Mass Text 100 People in Minutes with iOS Shortcuts! [iOS 14 compatible]

[@Mattscalf]

Thank you so much helped me text all my landscaping customers without doing it one by one!! Sooo much appreciated

[@powerhomeoffer9925]

Hey CJ is it possible to attach an image on the the mass text??

[@lacanuck1]

First time watcher of your videos. Great job. Clear - direct - paced - no music to have to listen to, perfect.

[@speakforth]

Super simple and exactly what I was needing so I can text my soccer teams. Thanks.

[@CedricMcCay]

This was helpful! I send out texts every morning to a growing group of men to encourage them, each day. This will save me a LOT of clicks and a bit of time. Appreciate it much!

[@barter56]

Hi, I'm looking at doing the same thing for a group of men. Do you know if there is a way to do this automatically? like a scheduled text out

[@emmasines3829]

Hi. Can you do a video where it can pick numbers from a list not contacts and message each of them?

[@kaionterobertson7670]

What app do I use to make the group? I tried doing to with the select contact option but it’s saying I can’t send to that many people

[@The.Y]

AMAZING! You have no IDEA how much this has helped me and our congregation to send out daily readings. Though, I would like to set a schedule in case I oversleep, (it has happened) LOL! ...But, this is a blessing in it of itself since I also do not have to pay additional money to sent it. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! 🙏

[@michaelsmowersca]

im assuming you can create the first part of a scheduled text script to accomplish this. just need to have it set up the night before and run it.

[@karlislegibson9050]

CJ This was great! Where have you been all of my iphone life?!? Thanks again!

[@andrewsuther1784]

I’m getting a “there was a problem communicating with the app” that’s right above the send text action. Why is that? Can anyone help with troubleshooting?

[@JenniferEberhard]

You just BLEW my mind! Thank you so much for this it will change my business tasks so much!

[@H.Z4HOOR]

I am trying it but a message pop with you can’t share 604 contact items as it is not allowed. You can allow it in settings but Idk where to do this ? Can you please help ?

[@soulrootz3974]

This is what I need help with too did you figure it out?

[@H.Z4HOOR]

@@soulrootz3974 no bro

[@darrinbrowder3819]

Great video, but something in my settings is not allowing me to send mass text messages. Please help me figure out what I need to change. Thank you.

[@beatrixwhipple5485]

This is such a helpful video! So clear and well-paced. Since this video was made groups have been turned into lists; when I try to set this up and hit play, the "find all contacts" step turns green and does not show the contacts in the list (group) I have selected, as it does on your video. Any idea why?

[@ArnaudBltd]

Huge shootout to you for making this video !! I saved ton of time to send message with my new phone number to all my contacts

[@flannerymars6341]

THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH I have having such a hard time, it shouldn't be this difficult and you explained it well much appreciated

[@shaznegyal3162]

The 2am "you up" texts are gonna hit diff. now!

[@khush6989]

🤣

[@yellowcake.]

C tech- guess what bro! i can't thank you enough. it took me twice but it is done working like a swiss army knife. let me be the first one to tell you you are brilliant and a real presenter.

[@aftonphelps3885]

woohoo!! this was great. thanks. did exactly what I wanted it to do!

[@benjamcm]

I followed your instructions. Very informative, but the shortcut tries to send text messages to the contact home phone also, is there a way to avoid that?

[@huertaeh4135]

Help Please: So I am getting this error message that says: this action is trying to share 86 contacts items, which are not allowed. You can allow this in settings… But I don’t know were to go in settings. Can someone help?

[@5255andrew]

Getting the same error. Did you ever figure it out?

[@moonvismc927]

mine's not repeating automatically, I had to click send button manually

[@denisec5549]

Thank you for your video. What changes can I make to the script to send a message to everyone at one time in the group rather than sending individual.

[@langstonhughey227]

It’s showing me that “this action is trying to share X contacts items, which is not allowed” it goes on to say you can allow this in settings. But I’m not clear what about my settings needs to be changed to allow this as I didn’t see this notification on your video

[@1stgreensoul]

Hello. Can I use this for a list of phone numbers I have? I want to use this to text clients about their orders. Or do you know any simple way of using a Mac or iPhone to send group messages? Thank you!

[@alfredoddiaz8306]

Hey CJ, I keep getting a prompt saying that the is a problem running the short cut “New Shortcut 1” Mind helping me out?

[@skizzags]

I know it’s been a while since you posted this video, BUT I’m still in need of how to group message (individually) with a photo… can you HELP?

[@michaellewis161]

I tried this with a group I created and when it sent the text it included every name of the group in every text. So there was a long list of names in the text. Do you know what I might have did wrong or how to fix it? Thank you.

[@stackattackwildcat]

Instead of doing what he said you need to make the variable “Repeat Item” unfortunately that will include they’re full contact name. I have not figured out how to just include the first name.

[@majesticairbrushing4611]

Hello CJ, quick question. Thanks for this. Can I add another contact like an admin to see all individual replies coming back to me. But obviously not allowing the recipients see them

[@nehemiahgeorge6322]

Thanks for this updated version. 👍🏾

[@CJ3KTech]

You bet!

[@tlamatini8278]

Can’t see where your mouse is going. Good videos though very helpful

[@khs71reunioninfo60]

This is awesome...love it but the results of my test group returned ""message send failure" on several of the contacts..got a fix for that?

[@jazzmotherfunker]

Same issue here. It didn't send the message to all my contacts from the group and some of them returned as failed messages

[@brettkariquall1048]

Can you send a photo with the text message this way? I want to send an invite that I saved as a photo if possible.

[@CJ3KTech]

You can but last time I checked you had to manually click send on each message. It will not auto send.

[@LeoWiser]

Thank you this is a game changer for me, is it possible to add an audio file with the text messages on the app?

[@xx-pm2lr]

Think it’s about time for an update video for iOS 15👀

[@xx-pm2lr]

Now that I’m actually starting to use shortcuts

[@indya-jadeedwards3805]

how do i send a message multiple times at once ?

[@stephanieburcham4530]

Thanks so much for this video but are you able to use your phone while it is sending in the background. I just messed my send up by answering one of the outgoing texts

[@Twindadx2_]

Hey thanks for the information. The only issue I am having is trying to get it to distinguish between a home number and a mobile. Sent a test and one went to my buddies landline instead of iPhone

[@tiangwennjie6329]

Can I exit Shortcuts and open other apps while running the Mass Text ? Thank you

[@CJ3KTech]

Unfortunately you cannot. Not without risking the shortcut ending prematurely.

[@tiangwennjie6329]

@@CJ3KTech Thank you very much for doing this video. Can you do a video for Mass Whatapps Message ?

[@HOMELESSPENTHOUSE]

@@tiangwennjie6329 yeah a whats app video is needed lol . u a goat for this one cj

[@Ghostmotivation07]

Bro what?!!!! This is just money! Thank you!

[@ChadMcDole]

Hey bro! Thanks for this video, it is super cool! I have a question… Is there a way to create a texting campaign in shortcuts? I tried selecting one contact, creating a text and then scheduling another text a few days later and so on to text like a custom campaign. Do you know if that is possible? I cannot figure that out yet. Thank you I appreciate your help my man! 👊

[@nefkliens]

Hey Bro, thank you for this tutorial.. But I have a problem when I run the group contact and testing it, it shows the group list of contacts but when I tried again to test it with the TEXT included it is only sending in 1 contact. I tried different group contact it is only showing 1 contact. Please help. 🙏

[@nefkliens]

I already figured out, its not working on Repeat Item, its working on Contacts. Thanks bro for this tutorial. Its a BIG HELP. 🤝

[@topproviderrealty]

How did you do that @nefkliens

[@jelisamaria]

This took me so long to get, but I finally got it. Than you so much.

[@quitasglamcam2419]

*Here in 2022. I recommend doing “text” before “send message” so that you can easily select repeat item. Also, iPhones has a free group app in the App Store. AND lol you can hit the 3 dots to send another text to the same people. Things get out of order but don’t try to edit them. Only edit the text! Thank you! This video was so helpful!*

[@joshuajohnson9663]

What is the name of the group app mam?

[@quitasglamcam2419]

@@joshuajohnson9663 “groups” the icon has a orange, red, green, and blue corners.

[@stackattackwildcat]

I can’t get my group to show up do you know why this is?

[@bayleehugger9454]

How do you do this with a photo attachment? I can’t get past the prompt to “send” manually.

[@sundaypilatesclub]

Hey! Can I get in on this I have tried finding how to add a photo and i can’t figure it out :(

[@curtisbutters6314]

Thank you for your video saves me a bunch of time

[@yellowcake.]

i love your presentation. i'm gonna try this now. not a gamer but this is gonna be for the brothers in my church. thank you CJ3K .

[@lesroylouard8351]

It works. Much better job this time. Thank you!

[@CJ3KTech]

Thank you!

[@laboatrunner]

Great lesson. Can I get a print out of these steps?

[@PPassivee]

Can you send over 100 msgs it say I can change it in setting but I don’t know how

[@benjamin01ism]

Hi, thank you so much for this great vid, it's extremely helpful. I am trying to send a text to 400 people but I can't get past 40 or so and it stops. Any idea why that would be? Thank you in advance for your help

[@Marcielle_Makes]

Awesome greenscren tip!

[@BibbyLV]

Yo I came across your vid randomly and you’re from where Im from and we’re even in the same sneaker community on facebook😭

[@dunerider88]

Great video and very helpful!

[@carlabrown2577]

This was great. I hope I can make it work.

[@adamgusse9484]

Hey... I have everything set exactly as you do... It would not send them automatically. It was popping up 1 by 1 making me send them one by one. How do you make it send to all in my contacts by itself like your was every 3 seconds? And at the 13 mark I got a phone call that stopped the process. When I went to restart it... it did not pick up where it left off. It started the entire list all over again. In the same order. The other odd thing was that the list was just random order. It did not work its way down in alphabetical order. But the biggest issue I have it that it wont send to entire list automatically. Making me do it one by one. Which defeats the purpose. How do I make it send to all automatically??? Thanks for your help in advance

[@CarlosSanchez-og1hn]

Is it possible to pull the phone numbers from a spreadsheet instead of contacts?

[@CJ3KTech]

A little more complicated but absolutely possible.

[@davidlujano553]

is there any way you can develop a tutorial that’s would be great

[@Alison6783]

Yes how! I need this for work!

[@edward88n]

How can you add an attachment like photo or pdf?

[@katiebarlow4681]

I'm desperate to be able to do this, but can't seem to do it on IOS5. It keeps saying the texts are being sent to random weird numbers and not the contacts in the group I have chosen... any help appreciated!!

[@steven9699]

Can I know what’s my problem? I follow each step as In Your video. But was using ‘select contact’. But my message was keep fail to send. Need I go click resend only can proceed to 2nd selected phone contact. But it fail to send again. Can you help me?

[@MissLovesScience]

It is still making me select the photo for every contact. I don't mind pressing send for each person, but do you know a way to select the photo only one time? Thank you! You are helping a teacher out that is tired of texting students individually!

[@CJ3KTech]

Yeah. Do you have Twitter (@cj3ktech) we might need to hybrid the shortcut so that you choose the photo before the repeat with each so that it passes the photo into the loop after you select it one time. But I’d be happy to help. 😊

[@MissLovesScience]

I don’t have a Twitter, but I’ll try experiment with that. Thank you!

[@CJ3KTech]

Any other social media where I can reach you?

[@MissLovesScience]

@@CJ3KTech instagram @blovely24

[@CJ3KTech]

DM’d you.

[@brianabramov5798]

You failed to mention that if you are finding contacts in a way other then groups, such as last names, it is case sensitive. So if the last name of your contact is Mordechai, Then you need to capitalize the letter M when filtering it! It wasn’t working for me until i watched another video and they mentioned the case sensitivity as a thing

[@agu43964]

Great tutorial indeed! Keep in mind that the phone numbers in your contact list need to have the proper format. If the message cannot be sent, it will throw an unknown error message and stop the automation.

[@Comet512]

My goodness this is amazing. I have been using this to alert seniors when vaccine appointments are open on various websites. Works great!! I did notice that if a person has two phone numbers, it tries to text each number. One of my contacts had a mobile number and a landline number. The landline number threw an error via text message.

[@ericculverhouse3139]

Just discovered this as well, did you figure out a fix for it?

[@jeromeherron4195]

Thank you so much for the information in this video. I have been looking for a way to send bulk text messages for a good while.

[@thecameraqt]

How do you add a time/schedule the mass text? Thank you for the step-by-step.

[@gracesJewelryAndDesign]

Want to know too

[@jessicanolte1303]

This is so easy to follow and so easy to use! Thankyou so much! I am wanting to send photos with my text but I seem to be missing something as when it goes to send it isn't adding the text with the photo's. I have -select photo's (images & videos, select multiple on). Then all the other steps you have . Then in Send message- I have selected variable "text photos" to repeat item. Then wait 3 seconds and end repeat. I know I have to manually send each message- annoying but totally doable! But it only has the photo in the text message and is missing my text- HELP!!! I would love your help on what I am missing!

[@johnkim7868]

I'M TRYING TO FUGURE OUT THE SAME THING. PLEASE SHARE ANY INSIGHT

[@joshuajohnson9663]

Great video. Works like a charm

[@StevenRichards1132]

Is the background of your video being generated with a green screen? What app do you use you set up the green screen background?

[@CJ3KTech]

yes, I am using Final Cut Pro X.

[@JackieMoss]

ok - you kinda rock. I was paying $1200 a month for a similar service! Can I send pics or videos?

[@CJ3KTech]

@cj3ktech on Twitter. If I need to give you an email let me know. :) and I’m glad I could save you some money. :) I do accept tips. 😂😂

[@brcleaningcompany2566]

Has anyone found a way to text without adding to contact or group, via Mackbook air? I am able to do it via iPhone and iPad, but MacBook Air laptop only allows to message from contacts only

[@homoud.alyahya]

Good tutorial, thank you. I couldn't determine what did you do to expand the list of contacts in the group. I got the first contact and the number showing 1 out of x, but I am not able to expand the list. Could you or anyone else tell me how.

[@flannerymars6341]

How can this method be used to send photos?

[@jameshoutz6290]

Possible to get an updated video for iOS 15? Seems like it still work, but more than 9 contacts it throws up an error.

[@CJ3KTech]

I can work on that.

[@jameshoutz6290]

@@CJ3KTech I got it figured out. Had to go to 'settings' - 'shortcuts' - 'advanced'. Then enable 'allow sharing large amounts of data'.

[@soulrootz3974]

@@jameshoutz6290 thank you! I needed this comment

[@michaelsmowersca]

Great video that was well put together. I have a data set of over 2400 numbers and counting to be sending messages to. I have them segmented into groups of 100 contacts at a time, all with a different note in it. The issue i was running into was multiple texts being sent to one person. as well as an iMessage fail when they have an android. It will fail to send as a text unless i manually send it out. any suggestions for those issues? i switched the note to their department name... (more stable than a note??? might alleviate this issue we will see) Texts are being sent properly after first message is sent but this is still annoying, maybe a phone setting or a rendering issue with phone number in iMessage...? last issue not having to manually send a photo... i have spammed my friend with 50 pictures trying to get this done and it is not working.

[@gooddanybeatz]

Has anyone got this msg when trying to send the msg? im trying to send to 16 people and I get this msg. "This action is trying to share contacts items, which is not allowed. you can allow this in settings." thanks in advance.

[@MegaMillie4]

Me too

[@hierro777]

hey boss can you help out with sending a mass text to my client list? i dont have them in my contacts list. only excel. message me if you can help. many blessings.

[@christinagavin6695]

I’m trying to do this with “Show when run” de-selected; a message popped up waiting for me to manually send. I toggled “Show when run” on and off, but my messages still won’t send out automatically. I’ve added “get clipboard” in scripting above text and “clipboard” into the Messages block to send along a photo. I was able to get this to work a week ago, but I can’t remember what I did. Any ideas?

[@sjhousingllc3293]

how do we add a URL to the message where the recipient only needs to click the link.

[@sjhousingllc3293]

for example first name repeat name , find acess to you. needs at "URL" .....

[@chievesfamily]

Great shortcut! Is there a way to schedule a time and date when this text message goes out?

[@courtapotamus]

You should be able to create an automation where you can choose a time and date. I believe you would follow the same steps to build the automation as you would the shortcut, you would just start by choosing the day and time to send before building the shortcut. Hope this helps!

[@sleepeatsee]

Super helpful - thank you!

[@CJ3KTech]

You're welcome!

[@PatentIllustrator]

It keeps saying “this action is trying to share contacts items, which is not allowed”

[@brennanduncan298]

I keep getting, "message send failure" any solution?

[@mannydoesrealestate]

Broooo! haha so useful thanks homie!

[@judevfx776]

Is says I don’t see a valid number or iMessage address for “my name”

[@margiettgil2859]

What if i don’t have my contacts in group but in last name ?

[@CJ3KTech]

I’m not sure I understand the question. Can you explain more?

[@agjspeaks7403]

What happens if the phone gets interrupted? Should I put it on Do Not Disturb? It's already working , thanks by the way, I'm just afraid of someone calling me

[@CJ3KTech]

I actually don’t know what happens if someone’s calls you. 🤔

[@brcleaningcompany2566]

Has anyone found anything with the option to Mass message without having to add number as contact or group first,

[@rachelfisher5270]

Exactly what I needed to learn - thank you so much!

[@mandyjacotin8321]

Very well explained. Thanks.

[@nestorniebles1566]

wow this is incredible, thank you!

[@pauletteboyd906]

I don't know how to use twitter. I took 4 screen shots of the program I can send in email or text. Thanks for your help

[@CJ3KTech]

[e-mail]

[@NathanFontaine1]

How would i add a photo

[@keithgriffin3712]

How do you add a photo to each text

[@mintyfreshtm7859]

What app do I use for Apple contacts? You need to stay focused on what your talking about aswell

[@CJ3KTech]

I use my MacBook Pro as apple allows you manage groups from there. There are a plethora of options available to you. I don’t have a recommendation there. Also. Thanks for the feedback.

[@keshawnharris7956]

At 2:51 how did you make that group called holiday test group. I have iOS gc but can’t seem to find them when I put the title that I have for them in the iOS gc. I know you said you were going to link the groups app in the description below but I don’t see it.

[@CJ3KTech]

I made my groups from my MacBook connected to my iCloud contacts.

[@pablofranco1757]

can i text over 500 people ?

[@courtapotamus]

Thank you so much for this video!! I have been trying to build this FOREVER and haven’t been successful. Is there a way to do this but to keep the message within a group and not send individually? Like if you wanted to send to different group chat and not individually to each person within a group chat?

[@pauletteboyd906]

I followed your code to a tee, but I had to hit send for every item, I checked and "show more:" was disabled??

[@CJ3KTech]

Can you DM me on Twitter with a screenshot? @cj3ktech

[@pauletteboyd906]

@@CJ3KTech I don't know how to use twitter CJ3K but I can send 4 pics of the program with text or email thanks for the help. Using this communication is new to me also. again thanks

[@glh280]

Love your personality!!

[@CJ3KTech]

Thank you! 😊