Imessage not syncing across devices, group text splits

i am about to lose my mind with the imessage syncing issue for group texts across a iphone, macbook air and desktop. Anyone else found a solution? none of the suggested fixes actually fix this. Signing in and signing out, making same id, etc. etc. I use imessage on 3 devices for work and this problem is a big problem for me. Any advice?


it seems particularly problematic with images and/or when a android user is in the group.

Posted on Mar 2, 2026 11:25 AM

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basnyder1964 wrote:

i am about to lose my mind with the imessage syncing issue for group texts across a iphone, macbook air and desktop. Anyone else found a solution? none of the suggested fixes actually fix this. Signing in and signing out, making same id, etc. etc. I use imessage on 3 devices for work and this problem is a big problem for me. Any advice?

it seems particularly problematic with images and/or when a android user is in the group.

This isn't an imessage issue, since you're sending group message via MMS as you icluded Android user.

do you have this set up https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208386 ?

a macbook air or desktop alone can't send/receive sms/mms to non iphone users.

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basnyder1964 wrote:

i am about to lose my mind with the imessage syncing issue for group texts across a iphone, macbook air and desktop. Anyone else found a solution? none of the suggested fixes actually fix this. Signing in and signing out, making same id, etc. etc. I use imessage on 3 devices for work and this problem is a big problem for me. Any advice?

it seems particularly problematic with images and/or when a android user is in the group.

This isn't an imessage issue, since you're sending group message via MMS as you icluded Android user.

do you have this set up https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208386 ?

a macbook air or desktop alone can't send/receive sms/mms to non iphone users.

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