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Q: iMessage not syncing between Mac and iPhone

If I send an iMessage from my iPhone, it will send it no problem. When the other iPhone user responds, it will send their response to my iPhone and Messages app on my MacBook Pro, as it should, but if someone iMessages me without me making first contact, then my iPhone will not receive it, but my Message app will. All account info (Apple ID, password, etc.) between the two apps is correct. I'm running OSX Mountian Lion 10.8.3 on my MacBook Pro and I have an iPhone 4S running iOS 6.1.3. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Mar 20, 2013 7:49 PM

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jun 12, 2015 1:09 PM in response to AtomicDog
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    Jun 12, 2015 1:09 PM in response to AtomicDog

    Hi,

     

    iChat ending archive folders can be opened in TextEdit  but are not that readable.

     

    Basically the iMessages or in fact any message  are a series of info that is a bit like HTML to describe the balloon and it's colour and the font and it's colour (if they are older iChat ones)

    Then it includes the text.

     

    The Archive holds them as dated items.

    The app can string them together to produce the "history" of several sessions or days (or longer) of chat.

    As you say trying to "add" a single chat into the "history" is difficult.

    I am not sure it can be done.

     

    This app is old but in early Yosemite when I last tested it is can open Archived .iChat files

    http://spiny.com/logorrhea/

     

    It will do your whole folder if you are not selective.

    It strips away the Balloon and other presentation data leaving the Text.

    This can then be put in a TextEdit documentation.

     

    Slightly off track I would use pictures of the Chat along with a Text file just to show the Text file is not edited.

     

     

     

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    9:09 p.m.      Friday; June 12, 2015

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad
  • by csbdigidsgn,

    csbdigidsgn csbdigidsgn Jul 8, 2015 9:33 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Jul 8, 2015 9:33 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    Thank you Ralph, I followed your instructions to the letter. Restarted my phone as well and now everything is golden. I would chalk this up to a bug in a recent iOS update.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jul 8, 2015 2:23 PM in response to csbdigidsgn
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    Jul 8, 2015 2:23 PM in response to csbdigidsgn

    Hi,

     

    Good to hear you are up and running.

     

     

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    10:23 pm      Wednesday; July 8, 2015

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad
  • by avatar21,

    avatar21 avatar21 Aug 17, 2015 7:08 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Aug 17, 2015 7:08 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    I started to miss Steve ... look, what these idiots have done to your company ...

  • by SDglad,

    SDglad SDglad Aug 26, 2015 5:53 PM in response to aentanism
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    Aug 26, 2015 5:53 PM in response to aentanism

    Thank you!! I was searching everywhere for your answer because I remember it helping me last time but couldn't figure out what it was that I did! You're awesome and I'm not book marking this page in case I forget again!

  • by chue_cy,

    chue_cy chue_cy Nov 3, 2015 4:19 PM in response to Danlirong
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    Nov 3, 2015 4:19 PM in response to Danlirong

    Thanks a lot Danlirong! I was all confused until I saw your post and now everything is fixed!

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Dec 16, 2015 12:51 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Dec 16, 2015 12:51 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

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    8:51 pm      Wednesday; December 16, 2015

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad
  • by amritakaur,

    amritakaur amritakaur Feb 1, 2016 2:09 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Feb 1, 2016 2:09 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    Thanks for bringing up WIFI as possible issue. That's what it was for my iPad. Changed network connection to WIFI shared between all devices and voila all messages appeared, in sync with Mac and iPhone.

  • by bridgetobrien,

    bridgetobrien bridgetobrien Feb 15, 2016 7:18 AM in response to h5c8h
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    Feb 15, 2016 7:18 AM in response to h5c8h

    I was a diehard Apple supporter. That's over since I started dealing with IOS a few years ago. Nothing works the way it is supposed to. Nothing. I am online several times a week looking for workarounds.I remind myself that people are hungry and maybe it doesn't matter that I can't sync my devices, but I paid hundreds of dollars for features that rarely work. i am up for an upgrade. My.Next phone will not be an Iphone. It is unreliable.

  • by cybergurl,

    cybergurl cybergurl Feb 19, 2016 9:16 AM in response to bridgetobrien
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    Feb 19, 2016 9:16 AM in response to bridgetobrien

    I figured out why my messages weren't syncing between my iphone and new macbook. 

    iPhone: Settings/ Messages / Text message Forwarding -

    My iPhone was forwarding to the name I had for my old macbook and not the name I had for my new macbook.  

    After changing the forwarding name on my iPhone, my texts came back in on my macbook.

    I hope this is helpful to somebody.

  • by JoeMan71,

    JoeMan71 JoeMan71 Feb 27, 2016 3:01 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Feb 27, 2016 3:01 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    Logging out of iCloud on mu iPhone and then back into iCloud fixed it for me. Everything resynced and iMessage was working on all machines again.

  • by Ejacko,

    Ejacko Ejacko Mar 2, 2016 12:42 PM in response to mohadd
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    Mar 2, 2016 12:42 PM in response to mohadd

    On your iPhone, do the following:

     

    in SETTINGS

    Click on MESSAGES

     

    In new window, ensure the following are checked:

    iMESSAGE

     

    Click on TEXT MESSAGE FORWARDING

     

    In new window, ensure your computer is checked.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Mar 2, 2016 12:46 PM in response to Ejacko
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    Mar 2, 2016 12:46 PM in response to Ejacko

    Hi,

     

    This Thread is in Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.x or Messages 7.x.x)

     

    The features you post about do not arrive until iOS 8 on the iPhone and Yosemite (OS X 10.10) on the Mac.

     

    Syncing Text (SMS) Messages as you describe will not cure the issue if the device cannot do basic syncing n the first place.

     

     

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    8:46 pm      Wednesday; March 2, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad
  • by Ejacko,

    Ejacko Ejacko Mar 2, 2016 12:49 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Mar 2, 2016 12:49 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    Yes, I posted so that people who search the question in future will find a solution quickly when all these updates have long come and gone. I apologize that the message is misplaced.

  • by old_girl,

    old_girl old_girl Mar 9, 2016 2:26 AM in response to Ejacko
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    Mar 9, 2016 2:26 AM in response to Ejacko

    Hi Ejacko -

    - I appreciate your forward thinking! I am having trouble with imessage on my Imac (10.9.5) and Iphone (4s - 9.2.1).

    once upon a time they were talking to each other but this seems to have stopped and I am not 'i' savvy enough to work out why.

    As you advised in your earlier comment I have checked in settings on the phone that iMESSAGE is clicked on but I cant see anything saying TEXT MESSAGE FORWARDING.

    can you advise - its driving me potty!

    Cheers from Old-girl (UK)

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