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Sen ding images with new ipad pro 5G

I get send failure message when texting images as a text message to a group of 8. I can text images using my I phone but not the ipad pro 5G? Why?

Posted on Aug 27, 2021 8:51 AM

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Aug 27, 2021 9:37 PM in response to NJS-Tampa

Are all eight recipients also using Apple devices logged into the iMessage system with the Apple IDs you are using to address them? If not, you need to make sure that your iPhone is set up to relay SMS/MMS for your iPad.

On the iPhone: visit Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding and make sure your iPad is listed and forwarding is enabled for it (the slider showing green).

Aug 28, 2021 9:39 PM in response to NJS-Tampa

NJS-Tampa wrote:

Thanks, my iphone is green for text messaging forward for 1 device the Ipad. One observation, the send receive in the message section of the iphone islisting 3 devices, my cell, my e-mail and icloud. Should ipad be listed here as well? NJS-Tampa

No, the send/receive section would not have an entry for the iPad. Text Message Forwarding takes care of that.


Can you send the same images to each of the 8 people separately?

Sep 12, 2021 8:25 AM in response to markwmsn

OK, I can send text with image to 3 of the 8 in my group. When I add #4 it sends but when I add #5 to the group of 4 ّI get the “message send failure” notice. When I send #5 with the first group of 3 it sends. ُThe difficulty seems to have something with the combination of the group? Note the same group can receive images taken on my iphone and texted. So, it works with the apple iphone not the apple ipad.

I don’t know if the images have too much data or what. The image is a simple street scene.

Sep 12, 2021 9:07 AM in response to NJS-Tampa

Does the behavior change depending on WHICH four or five users you try? I can imagine several possible bottlenecks depending on the data path.


I return to a previous question:

Are all eight recipients also using Apple devices logged into the iMessage system with the Apple IDs you are using to address them?

The data path would be different depending on whether the images travel through only the iMessage system versus the SMS/MMS system.

Sen ding images with new ipad pro 5G

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