Typically, messages are sent as SMS when iMessage is unavailable. You can change this behavior by navigating to Settings > Apps > Messages, and unchecking the "Send as Text Message" toggle.

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If an iMessage isn’t sending if you hard press on the message you should see an option to “Send as Text”. 2. Make sure you’ve got a connection (and enough data) iMessage needs a data ...

But responding to the text—or adding the phone number to one's contacts—enables the links. This means baiting an iMessage user starts with one simple step: getting the user to reply.

Cybercriminals are exploiting a trick to turn off Apple iMessage's built-in phishing protection for a text and trick users into re-enabling disabled phishing links. With so much of our daily ...

iMessage comes preinstalled on every iPhone and iPad. So, it’s the default text messaging app for Apple users. When you send a text message, iMessage detects if the receiver has iMessage and if ...