Apple 的 iOS 是世界上数百万台设备上最常用( most used)的操作系统之一，但您会惊讶于拥有一个 iOS 的人几乎不知道甚至使用它的所有功能。
也就是说，有很多很酷的技巧，只有数百万用户中的少数人知道。其中一些隐藏在Apple Messages中，因此您可以做的不仅仅是发送文本(texts)、图片、语音和视频信息。随着 iMessage 应用程序的推出，Apple还为 iPhone 和 iPad 用户在 iOS 10 中提供更丰富的体验铺平了道路。
在我们等待 iOS 13 的发布日期时，它带有几个引人注目的功能，您可以花一点时间来探索您的 iPhone 或 iPad 与 iOS 12，这样您就可以了解新版本中的新功能。
这里有一些你可能不知道的关于Apple Messages的提示和技巧。(Apple Messages)如果您已经看到或听说过它们，但不确定它们是如何使用的，请继续阅读以了解更多信息。
为您的消息添加效果(Add Effects To Your Messages)
您可以使用相机效果、气泡效果、全屏动画、点按等为您的消息添加更多个性，从而使您的对话活跃起来。
气泡效果(Bubble Effects)
有了这些，您可以使用不同的表达式为消息气泡设置动画。
- 要添加这些效果，请打开新消息或现有对话并输入您的消息或插入照片。
- 长按发送(Send)按钮，然后点击顶部的气泡水龙头。(Bubble)预览(Preview)并应用您想要的效果，然后点击您选择的效果右侧的发送按钮。(Send)
全屏效果(Full-Screen Effects)
这个令人兴奋的功能让您可以通过添加五彩纸屑、烟花、气球、聚光灯、回声、激光、巨大的爱心和许多其他效果来为屏幕设置动画。
- 打开消息(Messages )并创建新消息或现有对话。输入您的信息，然后长按发送(Send)按钮并点击屏幕(Screen)
- 向左滑动查看不同的全屏效果(full-screen effects)。选择您想要的，然后点击发送(Send)。
回击(Tapback)
如果你想用一些很酷的表情来回复消息，比如心形或竖起大拇指，你可以使用Tapback。
- 在“信息(Messages)”中打开对话，然后双击您要回复的照片或信息气泡。
- 选择回击(Tapback)。
手写信息(Handwritten Messages)
要为您的消息添加个人风格，您可以添加自己手写的注释。收件人会看到它的动画，就好像它是写在他们面前一样。
- 打开信息(Messages)并创建一条新信息或现有对话并将您的 iPhone 侧向转动。
- 写下您的信息或在屏幕底部选择一个选项。
- 要重新开始，请点击清除(Clear)或撤消(Undo)，然后点击完成(Done)以发送您的信息。
- 要查看您添加到消息中的效果，请按重播(Replay)按钮。
发送或分享您的位置(Send Or Share Your Location)
如果您转到“设置”(Settings)，然后在顶部点击您的姓名，您将被带到下面的屏幕，您将在其中看到“共享我的位置”(Share My Location)选项。这将允许您查看当前与哪些家人和朋友共享您的位置。您也可以在此处全局关闭它。
此外，您可以直接从信息(Messages)应用程序共享您的位置，而无需打开地图(Maps)或查找(Find) 朋友(Friends)。
- 打开对话并点击顶部的联系人姓名，然后点击“i”或信息图标。点击发送我的当前位置(Send My Current Location)，您的收件人将在地图上看到它。
- 或者，点击分享我的位置(Share My Location)，然后选择您希望分享您的位置的时间，例如一个小时、一天结束(hour, until end of day, )或无限期(indefinitely)。
相机效果：动话表情和拟我表情(Camera Effects: Animoji & Memoji)
在 iOS 12 中，您可以使用相机(Camera) 效果(Effects)通过动话表情、拟我表情(Memoji)、有趣的贴纸、文本和滤镜等分享照片或视频来活跃对话。(Animoji)
Animojis使用您的声音并通过使用 3D 表情符号映射您的脸部来反映您的面部表情。您可以通过动画猴子、唱歌的熊猫、外星人、狡猾的狐狸，甚至是霸王龙(T-Rex)来表达您的声音。另一方面， Memojis 可让您创建自己的 3D 化身——更像是在(Memojis)Messages和FaceTime中添加另一个自我。
该功能已集成到 iMessage 应用程序中，您可以通过点击应用程序(App)按钮访问它；选择您的动话表情(Animoji)或拟我表情(Memoji)头像，录制并将其发送给您的收件人。您可以为照片或视频添加多种效果。
在发送您的照片或视频之前，点击完成(Done)添加一条个人信息。如果您不想发送，请点按照片右上角的“取消(Cancel)”或“ X ”。
要使用此功能，您需要 iPhone X 或更新机型。
发送群组消息(Send Group Messages)
如果您熟悉使用WhatsApp群组，那么在您的 iOS 设备上使用群组消息会更容易。在这里，您也可以创建群组、为其命名、添加或删除参与者、静音通知，甚至退出群组。
您可以向群组 iMessage、彩信(MMS)和短信(SMS)发送三种群组消息。消息(Messages)应用程序将根据是 iMessage 还是SMS/MMS消息来选择要发送的群组消息的类型。
您还可以使用带有心形或竖起大拇指等元素的Tapback回复群组 iMessage 文本。(Tapback)
隐藏警报(Hide Alerts)
通知可能很烦人，但您可以使用iOS 中的隐藏警报功能阻止它们。(Hide Alerts)打开信息(Messages)应用程序并在您想要静音的信息或对话上向左滑动，然后点击隐藏警报(Hide Alerts)。
当隐藏警报(Hide Alerts)打开时，消息或对话旁边会出现一个新月形或月亮形。但是，它只会停止该特定对话的通知，而不是来自您的设备的通知。您设备的所有其他消息和通知仍将显示在锁定(Lock)屏幕上。
您还可以通过点击组文本顶部的“i”（信息）图标并打开隐藏警报(Hide Alerts)来使用隐藏警报使组文本静音。
您可以使用Apple Messages执行更多操作，但这些只是您入门的一小部分。尝试其中一项或全部，并发现可以为您的信息和对话带来活力的令人惊奇的事情。
Tips & Tricks For Apple Messages That You Might Not Know About
Apple’s iOS is one of the most used operating systems on millions of devices in the world, but you’d be surprised at just how many people who own one hardly know or even use all of its features.
That said, there are a lot of cool tricks that only a select few out of its millions of users know about. Some of these are tucked away in Apple Messages, so you can do more than just send texts, pictures, voice, and video messages. With the introduction of iMessage apps, Apple has also paved the way for an even richer experience in iOS 10 for iPhone and iPad users.
While we wait for the release date for iOS 13, which comes with several headline-grabbing features, you can take a little bit more time to explore your iPhone or iPad with iOS 12 so you can appreciate what’s coming in the new version.
Here are a few tips and tricks about Apple Messages that you may not know about. If you’ve seen or heard about them, but aren’t sure how they’re used, read on to find out more.
Add Effects To Your Messages
You can liven up your conversations by adding more personality to your messages using camera effects, bubble effects, full-screen animations, tapbacks, and much more.
Bubble Effects
With these, you can animate your message bubbles using different expressions.
- To add these effects, open a new message or existing conversation and enter your message or insert a photo.
- Long press the Send button and tap the Bubble tap at the top. Preview and apply the effect you want and tap the Send button on the right of the effect you’ve chosen.
Full-Screen Effects
This exciting feature lets you animate your screen by adding confetti, fireworks, balloons, a spotlight, an echo, lasers, a giant love heart, and many other effects.
- Open Messages and create a new message or existing conversation. Enter your message, and then long press the Send button and tap Screen
- Swipe left to see the different full-screen effects. Pick the one you want and tap Send.
Tapback
If you want to reply to a message with some cool expressions like a heart or thumbs up, you can use Tapback.
- Open the conversation in Messages and double tap the photo or message bubble you’d like to reply to.
- Select the Tapback.
Handwritten Messages
To add a personal touch to your messages, you can add a note in your own handwriting. The recipient will see it animate as though it was written right in front of them.
- Open Messages and create a new message or existing conversation and turn your iPhone sideways.
- Write your message or pick an option at the bottom of the screen.
- To start over, tap Clear or Undo and then tap Done to send your message.
- To view the effects you’ve added to your message, press the Replay button.
Send Or Share Your Location
If you go to Settings and then tap on your name at the top, you’ll be brought to the screen below where you will see a Share My Location option. This will allow you to see which family and friends you are currently sharing your location with. You can also turn it off globally here.
In addition, you can share your location right from the Messages app without having to open Maps or Find Friends.
- Open the conversation and tap the name of the contact at the top, and then tap the ‘i’ or information icon. Tap Send My Current Location and your recipient will see it on the map.
- Alternatively, tap Share My Location and choose how long you want to share your location for like an hour, until end of day, or indefinitely.
Camera Effects: Animoji & Memoji
In iOS 12, you can use Camera Effects to liven up conversations by sharing a photo or video with Animoji, Memoji, fun stickers, text, and filters plus much more.
Animojis use your voice and mirror your facial expressions by mapping your face using a 3D emoji. You can project your voice through an animated monkey, a singing panda, alien, snarky fox, or even a T-Rex. Memojis, on the other hand, let you create 3D avatars of yourself – more like adding an alter ego to Messages and FaceTime.
The feature is integrated into iMessage apps and you can access it by tapping the App button; choose your Animoji or Memoji avatar, record, and send it to your recipient. You can add more than one effect to your photo or video.
Tap Done to add a personal message before sending your photo or video. If you don’t want to send it, tap Cancel or ‘X’ at the top right side of the photo.
To use this feature, you need an iPhone X or later models.
Send Group Messages
If you’re familiar with using WhatsApp groups, it’ll be easier to use group messages on your iOS device. Here, too, you can create a group, give it a name, add to or remove participants from it, mute notifications, and even exit the group.
There are three types of group messages you can send group iMessage, MMS, and SMS. Messages app will choose the type of group message to send based on whether it’s an iMessage or SMS/MMS message.
You can also respond to group iMessage texts using Tapback with a heart or thumbs up, among other elements.
Hide Alerts
Notifications can be annoying, but you can stop them using the Hide Alerts feature in iOS. Open Messages app and swipe left over the message or conversation you want to mute, and tap Hide Alerts.
A crescent or moon will appear next to the message or conversation when Hide Alerts is on. However, it only stops notifications for that particular conversation, not from your device. All other messages and notifications for your device will still be displayed on your Lock screen.
You can also mute group texts using hide Alerts by tapping the ‘i’ (information) icon at the top of the group text and turning on Hide Alerts.
There’s so much more you can do with Apple Messages, but these are just a few to get you started. Try one, or all of them, and discover the amazing things you can do to bring life to your messages and conversations.
