sending text to non iPhone users from my Macbook
Hi, I have friends and family that are not iPhone users. When I try to text them from my MacBook Pro the message never sends, why?
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Hi, I have friends and family that are not iPhone users. When I try to text them from my MacBook Pro the message never sends, why?
<< I hope they can address this >>
Apple is not working on this as their issue.
To be heard, You would need to contact support and give them enough specific information to do some debugging.
in the meantime, when it says "not delivered" I suggest you send the message again. If your recipients are like mine, they will often report the message received multiple times.
<< I hope they can address this >>
Apple is not working on this as their issue.
To be heard, You would need to contact support and give them enough specific information to do some debugging.
in the meantime, when it says "not delivered" I suggest you send the message again. If your recipients are like mine, they will often report the message received multiple times.
That message will literally be forwarded through your iPhone and over the cellular network.
To have any hope of it working, your iPhone must have a cellular plan, be powered on, and be in range of a cell tower.
It's still not perfect. The Trade Press have been bashing Apple for unreliability lately, without any specific explanation of why it is not as reliable as it should be.
Thank you for your feedback. I do have the phone in range, with cellular service active and the message still shows failure "not delivered." I hope they can address this with so many of us working from home text delivery should not be restricted on Apple devices that are communicating with other device types.
sending text to non iPhone users from my Macbook