Send Blaster Pro operates efficiently in the background, even when minimized, but requires your computer to remain on and awake. It’s essential to keep your computer active and prevent it from entering sleep mode.
General Guidelines #
- Keep Your Computer On and Awake: Ensure your computer is configured to stay awake and not enter sleep mode.
- Keep the Browser Open: Send Blaster Pro functions within your browser, therefore, the browser must remain open and active.
- Fallback to sms in iMessage
Keep system awake #
Windows #
To have your Windows computer stay awake when you aren’t using it:
- Open the Windows start menu.
- Select Settings > System > Power & Sleep.
- Select Screen, sleep, & hibernate timeouts.
- In the “Plugged In” section, next to “Make my device sleep after” and “Make my device hibernate after”, select Never.
MacOS #
To have your MacOS computer stay awake when you aren’t using it:
- Click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of your screen.
- Select Battery.
- Click Options at the bottom right.
- Turn on “Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off.”
Chromebook #
To have your Chromebook computer stay awake when you aren’t using it:
- At the bottom right, select the time.
- Select Settings.
- On the left, select System preferences > Power.
- Next to “While idle”, select Turn off display.
Enabling SMS Fallback #
To ensure that your messages are sent reliably, even when iMessage isn’t available, it’s essential to enable the “Send as SMS” feature on your iPhone. This setting allows the Send Blaster Pro Shortcut to automatically send messages as standard SMS when iMessage is unreachable due to network issues or other limitations.
How to Enable “Send as SMS” on iPhone #
- Enable Send as SMS: Toggle the switch next to Send as SMS to the on position (green).
- Open Settings: Tap the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Navigate to Messages: Scroll down and select Messages.
Enabling SMS Fallback in Google Messages #
To ensure messages are sent as SMS when RCS (Rich Communication Services) isn’t available, follow these steps:
- Open Google Messages: Launch the Google Messages app on your Android device.
- Access Settings: Tap on your profile picture or the three-dot menu in the top-right corner and select Settings.
- Navigate to RCS Chats: In the Settings menu, tap on RCS chats.
- Enable SMS Fallback: Toggle on the option labeled Automatically resend as a text (SMS/MMS).
