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Only some of my text messages sync to my iPad from my iPhone, whilst others don’t. Both are signed in with the correct Apple ID, so I am confused as to how I can get them all to sync both ways. Any help would be appreciated

iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on Dec 16, 2020 12:23 AM

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Posted on Dec 16, 2020 2:20 AM

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID, to send or receive SMS/MMS messages from your iPad you must explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding for your iPad on your iPhone...


On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.


Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON


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Dec 16, 2020 2:20 AM in response to SarahM1973

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID, to send or receive SMS/MMS messages from your iPad you must explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding for your iPad on your iPhone...


On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.


Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON


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