Me to my son: “Why do you snapchat on your iPhone rather than iMessage or What’s App ? Isn’t that for kids ?
My Son: It’s much easier to use than those other Apps
Me: What do you mean ?
iMessage
Programmatically sending an iMessage from OSX
For an internal service we had a need to programmatically send an Apple iMessage from a Mac Mini when it had completed a sequence of certain tasks.
The advantage of an iMessage was that, unlike using an SMS Gateway, the costs are free. You just need an Apple phone that can be paired with the Mac Mini for use of the iMessage capability.