Q: Text message forwarding - no code on iPad or Mac

All of the above solutions I have tried and none of them have worked for me.

However, I did just enable all the emails on my iPhone 6 and my MBPr in iMessage, then switched the slider, and my code appeared.  Also my iMessage app on my MBPr was closed and opened itself up.  Not saying this will work for you but it is worth a try.

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tried switching iMessage ooff and on, but now there is no choice to forward messages

reset iPhone and the option re-appeared. Selected it and the code then appeared on my ipad

hope that helps

I did this, it gave me the 6 digit code on my MBP. Entered into my iPhone 6 and it accepted the code. I'm trying to send a message with the app on my MBP.  So far I haven't had any luck having it go through.

You do NOT pair your iPhone to the mac for the continuity features to work. You have never been able to do that. Continuity uses a pair-less system. Both the iPhone and Mac must be on the same WiFi network and Bluetooth must be on (but again, NOT paired).

For more information, read this: http://www.imore.com/cant-get-continuity-calling-or-handoff-working-heres-fix

Yay! This worked for me, thanks!

It says that bluetooth is needed for proximity issues. Maybe having bluetooth turned on on both devices will resolve this issue

I connected my iphone to itunes and it pooped up

• Signed out of Messages.app on mac
• Signed in and checked all available emails + phone number for "receive messages at"
• On my phone, turned off iMessage, turned it back on
• On my phone, selected all available emails + phone number for "receive messages at"
• Tried again, it worked

No idea if the above incantation fixed it, or if it was just a matter of time.

ISSUE SOLVED:  The key is that all the devices need to have the mobile number checked off in Messages.  On the iPad, under Settings/Messages/Send & Receive, make sure that "You can be reached by iMessage at" has the check mark next to your mobile number.  Then activate "Text Message Forwarding" on the iPhone side.

Hope that helps.

This worked in terms of pairing the device:

Matt Baker PDX wrote:

 

• Signed out of Messages.app on mac
• Signed in and checked all available emails + phone number for "receive messages at"
• On my phone, turned off iMessage, turned it back on
• On my phone, selected all available emails + phone number for "receive messages at"
• Tried again, it worked

 

No idea if the above incantation fixed it, or if it was just a matter of time.

But I just tried to send a text from my MacBook to a recipient who does NOT have iMessage, and still go the "this person is not on imessage" error. Wasn't the whole point of text forwarding to be able to communicate with people who are not on iMessage??

In my case, I left iMessage on (on phone) and selected all 'Send & Receive' accounts and phone number. Same thing on Mac Messages. Then I received the code on my Mac.

This worked for me too. Checked all adresses on iphone and the message on my mac popped up

This basically worked for me, but I had to add in restarting my iPhone.  After I did that (following your list of steps below) everything worked.  I can send/receive to SMS from Mac and iPad.

• Signed out of Messages.app on mac
• Signed in and checked all available emails + phone number for "receive messages at"
• On my phone, turned off iMessage, turned it back on
• On my phone, selected all available emails + phone number for "receive messages at"
• Tried again, it worked

In order for the forwarding functionality to work, do we have to keep our icloud accounts active under the "send/receive as" setting?

In the past I have just had my phone number active, because it gets confusing to people when they start receiving text messages from different accounts.