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You will also get notified once someone sent you a message to the iPhone. Once you send a message from your Mac, it will be delivered by the iPhone to the recipient.

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Now, you are good to go with the messaging on your Mac without needing touch your iPhone further.

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Now confirm the actions by putting the code you see on your Mac into the required field prompting for it on the iOS device.Do the same on your Mac and turn it on.Then, tap on the Text Message ForwardingВ option to allow your Mac to send text messages instead of iMessages.Now, make sure that the iMessage option is On.In your iOS device, go to Settings > Messages.Be ready with your Mac and iPhone (iOS devices.).We are going to use the iMessage feature which is inbuilt in Apple devices which might be there on your Mac and iOS device.

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If you own a Mac and an iPhone or iPad, it is very much simpler to set it up than in an Android smartphone. In Mountain Lion the file involved was called .Alternatively, if you need a video demonstration of the process regardless of the iPhone or Android smartphones you are using, here is a simple video. You may have to re-enter the Apple ID and then restart the app to get the pop ups about the details the iPhone is using. In Mavericks (Messages 8) the items is called:. Select the Library item that appears in the list. Open any Finder window and then use th Go Menu whilst holding down the ALT key. This is in ~/Library/Preferences and this ~/Library has been hidden by default since Lion. If there is something here that you want to remove there is only one way and that is to remove the. On the Mac any email or other iPhone number that has been linked to the Apple ID will also show in the Messages > Preferences > Accounts > iMessages account as Receive At options (and, when also ticked, in the 'Start Conversation from' drop down).

This then tends to get the Pop ups that 'the iPhone is using.' and listing the Apple ID and the iPhone numberДЁ) Accept the pop ups as this lists the iPhone Number in the Receive At and Send From options on the Mac version. the iPhone can send iMessages) Add back the Apple ID

So for me I tried the following and it has become my sort of Standard 'Fix' when the iPhone is not syncing.ДЎ) Remove the Apple ID from the iPhone > Settings > Messages.Дў) Place the iPhone in Airplane mode for few minutes t break with the server.ДЈ) Come out of Airplane Mode and then back into Settings > Messages.Д¤) Check the iPhone Number is now ticked (it may well still say verifying depending how fast you get here)ДҐ) Once it is showing the iPhone Number is accepted then send a test iMessages to the Apple ID (Mac in effect)Д¦) If that works (i.e. I later discovered it is always greyed out and you cannot edit this setting (but somehow I had lost it). I Checked the iPhone > Settings > Messages and found in the Send and Receive part that my iPhone Number was greyed out but not ticked. One of the first of these is 'knowing' you have set something and later finding out you are missing some info and then checking the settings and finding out they are different. Over the course of Mountain Lion and Mavericks and their respective messages version I have found some odd things at times. This is the biggest frustration I've had with Apple in the last 4-6 months. Why even have a number listed on this Preferences page if they won't sync? (Even before I had an iPhone I had an iPod with OSX and they synced, so the only reason to ask for my number is to pull the messages from non-apple users to my iMessages). It is obvious something is going on, becuase I have seen it with my own two eyes and now it doesn't work, on either her computer or mine (we both have seperate Apple IDs). also, on your phone go to settings, messages, text message forwarding and check your Mac is turned on. I made an appointment with a genius and I was told it's 'supposed to work' but there 'must be a glitch'. Answer: A: Check that iMessages in iCloud is turned on by going to your messages app, preferences and checking the box. Sometime late last year even HER 'sync' feature (where she could send and receive messages to non-apple users from her OSX) stopped working.

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I have all the same settings on my Macbook Pro (late 2013), but nada.

She also had her phone number listed under 'You can be reached for messages at' > iMessages > Preferences > Accounts. I have no idea what she did other than the suggested 'sign in on both devices with Apple ID'. Problem is, my girlfriend (Macbook Air 2013) USED TO be able to sync her iPhone with her iMessages on her OSX. you're a mystical god I see ALWAYS answering questions. I'd like to read your bio sometime if you have one - education, and stuff you know/worked with.