iPhone owners who have installed Apple ’s newiOS 18software update should be warn : There ’s a Messages bug that can cause crashes and may even leave in the going of valuable data .
One of 9to5Mac ’s readers discern and reported the bug , which the internet site ( having successfully reproduced it ) then hash out in anews articleWednesday . The job focus around an Apple Watch feature article that permit users partake in their watch face over Messages ( or Mail ) .
“ The bug is triggered , ” 9to5Mac writes , “ when someone respond to a divvy up watch face in a thread on Messages in iOS 18 … If this happens , Messages will repeatedly crash if the substance abuser taste to spread the conversation in the app . Sending or responding to conversations from other chats directly in Messages is also not easily possible as the app may repeatedly crash . ”
It ’s a two - way issue , too . The bug affectsbothusers .
As 9to5Mac explains , purpose the bug is passing slick . What you need to do is delete the conversation ribbon on both devices . It ’s impossible , unfortunately , to deleteonlythe thread , since neither exploiter will be able-bodied to open it due to the germ . Even deleting the intact conversation will be difficult because subject matter keeps crash - and successfully completing this repair result in the loss of potentially years of conversation story and attachment . It may in fact be better to leave behind the bug in upshot for now and desire that a next software muddle enable it to be classify without the loss of an entire Messages conversation .
And of course , it ’s far better to avoid the bug in the first place andnot reply to take in faces in a ribbon . And also install updates to iOS 18 in a timely fashion . The iOS 18.1 genus Beta is still affected by it , but reportedly in fewer specific scenarios than iOS 18.0 . And we assume a succeeding update will go far before then to roll out a fix .
