
On the upper menu bar, click “Messages” and select “Preferences.”.Sign in with the same Apple ID you use on your iPhone to send iMessages.Open the Messages app from your app menu bar (also called the dock).Likewise, how do I set up iMessage on my macbook air? A confirmation message will pop up saying that your carrier may charge for an SMS message. Select your phone number and any email address(es) that you would like synced.Īlso know, how do I activate iMessage with my phone number? Activating iMessage with Phone Number Open your iPhone settings and go to ‘Messages’.Select your iMessage/Apple ID account, and make sure “Enable this account” is checked.In the “You can receive iMessages” section, make sure that your phone number and Apple ID are selected.Īlso, how do I merge my iMessage and phone number on my Mac?.Go to Settings > Messages and make sure that iMessage is on.Can you add a second phone number to iMessage?.Why are my iMessages not syncing between iPhone and Mac?.
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How can I get iMessage on my PC without a Mac?.Why won’t my iMessage connect to my phone number?.How do I sync my iMessages from iPhone to Mac?.Hope that covers 99% of the questions about iMessage. So unclick if you are a text fiend with a low text plan. If you don't have data when you send a message to an iMessage users phone number then it will send as a text message and cost u money if it isn't unlimited or whatever. This is the exact opposite of the conundrum from above and is more straight forward. It's dumb but I figured it out this while AppleCare was scratching their head last night.

So if you are in the mountains or under a bridge and you have crap for service aka no data only cellular and you send an iMessage it will go to that persons email address that you originally used to start the conversation from something like NOT THEIR WIRELESS NUMBER AND WILL NOT SHOW UP IN IMESSAGE. It does not revert back to their default number even if it's stored into your contacts.

If you originally start an iMessage using an iPhone users email and not phone number, then for whatever reason if you don't have data at the time of your message it will send it as an email NOT A TEXT. IF YOU LOSE DATA SERVICE EVERY NOW AND THEN, THEN THIS PART WILL MAKE LOTS OF SENSE If you send an iMessage to a non iPhone iDevice your email will be used as caller ID instead (because they dont have a wireless number associated) Other iDevice users will have a choice between different emails not a number if it's a pod or pad or Mac. iPhone users will probably want to make this their phone number. Is where when you send an I message to an iDevice and they dont yet have you programmed into their phone as a contact THIS WILL BE YOUR CALLER ID. So if your friend, neighbor, boyfriend, cousin, baby-mama or whoever uses an iDevice to send a message to this address "ding" you get a message. These are all of the address (so far) that iMessage will use as your device address (so to speak). You should have your phone # AND your Apple ID email. It not only registers your phone number as an iMessage device but also the email address as well.

When you sign into iMessage (on an iphone) using your apple ID. So here's the über answer for all this nonsense that is Apple iMessage
