Scroll to the bottom of the window, and in the Keyboard section, select the “Edit your last message” option for how the Up arrow key works. In Slack, for each of your workspaces, choose Slack > Preferences > Accessibility. I don’t know exactly when Slack added this preference (it has been there for quite some time) or how I ended up with the wrong setting when others did not, but if you’re in the same boat and find editing Slack messages to be unnecessarily difficult, twiddle this setting. Happily, an update to the Slack app for the Mac alerted me to the fact that there’s a preference to control this behavior. It usually worked, though I sometimes had to hover over the message, click the vertical ellipsis button, and choose Edit Message from a menu. At some point, however, Slack changed the feature so you had to arrow up and then press the E key to start editing. Early on, you could fix a mistake in the last message by pressing the Up arrow in an empty message field to reopen the previous message for editing. In Slack, on the other hand, it’s possible to edit what you write after the fact. So Apple, while you’re taking Matthew Bischoff’s and John Gruber’s feedback that Messages users want a Mark As Unread option, could you also let us edit our most recently sent messages?

When I do that in Messages, I have to either live with the mistake (if it’s just embarrassing) or correct it with a follow-up message (if it’s actively confusing), both of which I hate having to do. If you’re like me, it’s irksome to hit Return in Messages, say, only to realize that you’ve made a typo or been tripped up by auto-correct. Within reason, of course-I’m not completely insane. TipBITS: Edit Slack Messages More Easily on the MacĪs a professional writer, picky editor, and amateur obsessive-compulsive, I try to ensure that everything I write is correctly spelled, formatted, and punctuated, no matter the context or venue.

1646: Security-focused OS updates, Photos Workbench review, Mastodon client wishlist, Apple-related conferences.

1647: Focus-caused notification issues, site-specific browser examples, virtualizing Windows on M-series Macs.

#1648: iPhone passcode thefts, Center Cam improves webcam eye contact, APFS Uncertainty Principle.

#1649: More LastPass breach details and 1Password switch, macOS screen saver problem, tvOS 16.3.3 fixes Siri Remote bug.

#1650: Cloud storage changes for Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive quirky printing problem.

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