Mac text messages needs to be rebuilt password#

If you see this box, fill it in with your Apple ID and Apple ID password and then click Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўSign in.Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ Messages on the Mac initial settings Step 0: if youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›ve never launched Messages on your Mac, launch it now. ThatР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s just the way it goesР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ nothing for us to do about it. There can be a little bit of a lag sometimes so you may notice messages appearing on one of your devices before the others. Note: your devices donР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t really sync with each other. So how do we get the phone companyР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s text messages (sent to your phone number, on your iPhone) onto your Mac and iPad etc.? ThatР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s what this article is about. The goal here is to tie these two systems together, and to show all of the messages, whether Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўtextР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ or Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўiMessage,Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ all in the same Messages app. So you have two systems going at once: the phone companyР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s (green) text message system, and AppleР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s (blue) iMessage system.

But text messagesР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ the green onesР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ by default belong to your iPhone only, and they will not appear on your other devices, because text messages are tied to a phone number, which only your iPhone has. IMessages will sync across all of your devices as long as theyР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re all signed into the same Apple ID. iMessages appear in blue on your devices. AppleР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўiMessageР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ service provides something that looks a lot like text messages, but with two important differences: iMessages are handled by AppleР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s servers, so they donР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t go through the phone company (which means the phone company canР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t charge you for them), and theyР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re available on any device signed into your Apple ID. Real text messages appear in green on your iPhone in the Messages app. Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўRealР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ text messages are handled by the phone company, and they are sent to devices with phone numbers (for example, to your iPhone). Technically, iMessages are not text messages, and text messages are not iMessages. If youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re getting some, but not all, of your text messages on your Mac or iPad, this article is also for you! iMessages are not text messages! If youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re not getting any of your text messages on your Mac or iPad, this article is for you. This article tells you everything you need to know. In that case youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›ll need to check on the settings again. Setting it up takes a couple of steps, and occasionally things stop working.

Each device will have the complete conversation, and the other party will not know that you arenР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t doing it all on your iPhone. Start a texting conversation on your iPhone when youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re out, then continue it at home or work when youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›re able to use your Mac (or iPad). ItР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s really handy to have your iPhoneР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s text messages show up on your Mac (and/or iPad). But now things really sync, both when messages are coming in, and when you are deleting them.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В«elow: the original article. You still need to do the things in the rest of this article, so keep reading. The bottom arrow points to your phone number. The top arrow points to the Messages in iCloud checkbox.