iMessages on Mac not showing messages

Go into Settings in your iPhone, scroll to Messages, in there iMessage should be switched on.

Scroll down to Text Message Forwarding

Click on that.

You'll see in their that your Mac is probably not enabled. I had 3 in that state due to having to rebuild this 2015 MBP i'm typing this on so i enabled all 3.

Go into Messages on the Mac, Preferences, Sign Out, then sign in.

A popup on your phone will let you know a new device has been added. Click OK on that.

Should be good to go now. You can also go into Messages, Preferences, iMessage on the Mac and click Sync Now too.

cheers

Same problem. Seeing iMessages on iPhone but not on Mac. Was working until 2 days ago. Tried all of the recommended fixes, and still no luck.

Same here. Multiple times. I've checked every setting, updated software, etc. Messages on my iPhone works great, but I can't count on getting them on my Mac.

Very similar issue with me. I just upgraded to a MBP M3, and now there are several messages missing on my Mac. They show up on my old Mac, iPad and phone, but not on the new MBP! I've tried many of the "fixes", check my settings, and I am getting some messages, but not all. And they are not SMS messages. These are iMessages that I'm not seeing!

This is not good.

Hello baagii258,

Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.

Let's try signing out of iMessage restarting and signing back in. These steps can sometimes help with issues like this. These steps should help:

"Set up iMessage

1. In the Messages app  on your Mac, enter your Apple ID and password, then click Sign In.

• Make sure to sign in using the same Apple ID on every device. See the Apple Support article Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
• If you forgot your Apple ID or password, or if you need to create an Apple ID, go to the Apple ID account website.

1. Choose Messages > Settings, click iMessage, click Settings, then select any of the following options:

• Enable Messages in iCloud: Select this option if you want to store your messages in iCloud. See Access your messages on all your Apple devices.
• You can be reached for messages at: Select the email addresses or phone numbers that people can use to send you messages.
  • See the Apple Support article Add or remove your phone number in Messages or FaceTime.
• Send read receipts: Select this option so that people who send you messages can see when you’ve read them.
  • You can also send read receipts for a specific conversation.
• Start new conversations from: Choose the email address or phone number that you want to use for starting new conversations.
• This option is only available if you have more than one email address or phone number listed below “You can be reached for messages at.” 
  • Note: This is the information that others see when you send a message. For example, if you have your phone number selected, conversations with others show your phone number.

You can also set up name and photo sharing and notifications (such as sounds and alerts).

Stop using iMessage

If you don’t want to see messages on your Mac, you can sign out of iMessage.

1. In the Messages app  on your Mac, choose Messages > Settings, click iMessage, then click Settings.
2. Click Sign Out, then confirm that you want to sign out. When you sign out of iMessage, you no longer receive messages on your Mac.

Note: If you want to stop receiving messages sent to your phone number, deselect the phone number below “You can be reached for messages at.” See the Apple Support article Add or remove your phone number in Messages or FaceTime. "

More details can be found here: Set up Messages on Mac

If the issue persists, can you provide a few more details? Which macOS version is currently installed? When did you first notice this? Also, does this happen with all contacts?

Cheers!

Hello baagii258,

Thanks for taking those steps and letting us know the results. If you only see this with certain Contacts, let's try deleting those Contacts and adding them back. Give your Mac a restart after that and let us know if the behavior persists, please.

Follow this guidance:

• Delete contacts in Contacts on Mac - Apple Support
• Add contacts from iCloud, Google, and more to Contacts on Mac - Apple Support
• Shut down or restart your Mac

We hope this helps. Let us know if we can assist with anything else at all. Take care.

I am having the same issue! In every contact there are no messages from Wednesday until today, Saturday. I have signed out, restarted Mac, signed back in and they are still not there.

It seems to happen whenever there are updates and if I don't open my Mac every day.

This happened before. Several times. Once when we went on a trip in May and I took my iPhone and iPad but left the MacBook Pro at home. No messages from the month of May. I called support and we walked through everything.

Why does this keep happening? How can I prevent it from continuing to happen? How do I get my messages onto my MacBook?

Thank you!!

The same thing is happening to me. Just got a new Air. "Texts" like verifications aren't showing up on in messages like they used to, only imessages. As far as I can tell, the settings are correct and they match the settings on my other devices.

same thing with my MB Air.

tried restarting, checking / fixing the iPhone settings. The switch for the MBAir was off but turning it back on did nothing except have pop-ups display on my iPhone and iPad....

any other solutions ??

see my response Dec 11, 2023 7pm.

Do that, reply to a txt or ask someone to txt you.

it'll work.

had the same, issue, i fixed it.

Vote up my fix above so others know that it works

cheers

Peter

Thanks moooo.. that worked for me!

There is nothing like this on the iPhone.

thanks, this worked for me also