For some reason my iMessage just started not syncing to my MacBook Air. I can 'send' iMessages but not receive on my MacBook Air.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
So I had this problem too. Had the issue more with text messages, not iMessages not syncing. They would be marked as read on my iPhone but not on any other devices. However, if I read them on my watch, M1 Macbook Pro, or iPad, they would be marked as read. I spoke with Apple Support, who had me try many different things, including resetting network settings, resetting my watch, turning iCloud off and on, off and on, restarting, etc.
What fixed this for me was going to my phone, going to Settings --> General --> Reset --> Reset All Settings.
iPhone rebooted twice, went back into settings, iMessage, logged in, and has not had this issue since. Text messages are automatically read on all devices, whether read on my iPhone, Watch or Mac.
Hopefully, this helps someone else!
Iphone not sync with MacBook air on receiving messages
Me, too!
Thanks, bro. It works!
The solution by @Skotch worked for me.
so I just saw that my messages are not the same as they are on my phone and how do I fix that so I can see it on my MacBook Pro?
ToddAfrica, I am having the exact same problem. Just converted everything to Apple after 20 years on Windows. Very disappointing. I am grateful that you are pursuing this.
Thank you so much. This issue has been irking me for a while. This worked!!
Awesome. If you don’t mind marking as correct answer (maybe you did already but it didn’t update) that way others can see it first.
I have the same problem. Sad to hear there's no workaround for this.
This is also what worked for me ... I had already done everything on my own except this one step which turned out to be the key activity: deselecting the MacBook Air (iPhone: Settings: Messages: Text Message Forwarding: deselect the computer), restart the iPhone, then go back to same Settings on iPhone and (re)select the MacBook.
Previously missed messages were not synced :( but new messages are :)
okay first time I ever reply to one of these but I started by dong this
" iPhone>Setting>Messages>Switch OFF iMessage>Switch back on>Select Send & Receive Addresses
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Mac>Message Preferrences>iMessage Tab> Sign Out/Sign In>Select where you can be reached at"
I still had the same issue so I I turned off my Apple Watch and I noticed that it solved the issue and everything was synced. Hope that works.
Even after my initial success with the "You can receive..." entries (see my 9/9/21 posting), I still had this happen between iPhone and Mac. So this trick is still not 100% effective. I think this is some bug in the complex interactions between devices and iCloud and Apple just needs to investigate more and keep improving it.
Hi, I had this same problem and I switched messages back on in my iCloud settings which seemed to work for me.
On my iPhone:
Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Toggle Messages "on" (Mine was previously off, even though it was never turned off in the first place)
Note: this did not get the previous messages to re-sync on my computer, but I am now receiving all new messages on both my phone and computer.
Hope this helps!
iMessage NOT syncing across iPhone and MacBook Air
