{"id":7145,"date":"2022-01-03T09:16:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7145"},"modified":"2022-01-03T09:16:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:16:07","slug":"iphone101-quickbyte-pinning-people-and-groups-in-the-messages-app-organizing-your-favs-by-pinning-their-messages-to-the-top-of-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7145","title":{"rendered":"iPhone101 QuickByte: Pinning People and Groups in the Messages App: Organizing Your Favs by Pinning their Messages to the Top of the List"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2851\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7145-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/PinningMessages.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/PinningMessages.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/PinningMessages.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcast Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?cat=472\">iPhone101 Quickbyte<\/a>, Pete Lane takes us through the Messages App and shows how to Pin a person or group to the top of the messages list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When using the iOS Messages App your list can become cluttered with individuals and groups which makes &nbsp;it difficult to locate someone in your ever-growing list of recipients. A convenient way to prioritize this list is with the use of the \u201cPinning\u201d feature which allows you to permanently place those people whom you contact frequently &nbsp;at the top of your list, making them easier to find. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Let\u2019s walk through the steps to do this:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><br>Open Messages app, flick right with one finger until you arrive at the recipient whom you wish to Pin (the recipient can be an individual person or a group of recipients &#8211; check out the Quick Bytes episode on creating group recipients in the Messages App).&nbsp;<\/li><li>Flick up with one finger until you hear voiceover say, \u201cPin\u201d. perform a Single-finger double-tap.<\/li><li>Now the recipient has the \u201cPinned\u201c &nbsp;status, and you are ready to place him or her in a specific location among your other \u201cPinned \u201c recipients.<\/li><li>Flick up with a single finger until you hear voice over say, \u201cdrag item\u201c. Perform a single-finger double-tap.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Flick left or right, up or down the list), of other pinned recipients until you hear the Voiceover cue for were . \u00a0you wish to place the newly pinned recipient &#8211; i.e. either before or after a particular recipient on the list. Perform a single-finger double-tap to drop them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact Your State Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a>email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a>email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093 we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2853\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7145-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/PinningMessages.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/PinningMessages.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/PinningMessages.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/PinningMessages.mp3 Podcast Summary: In this&nbsp;iPhone101 Quickbyte, Pete Lane takes us through the Messages App and shows how to Pin a person or group to the top of the messages list. When using the iOS Messages App your list can become cluttered with individuals and groups which makes &nbsp;it difficult to locate someone in your ever-growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[472,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone101-quickbytes","category-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1Rf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7147,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7147","url_meta":{"origin":7145,"position":0},"title":"Updated &#8211; iPhone101 QuickByte: Creating and Naming Groups in the Messages App as Simple as That!","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"January 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Podcast Summary: Do you sometimes receive texts in your iOS Messages App where you are among one or more others in a group of recipients? 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