Sending Text from Windows 10 Computer

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Setting up and using messages in the Your Phone app

Applies to: Your Phone appWindows 10

Setting up messages

While setting up the Your Phone app, you'll be prompted to enable access to your phone's messages, but if you choose not to at that point, you can always turn it on in the Your Phone app settings. 

To do this, open the Your Phone app, go to Settings, and under Messages, turn on the toggles for:

  • Allow this app to show text messages from my phone

  • Allow this app to send MMS attachments from my phone

  • Allow this app to receive MMS attachments from my phone

  • Automatically download MMS attachments from my phone

You can also manage your notifications and alerts for messages using the other toggles in the list:

  • Show notification banners

  • Badge on taskbar







To send a new message from your PC:

  1. On your PC, in the Your Phone app, select Messages.

  2. To start a new conversation, select New message.

Am I limited to text messages or does it work with MMS too?

The Your Phone app supports messages sent by Short Message Service (SMS). It also supports Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messaging. You can still send your favorite photos and your GIFs from your PC.

How many messages can I see?

To minimize network bandwidth and maximize performance, we show text messages that you've received or sent within the last 30 days.

Can I manage or delete my messages?

You can't manage or delete messages on your PC.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hub/4529948/your-phone-app-help




Erase and reformat storage device

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Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

In Disk Utility on Mac, you can erase and reformat storage devices to use with your Mac. Erasing a storage device deletes everything on it.

  1. If you have any files you want to save, copy them to another storage device.

  2. Open the Disk Utility app  on your Mac using one of the following methods, depending on the type of disk or volume you want to erase:

    • If you want to erase your startup disk or startup volume: Start up from macOS Recovery, then choose Disk Utility from the macOS Utilities window.

    • If you want to erase any other type of disk or volume: Double-click Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities folder.

  3. Choose View > Show All Devices.

  4. In the sidebar, select the storage device you want to erase, then click the Erase button .

  5. Click the Scheme pop-up menu, then choose GUID Partition Map.

  6. Click the Format pop-up menu, then choose a choose a file system format.

  7. Enter a name.

  8. (Optional) If available, click Security Options, use the slider to choose how many times to write over the erased data, then click OK.

    Secure erase options are available only for some types of storage devices. If the Security Options button is not available, Disk Utility cannot perform a secure erase on the storage device.

    Writing over the data three times meets the U.S. Department of Energy standard for securely erasing magnetic media. Writing over the data seven times meets the U.S. Department of Defense 5220-22-M standard.

  9. Click Erase, then click Done.

Note: With a solid-state drive (SSD), secure erase options are not available in Disk Utility. For more security, consider turning on FileVault encryption when you start using your SSD drive.