: So how do you set it up? Well, first off, 55 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: you need to have the latest version of iOS installed. 56 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: This is iOS eleven point four, so go to your 57 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: iPhone settings and download that. Once it's installed, you go 58 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: into iCloud and all you have to do is turn 59 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: on the toggle for messages and that will basically turn 60 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: on messages back up in iCloud. If you don't have 61 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: two factor authentication turned on, Apple's gonna ask you to 62 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: turn that on before it will allow you to sync 63 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: your messages and there's a reason for that. Messages often 64 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: contain highly sensitive information. There's a lot of personal stuff 65 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: in there. Apple wants to make sure that your account 66 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: is as secure as possible before it goes mixing and 67 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: sending your messages between all these accounts. But keep in 68 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: mind they are encrypted end to end, so they are 69 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: pretty secure. So what does it mean when you have 70 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,679 Speaker 1: two factor authentication turn on? Basically, every time you sign 71 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: in using your Apple ID, whether it's on a new 72 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: device or on the web, you're going to get a 73 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: notification or a text message with a code. You have 74 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: to enter that secondary code after your password in order 75 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: for the login to proceed. It's a little bit of 76 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: a hassle, but it is well worth the added layer 77 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: of security. So I just turned the messages in iCloud 78 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: on on my iPhone and I'm gonna turn it on 79 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: on my iPad. But on my Mac computer the feature 80 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: is not available just yet. You have to have a 81 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: software update to ten point thirteen point five for your 82 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: mac os. Right now, I'm running ten point thirteen point four, 83 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: so I can't say that it works perfectly just yet. 84 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: But I am very excited about all this because I 85 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: never really understood in the past what was going on 86 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: with my messages. Sometimes they'd arrived to my Mac, sometimes 87 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: they'd derive to my phone, sometimes they'd be on both. 88 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: I never really understood. And now finally everything will be 89 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: in sync. Now there is one flip side to all 90 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: of this, because you're storing all of your messages in 91 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: the cloud, this will take up even more iCloud storage, 92 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: So keep that in mind. If you're in that five 93 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: gigabyte free tier, it's gonna be pretty tight in there 94 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: between your photos and your messages, so you're probably gonna 95 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: have to upgrade pay that extra buck a month like 96 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: I do for fifty gigs. I think that's quite the deal. 97 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: I also think the benefit of having all my messages 98 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: SYNCD across all my device is a really awesome feature. 99 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: All right, thanks so much for listening. If you like 100 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: this podcast, please rate and review it in the Apple 101 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 1: Podcast Step. I really appreciate that because then more people 102 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: discover it. And if you want to see my step 103 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: by step tutorial for turning on the new messages in 104 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: iCloud feature, which by the way, again works with both 105 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: your I messages and your text messages, just go to 106 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: my website richon tech dot TV. Until next time, I'm 107 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: Rich Demiro. I'll talk to you real soon.