Now, whenever anyone sends a text message to you (your iPhone), you will be able to access the Message on your Mac and also reply to the text Message from your Mac.
Enter the Verification Code (As it appears on your Mac – See image below) and tap on Allow. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on Messages.Ĥ. On the Messages screen, tap on Text Message Forwarding (See image below)ĥ. On the next screen, you will see a list of Apple devices linked to your Apple ID under “Allow these devices to send and Receive Text Messages from this iPhone”. Turn on the option to Send and Receive Text Messages for your Mac (See image below).Ħ. Next, you will see a popup on your iPhone, prompting you to enter a verification code as shown on your Mac, in order to allow iPhone text messages to be sent and received on your Mac.ħ. Leave the Messages App open on your Mac (required to receive a security code) and get back to your iPhone to complete the following steps.ģ. Open the Messages App on your Mac by clicking on the Messages icon in the Taskbar. On the next screen, make sure that you are logged into iCloud with the same Apple ID as used on your Mac.Īfter confirming that you are signed into iCloud on both devices using the same Apple ID, follow the steps below to set up text message forwarding on your iPhone:ġ. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on iCloud.ģ. You may see a popup on your iPhone informing you about your Apple ID and Phone number being used on a new Mac.Īfter making sure that you are logged into your iCloud Account on Mac, go to your iPhone and confirm that you are logged into your iCloud Account with the same Apple ID.ġ. From the Home Screen of your iPhone, tap on Settings.Ģ.
On the Next Screen, login to your iCloud Account by entering your Apple ID and Password (in case you are not already logged in).Ĥ. Next, click on the iCloud option in the System Preferences Window.ģ.
On your Mac, click on the Apple logo and then click on System Preferences option in the drop-down menu.Ģ. Also, you need to make sure that you are signed into your iCloud Account, both on iPhone and Mac using the same Apple ID.ġ. In order to setup your Mac to send and receive SMS and MMS messages, you will need an iPhone with a Cellular plan. Steps to Send and Receive SMS Text Messages On Mac However, for all practical purposes, sending and receiving text messages on Mac will feel the same (if not better) as doing it on an iPhone. Apple is enabling you to send and receive SMS text. But because they leave your wireless carrier in the loop instead of routing around it as Apple does, they also shouldn’t incur the risk that switching to the wrong phone will leave friends’ texts disappearing, a common complaint of iMessage users.Although, your Mac appears to be sending and receiving SMS Text Messages, it is actually your iPhone which is sending and receiving SMS Text Messages using its Cellular Plan. It is possible to communicate with your friends if your iPhone is away or if they do not use iPhones. Things to considerīoth Google and Microsoft’s efforts fall short of the integration Apple offers with iMessage – not to mention Apple’s end-to-end encryption. Like Google’s Messages, it also allows only one phone-to-computer pairing at a time.īut it’s easier than Microsoft’s earlier method for putting your texts on your PC, a complicated system that required many more steps to set up. Your Phone doesn’t show pictures attached to texts (although it does let you browse your mobile device’s own photos and screenshots), and it shows only your most recent messages.
They’ll include a request for permission to read and write your text messages this Android app essentially acts as a remote control for your usual texting app. Open that Android app, sign in to your Microsoft account in it, and follow its prompts to pair it with your PC.
In this setup, you install Microsoft’s Your Phone app on your PC – though built into the October update, you can download it for April’s Win 10 release – and on your Android device, provided it runs the 7.0 or newer release of Google’s operating system. You are able to send and receive SMS text message, as this feature is no longer limited to iMessages, even if the people you contact with does not have an. Microsoft has been touting its own concept of phone-to-PC messages in Windows 10’s October 2018 update – but since it had the yank that release to quash some bugs before resuming that rollout in November, many Win 10 users have yet to see it.
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You can set up multiple computers for this access, but only one can be active at a time.