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1. #How to use imessage on mac to send sms to an android how to#
2. #How to use imessage on mac to send sms to an android code#

Later versions of the iOS version of Messages can Forward as it is called the SMS/MMS messages to the Mac over the same LAN. iPhones that are registered and Apple ID will get iMessages but non Apple phones will get SMS).

#How to use imessage on mac to send sms to an android how to#

The App can also enable SMS/MMS messaging and it will decide how to send a "text" based on where the recipient is registered with. The Messages App on the Mac can have an iMessages account Active and this can send iMessages just from the Apple ID if you don't have an iPhone.Īn iPhone has an app also called Messages and if you activate it it will register the iPhone Number with the iMessages Server. I have not seen it used fro group chats either.

#How to use imessage on mac to send sms to an android code#

It only works with +1 Country Code services on certain Carriers. Obviously you an go a step further and add the phone number to a Contacts details as the AIM Name. See the Drop down (the + icon listed lines) īasically once you have an AIM Account set up in Messages it can send SMS by entering the phone number as a Buddy. In the United States and on certain Carriers the AIM service will let you send SMS from within Messages (with an AIM account). Until this is done the Mac cannot receive SMS items linked to the iPhone Number.īasically the iPhone gets the SMS on it's carrier service and sends it on to the Mac via the WiFi link to the LAN and therefore the Mac. IN the Messages settings Enable Text Forwarding - which prompts a code number to appear on the Mac - which in turn needs to be entered back on the iPhone to "pair" them On the iPhone make sure it joins your LAN Set up the iPhone to do iMessages/SMS (It decides which to send)Īdd the Apple ID to the iPhone (links the Number and the Apple ID to "Sync" as Apple Calls it. It can be set up to do SMS but this needs an iPhone. If you are already in a SMS groups chat I am not sure why you are unable to respond to the group. (I have not tried this in Groups chats myself but it does work this way for 1-1 contacts at least).

The iPhone version can send SMS "automatically" if the Contact is not an iMessages user. they are actually sending SMS to you which probably means they are all sending as SMS and not iMessages. Īre you getting the messages on the Andriod at this point ? I get the messages without a problem (just that they're all over the place, but I can piece them together).