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Message recall and edit?
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That's exactly what we were saying yesterday when a few of us upgraded....
Me: "____ unsent a message"
That person: "What did you send and take back? What was it? Why did you take it back? I need to know what it was!"
Me: "Edited"
That person: "What does Edit mean? How do you do that? Why did you Edit your text to me? Why do I see the previous unedited texts? HUH?"
Ugh
Me: "____ unsent a message"
That person: "What did you send and take back? What was it? Why did you take it back? I need to know what it was!"
Me: "Edited"
That person: "What does Edit mean? How do you do that? Why did you Edit your text to me? Why do I see the previous unedited texts? HUH?"
Ugh
How does it even work? I can text my buddy and he gets my text and then starts to reply. I see the three dots as he's typing. He's finished and I get the text. I reply and he gets my reply. It's practically instantaneous. Is the text you send now delayed for XX seconds to give you a chance to recall it? I don't understand the process.
Not delayed...you have like a 15 min period after sending a text to Edit or Undo Send. After 15 min you no longer have those options.
I believe it's 15 min or so. But it's kind of pointless to do it at all because it calls you out to the recipient when you Edit or Unsend
part of the reason is Apple doesn't want liability for any part of it...e.g. abusive husband sends wife text saying 'I'm going to kill you' and then edits it as soon as it shows as read to something more benign. Stuff like that.
Think of how people can exploit the functionality without some sort of audit trail
It's really more for mistakes (typos, sent to wrong person, etc.). If someone asked what it was you sent if you delete it, just say it was meant for someone else and sent to them by mistake.
Think of how people can exploit the functionality without some sort of audit trail
It's really more for mistakes (typos, sent to wrong person, etc.). If someone asked what it was you sent if you delete it, just say it was meant for someone else and sent to them by mistake.
thanks. I think my question was unclear. If I’m texting with a friend, our texting replies are practically instantaneous. As soon as I type it and hit send, he gets it. So how do you unsend some thing that he’s already gotten? The only way I can figure is if texts are not sent instantaneously anymore.
Yep, It's designed specifically for fixing mistakes or adding to your message. Not for hiding what you've said.
What's been seen cannot be unseen. The recall is really meant for unread messages...otherwise you could just edit it with 'never mind' or something
It simply sends your edits or unsends to the recipients phone and updates the conversation to reflect it. Just like adding reactions to messages.
By the way it only works for iMessage, not regular texts.
That's exactly what we were saying yesterday when a few of us upgraded....
Me: "____ unsent a message"
That person: "What did you send and take back? What was it? Why did you take it back? I need to know what it was!"
Me: "Edited"
That person: "What does Edit mean? How do you do that? Why did you Edit your text to me? Why do I see the previous unedited texts? HUH?"
Ugh
Exactly...THIS
iMessages are still instantaneous. When you send it he gets it. When you unsend it, it’s deleted from the conversation. Even if he’s already seen it. It will be removed and there will be a small note that you’ve unsent it.
Devil's advocate...
Then what's the point of the feature? If it's just for typos/mistakes, it's qiucker just to do a "*quicker" correction. By telling the other end it's been edited or removed, you're taking what could've been an extra 3 seconds, and turning it into an extra 30 seconds (or a lot more) of questioning and clarification.
Then what's the point of the feature? If it's just for typos/mistakes, it's qiucker just to do a "*quicker" correction. By telling the other end it's been edited or removed, you're taking what could've been an extra 3 seconds, and turning it into an extra 30 seconds (or a lot more) of questioning and clarification.
No need to question edits, there's actually edit history as well so they can see what the message said before you changed it.
If you unsend they can’t see what was originally sent. But if you edit they can see the original message.