Search for and replace text, including special characters (such as question marks, tildes, and asterisks) or numbers in an Excel spreadsheet. You can search by rows and columns, search within comments or values, and search within worksheets or entire workbooks. Use your voice to enter text on your Mac - Use Dictation. Go to a document or other text field and place the insertion point where you want your dictated text to appear. Press the keyboard shortcut for starting dictation, or choose Edit > Start Dictation. Speak the words that you want your Mac to type.
By Conner Careyupdated on 02/19/2018
You can send and receive text messages on your Mac if you own an iPhone. As long as you have OS X Yosemite or later, you can get text messages on your Mac. iMessages are sent over an internet connection, so it makes sense that Mac would be able to receive them. But thanks to Apple’s operating system on Mac, you can receive SMS text messages on your computer too. First, we’ll connect iPhone messages to Mac, then we’ll go over how to send and receive text messages (SMS) and iMessages on your Mac. Here’s how to get text messages and iMessages on your Mac computer.
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It’s pretty much always been possible to receive iMessages on your Mac from other Apple device owners. But in 2014, when Apple released OS X Yosemite, the company made it possible to link your iPhone with your Mac. Now, as long as you have that macOS or later, you’re able to get text messages (SMS) on your Mac. Once you’ve set up iMessage on Mac, you should seamlessly receive both iMessages and text messages. Connecting iPhone message to Mac is really just a process of syncing the two up via your iCloud account, which you log into using your Apple ID. Because of this, it is important you use the same Apple ID on your iPhone and Mac, that way the devices know they are on the same continuity network.
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By default, Messages on Mac will attempt to send an iMessage. But if it can’t, it will then send a text message. Well, actually it will send the message to your iPhone and your iPhone will send it from there. But for you, it appears as a seamless continuation. This is what allows you to send SMS text messages and iMessage from your Mac to anyone, whether they are using an iPhone or not.
How to Get Text Messages & iMessages on MacOperating System Requirements:
The first thing you need to do is make sure your Mac is running at least OS X 10.1 Yosemite. If your Mac is running El Capitan or the latest MacOS Sierra, then you’re good to go as well. You also need to make sure your iPhone is running iOS 8.2.1 or later, although we reccomend running at least iOS 9.3.2 and using the latest version of iOS possible for your iPhone. I’ve broken up the process of getting text message on your Mac into two parts below. Follow it in order and you should have no problems receiving text messages on Mac.
Sign into iCloud on iPhone & Mac:
To receive text messages on a Mac from your iPhone, you’ve got to log into iCloud using the same Apple ID on both devices. You may very well already be logged into iCloud on both devices, but let’s make sure real quick.
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Connect iPhone Message to Mac: Text Message Forwarding
Now we need to get your iPhone ready to send and receive text messages on Mac. To do this, we must set up text message forwarding on your iPhone. To do this:
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*Troubleshooting Tip:When I started writing this part, I didn’t see Text Message Forwarding under Messages in Settings on my iPhone. I searched everywhere for an answer as to why. It was Sarah, our senior web editor, who thought of the simple solution. Turns out, if you’re not logged into Messages on Mac, you won’t even see the option. So if you run into the same issue, don’t panic. Follow the instructions from part one carefully and it should work smoothly.
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Now you’re set up to send and receive text messages and iMessages on your Mac! If you decide you don’t want to receive them anymore, we’ve got an article on that too.
Can I Get iMessage on PC?
Apple is famous for its closed systems, and it’s not much different here. If you have a Mac and a PC, there are some very do-able workarounds. But most people don’t have both, so it’s not practical. The alternative is to jailbreak your iPhone, something we don’t recommend here at iPhoneLife. But if you’re determined, I’d like to point you to our friends at AppleToolBox.
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Get Texts On Mac
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I want to find some text inside binary files. Is it possible to do in Finder (it skips binary even if I set up 'All kinds' of file types)? Free audio to text download. Otherwise I would be thankful for utility that can do it.
PS: I need to search among many files in directory.
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You should use the
strings application in the Terminal.
From Wikipedia:
In computer software, strings is a program in Unix-like operating systems that finds and prints text strings embedded in binary files such as executables.
I'm not aware of any way to use Finder to search for text in binary files.
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How To Search Within Text On Mac
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After some digging on Google I found EasyFind.app. This app can search in selected or all file types.
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