Hi, I’ve been trying to sync my iMessages from my phone to my iPad, but when I go into my messages app settings it doesn’t have a “forward messages” option

I have an iPhone 12 and an iPad Pro. I’ve been trying to since my messages since I got the iPad almost a year ago and they will sync, but only about once every few weeks. Both devices have the newest update and enough storage. What should I do?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 16

Posted on Sep 11, 2023 6:10 PM

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Posted on Sep 12, 2023 8:51 AM

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


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Sep 12, 2023 8:51 AM in response to taelyn241

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


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Hi, I’ve been trying to sync my iMessages from my phone to my iPad, but when I go into my messages app settings it doesn’t have a “forward messages” option

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