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I can’t send a message to a non iMessage recipient from my IPad. I used to be able to do this. I can from my iPhone.

how can l send a message to a non-iMessage recipient from my iPad? I used to be able to do it. I can do it from my iPhone but not my iPad.

Posted on Sep 13, 2022 12:01 PM

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Posted on Sep 13, 2022 12:06 PM

This only works by going through the iPhone. It is called text message forwarding. You may need to set it up again.

How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support


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Sep 15, 2022 8:59 AM in response to Dhuitt44

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - to send SMS/MMS messages (green bubbles) 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


I can’t send a message to a non iMessage recipient from my IPad. I used to be able to do this. I can from my iPhone.

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