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iOS 7: Make Messages Stop Using Nicknames<\/h1>\n

I was wrong in my iOS7 First Impressions article<\/a>. There is<\/strong> a way to get Messages to use normal names instead of nicknames!. The answer is on the Short Names page in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars [look in the Contacts section] > Short Names.<\/p>\n

\"iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-2013-10-02-180414-v1\"<\/a>Once to that page, flip the toggle labelled "Prefer Nicknames" from the "on position" (green background) to the "off" position (white background), et voila!<\/p>\n

I saw this setting while reading an iMore article by Allyson Kazmucha<\/a> on how to change Messages from using first names to using full names for contacts: "Don’t like how iOS 7 only shows first names in the Messages and Mail apps? Here’s how to fix it!<\/a>". The screenshot she offered or her solution also showed the "Prefer Nicknames" toggle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

iOS 7: Make Messages Stop Using Nicknames I was wrong in my iOS7 First Impressions article. There is a way to get Messages to use normal names instead of nicknames!. The answer is on the Short Names page in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars [look in the Contacts section] > Short Names. 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