SMS Mac, when it works - and I am having temporary problems, is a great saving for me. People often leave messages on my answering machine and ask me to ring them on a mobile. Often all they want is free advice on applying for jobs. I am happy to do this but not at mobile rates as these calls can last five minutes or more.
I use the dashboard SMS Mac widget, called Send SMS, and say "am now available please ring now." which they do - at their expense. I simply enter the mobile number with the +sign first (international) and the mobile number WITHOUT the first zero, turn it over and type no more than 160 characters and press send. The message goes through my modem to Belgium (I think) and back to Oz and to the mobile. The cost is about 15c per SMS but you must buy 10 Euros worth in advance and your credit goes down on each call. For some reason other people can use SMS Mac to send to my mobile but my SMS messages are not going out from the computer. This has happened only recently so I am about to trash every file and reinstall. Lloyd > I have found the widget and downloaded it, but how does it work? Can I SMS > from Mac to a mobile free? Anyone help? > John Daniels -------- Lloyd White Write a Winning Job Application 3rd Edition. http://lloydwhite.iinet.net.au/ --
