How to send text messages and multimedia messages on my Apple iPad
- Touch Messages.
- Touch the Compose icon.
- Enter the recipient's mobile phone number or touch the + icon to select someone from your contacts list.
- Touch the desired contact.
- Touch iMessage.
- Enter your text message.
- Touch Send to send the text message or touch the Camera icon to make this a multimedia message.
- To add a photo saved on your Apple iPad Air 2, touch Photo Library.
- Touch the desired album.
- Touch the desired picture.
- Touch Use.
- Touch Send.
- Your message is being sent.
Applicable to:
All versions of: iPad Mini, iPad Air, iPad Pro.