Unable to send text messages from MacBook

Do you mean SMS messages (green)? Or iMessages (blue)? Or both.

If you mean SMS messages, Text Message Forwarding probably got turned off on your iPhone. On your phone, go to Settings>Messages>Text Message Forwarding and select your Mac.

See here for more info:

Forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your Mac or iPad - Apple Support

If you mean something else, please explain.

Hello. Can you tell me how to resolve the issue? I have the same problem. iMessages work both ways but SMS messages can't be sent from MacBook. I can receive though. Messages are forwarding from iPhone to MacBook properly.

srwalsh73 wrote:

I do not have Text Message Forwarding on my phone. Do you have another way you can recommend?

If you do not see Text Message Forwarding under Settings>Messages, I'd suggest you start by looking to see if there are any restrictions set in Screen Time or if you have an employer's account on your phone. I can say I've ever heard of those things causing the feature not to appear but, I can't recall ever hearing of the feature not showing up.

This disconnect from imessage and restart didn't work for me.

To reiterate, I am receiving messages sms to my mac just fine. but my sent sms messages from my iphone do not show up on my mac and I cannot send sms messages from my mac.

Turn off Text Message Forwarding on both devices. Restart both of them and add it back.

I'm glad to hear you got it working.

Yes I've turned on Text Message Forwarding. I've been receiving SMS messages to MacBook but when I try to send it always show 'Not Delivered'.

Wow. That works! Thank you!

Yes, this worked. Just signing out from Messages settings and signing back in with Apple ID fixed the problem

grinbin77 wrote:

Yes I've turned on Text Message Forwarding. I've been receiving SMS messages to MacBook but when I try to send it always show 'Not Delivered'.

Turn of iMessage on your phone and on your computer. Restart them both. Re-enable iMessage on your iPhone. Once it's active, re-enable it on your Mac. Then, go back to the iPhone and re-enable Text Message Forwarding.

Doug O. wrote:

I cant find Text Message Forwarding on the MacBook Pro , I did turn off and on on my iphone14. did not work

It's not on your MacBook Pro. The setting is on your iPhone. Settings>Messages>Text Message Forwarding, then select your MBP. Both devices need to be using the same Apple ID.

If you've done that and it still isn't working, try this. Turn off iMessage on both devices. Restart them both. Turn iMessage back on on your iPhone. Once it has completely activated, turn it back on on the MBP. Once iMessage is activated on both devices, set up Text Message Forwarding again.

I am having this issue, and it's been about 3 months. It's with an iPhone 15 Pro Max, and a 2024 MacBook Pro. Age of device doesn't seem to impact this bug, and it doesn't seem like something Apple is interested in looking into so most people just go without.

[as I read it] what is being proposed is to set aside phone issues for now and focus on getting your Mac set up to request standard Apple messages through your iCloud Account on your Mac FIRST.

When that is working, you can think about forwarding through the iPhone (which could include SMS messages as well) as a flourish, after the basic functions are working.