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Can I text on Mac without connecting to iCloud?

I want to text using my Mac so I don't have to constantly go over to my iPhone to reply back to text messages. I don't use iCloud so it's turned off. My question is can I still use the text message application (I don't know what it's called) on my Mac without iCloud?


Also is there a tutorial to learn how to set up text messages on the Mac? Thanks

iPhone 8, iOS 12

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 3:54 PM

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Posted on Jun 27, 2020 4:19 PM

This feature, to use your Mac for texts, is provided by a macOS service called Continuity.


Continuity requires iCloud.


see >>> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208386



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Can I text on Mac without connecting to iCloud?

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