You may send a SMS text message to any SMS-supporting cellular phone (e.g., iPhone) or device for free (and without ads), from the command line. To do this, you need TextBelt. TextBelt is a very simple, outgoing SMS API that uses carrier-specific gateways to send messages.
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To send an SMS (text message) from OS X command line to a cellular phone or device:
1.Launch Terminal
2.Enter the following Terminal command:
curl “http://textbelt.com/text” -d number=1234567890 -d “message=this is where you put your message”
Like this:
If your message is delivered successfully, you will get:
{“success”:true}
If not, you will get an error message, like these:
{“success”:false,”message”:”Exceeded quota for this phone number.”}
(note TextBelt allows maximum 75 outgoing messages per day)
or
{“success”:false,”message”:”Invalid phone number.”}
Related: How to tell if you’re sending an iMessage or a text message (SMS)
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SMS text messaging on the Macintosh (and iOS)
Why use your mobile phone to send an SMS when you have your Mac keyboard in front of you?
If you'd like an easier way to send SMSs than using the tiny numeric keypad on your mobile phone, then SMS Mac is for you. SMS Mac enables you compose a text message on your Mac and send it via the Internet. That's right, to send messages, you don't need your mobile phone! With SMS Mac, you no longer depend on your mobile phone network to send text messages, you only need an internet connection.
You can run SMS Mac in different ways: as a Dashboard Widget, as an Address Book plugin, or as a Yahoo! Widget. If you also use Windows, we also offer a Send SMS Yahoo! Widget for Windows XP.
SMS Mac integrates seamlessly with your Contacts (previously called Address Book). With the SMS Mac Address Book plugin installed, you simply open the Contact card of your friend or family member, click the mobile label and choose the command Send SMS from the popup menu. You can also select a group of contacts and send an SMS to all members of the group!
SMS Mac also supports AppleScript. The SMS Mac Scripting application allows you to send an SMS when a specific event occurs. You can use it, for example, with iCal. You can configure iCal and SMS Mac to send yourself an SMS to remind you of an important meeting. On a Mac OS X server, you can use it to send the system administrator an SMS alert when a certain condition occurs. Several example scripts are included.
SMS Mac is not only a user-friendly way to send text messages, it is also a highly reliable one: For every SMS you send, you get a delivery report.
No commercials are tagged to your message, the entire message (all 160 characters) is yours.
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