SMS Mac

Was just curious outside of not needing to have a mobile phone to use this, is there any reason to use this program over the built in text message forwarding? I have an iPhone, and just use that, and it's been reliable for the most part. I was reading through the comments though and it looks like people are generally satisfied with this program. Was this program developed before Apple included the native support, or do people use both now ?

A lot of money for a 5 year old SMS app. And if it does not work? No trial version? No thanks.

I am using this among some other similar SMS programs on the Mac and it is a very good integrated piece of software I think. It is easy to use, not very expensive with the included SMS fee and does what it says. Maybe one or two features could be added, but first of all it is a fast and stable SMS program.

The best SMS software out there... It works, and it what makes a Mac a Mac... Simplicity...

I have made my experience with about 100 sms of all lengths sent internationally (mainly Europe) and all has worked extremely well. But I'm not surprised as the name of Alco Blum kept coming up on my mails already some 12 or even 15 years ago and allready then anything from Alco was a perfect support (was it Touchbase Alco or what?) pol@wirtz.com (Luxembourg )

First the good stuff. This is a neat little application; and the developer seems to be very supportive and attempts to solve any problems. If you need to send international SMS, it may be the best product I've seen. Now for the issues. I live in the USA and have a ported number. When I couldn't receive messages, the developer did fix my number; but what about other ported numbers I send messages to? What if they never know they didn't receive one? Also, I use Verizon Wireless; and any REPLIES I send are not received. (Of course, I could start a new SMS to the sender; but that's another aggravation you have to hope people remember to do.) This application started me on the road to find a great solution. For me, since I don't need to send international messages, I simply use iChat to send AIM to mobile phones; and they can reply just fine to iChat. When I leave home and have not received my replies, I just turn AIM on in my mobile phone and my replies are delivered that way. This works well; and I don't have to rely on people remembering to do the correct thing to reply to me. THIS IS A NEAT LITTLE APPLICATION THOUGH.

"This SMS cannot be sent, because the following SMS feature is not supported for this destination: Long SMS" on at least 2 different german networks. It was working on Februar 6, I'm sure. Has anybody the same problem ?

I've used this software since version 1.01 and it rocks. One of my Mac Gems for ease of use, support and of course productivity. I love being able to send a quick mssg to a mobile when I can't assume somebody's at their computer or actually reading their mail. Had a few niggles when I started but lightnign fast support from Alco and his team sorted me out in no time. Highly recommend this.

Having just discovered that three texts I sent from UK to Germany were not received, you might care to look into it. All info correct at my end. I'll stick by the product though, has given me no problems at home.

That's a gold star by the way.

It works for me. In the UK it costs ten pence to send texts via my phone, SMS Mac works out at five. What's to complain about? Yes, there appear to be similar services which are free but such a lunch often repeats; it costs to keep a product in good order. No incentive, poor service.

Fantastic stuff ... !!! Keep-on folks !!!

too Expensive!

SMS Mac Does exactly what it claims to do. Of course not all phone systems can acceop SMS messages. A grest point is that you do not need a phone to use the service. Another point is that from Japan (I am here) SMS usually does not work as the japanese system is diffrent to all others. Also if your message can't be sent you get the credit back

The price of each SMS is 10 cents, which is a very reasonable price. The price is the same for international SMS. There are no roaming costs. We support Unicode, Long SMS, Flash SMS (not in US) and caller ID (not in US). You can send an SMS via the Address Book plug-in or using the Dashboard Widget.

This may or may not work (it did not work for me because I do not want to pay for it), but beware of the price! A rough conversion from Euro to U.S. Dollars says that the program and first 50 SMS messages will cost about $22. Then, it will cost $.20 for every message after that. You will only receive updates for the utility for one year after purchasing it. Great integration, however and I especially like how the developer has already begun looking at 10.4 in his development.