On Your Mac: Launch the Messages app, and go to Messages > Preferences.Click on the Accounts tab. Click on the iCloud email address from the list of accounts. Ensure that “Enable this account” has been selected. Also ensure that your iPhone’s phone number is ticked and iCloud email address is also selected. First off, make sure both the computer and iPhone have been set up to use the same Apple ID. You can disable Messages.app's ability to receive text messages on your Mac: Open the Messages application. On your iPhone: Tap 'Settings', then scroll down to 'Messages' and tap it.
When I send messages from my iPhone (A) to another iPhone (B), the responses from B keep coming to my Mac and do not appear on my phone (A), even when I have iMessages closed. This is maddening. How can I prevent this from happening?
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You have a couple of ways to configure this. First off, make sure both the computer and iPhone have been set up to use the sameApple ID.
You can disable Messages.app's ability to receive text messages on your Mac:
- Open the Messages application. Access your preferences by going to the menubar and clicking Messages -> Preferences...
- Under the 'Accounts' tab, you will see all the accounts you've set up to use with Messages, including iCloud. Selecting 'iCloud' from the options on the left side of that screen will show the email addresses you specified and your phone number.
- Unchecking these will disable the ability of Messages.app to receive those messages you wish to send only between mobile devices.
On your iPhone:
- Tap 'Settings', then scroll down to 'Messages' and tap it.
- Scroll down to 'Send and Receive' and tap it. Look for the menu option heading that says 'You can be reached by iMessage at:', which has your phone number (checked by default) and the email account you configured when you initially set up your iPhone. This is probably your apple ID, but can be any other email address you've specified.
- Simply tap the email addresses that are checked to disable them. This should force messages to communicate with only your phone number.
It should work by disabling all but your phone number on iMessage, but you may need to disable everything on your Mac as well. A little experimentation and tweaking should get you set in just a couple of minutes.
Good luck!
The best thing to do is just reset your setting and sign out of iCloud on your computer. once it's done reseting on your phone, sign back in on your Mac and every thing should be fine.
Daniel♦You can also sign out in Messages on your Mac. Under Preferences, then click Accounts and click the Sign Out button. Then you will no longer receive messages on your Mac.
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One of the new features of Mountain Lion is the fact that one can sync iMessages across iOS and OSX devices.
I would really like to have a thread that I start on my iPhone automatically sync to my Mac and iPad so I can reply easily from either device. I do understand that SMS text messages will not sync, and only iMessages.
This question applies to iOS 6 and Mountain Lion devices as I am running an iPhone 4S and 3rd Gen iPad with iOS 6 and a Macbook Pro with Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8).
How can I enable this feature so that my iMessages stay in sync across all my devices?
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iOS 6 combines your phone number with your Apple ID email address, which makes it possible for others to iMessage your phone number and have those Messages sync across your devices. Whereas, previously, with iOS 5, one had to use Apple ID email addresses only in order for it to sync across devices.
First, you need to make sure all your devices are on the same Apple ID.
On each iOS device (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, iPad Mini):
- Open Settings.app
- Go to 'Messages' and make sure iMessage is On.
- If iMessage is on, 'Send & Receive' will appear below it. Tap on it.
- Make note of the Apple ID at the top of the page.
- Select your phone number and email address(es) that you want to sync to that device.
On each Mountain Lion Mac:
- Open Messages
- Click Messages -> Preferences
- Click the 'Accounts' tab in the top.
- Select your iMessage/Apple ID account, and make sure 'Enable this account' is checked.
- Select your phone number and any email address(es) that you would like synced.
The most important part is that everything is consistent across all devices that are necessary.
Note that only new iMessages will sync - history will not.
If you are still having trouble getting new iMessages to sync across the devices try:
- Disabling then re-enabling iMessage on each device that isn't being synced to.
- Delete all your previous conversations: Some people have reported that they had to delete all of their conversations before things would sync up.
- Make sure you have your phone number added to your Apple ID account online.
I am on iOS 10.3.1 and macOS Sierra 10.12.3. I need to setup Messages in macOS using https://support.apple.com/kb/HT202549. In iPhone, the settings that allowed me to sync is in Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. I have to login my Apple ID here.
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