Macworld - USA (2020-04)

124 MACWORLD APRIL 2020

Mac 911

Solutions to your most vexing Mac problems.

BY GLENN FLEISHMAN

HELPDESK

Answering Your Questions and Sharing Your

Tips About Getting the Most From Your Mac

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HOW TO DELETE PHOTOS,

LINKS, AND ATTACHMENTS

FROM CONVERSATIONS IN

MESSAGES

Even as iPhones and iPads have

dramatically increased internal storage,

you can still fill them with music, photos,

and videos—and attachments sent along

with messages. Apple lets you delete

these attachments, although it’s a bit of a

convoluted process. Remarkably, these

deletions don’t sync across your devices

with Messages enabled in Cloud—even

though the messages themselves do sync.

Here’s how to manage attachments in

Messages.

Delete attachments in iOS and

iPadOS

Hold on, as there are a number of steps

involved to get to the right view:

1. Launch Messages.


2. Find the conversation from which
   you want to delete attachments and tap it.


3. Tap the avatar of the person at the
   top of the Messages window.


4. From the set of icons that fade in to
   appear below the avatar, tap the Info (i)
   icon.


5. Swipe up until you see attachments
   at the bottom of the Details sheet. These
   are divided into Photos, Links, and
   Attachments.