manderle11

Q: I can't send messages from my phone number on iMessage on OSX Mavericks

I signed in with my apple ID that I use on my phone which is what my friend did and now she is getting all of the text messages from her phone on her computer. Mine won't do that but I checked my phoneand I am using the same appled id/icould id that i have on my phone on my computer but it isn't connected. Help?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 4, 2013 8:15 AM

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Q: I can't send messages from my phone number on iMessage on OSX Mavericks

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  • by dizzydaczy,

    dizzydaczy dizzydaczy Nov 12, 2013 12:41 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Nov 12, 2013 12:41 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    my phone has all these accounts on it, set to receive... and starting new conversations comes from my phone number.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Nov 12, 2013 1:45 PM in response to dizzydaczy
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    Nov 12, 2013 1:45 PM in response to dizzydaczy

    Hi,

     

    I would cut down the options on the iPhone possibly removing any Apple ID altogether (then placing in Airplane mode for Five Mins) before re-adding back just the Apple ID used on the Mac.

     

     

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    9:45 pm      Tuesday; November 12, 2013

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad

  • by lalal14b,

    lalal14b lalal14b Nov 16, 2013 1:02 PM in response to manderle11
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    Nov 16, 2013 1:02 PM in response to manderle11

    I had this exact problem after updating to Mavericks.  My phone number was missing as an option in iMessage settings on my computer.

     

    From the replies I figured out that my problem was that on my phone, I had my phone number enabled and checked, but I didn't have my apple id account enabled ( i was not signed in ).  Once I signed into this account on my phone, I then went to my computer and logged back into iMessage and my phone number appeared. 

     

    I prefer to only use my phone number for iMessage on both devices, so at this point, I went into settings of both and unchecked the apple id email account as an option.  Seems to be working now. 

     

    Thanks for the help!

  • by Douglas Broyles,

    Douglas Broyles Douglas Broyles May 27, 2014 8:05 PM in response to lalal14b
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    May 27, 2014 8:05 PM in response to lalal14b

    This really helped me. I was really befuddled knowing that I'd see the phone number in there. Then you point me in the right direction to focus on the phone to get it going again. After turning iMessage on and off twice, the number popped back into iMessage on the iMac. Thanks ever so much.

  • by iBookmaster,

    iBookmaster iBookmaster Jun 26, 2015 6:23 AM in response to manderle11
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    Jun 26, 2015 6:23 AM in response to manderle11

    I had this problem also. To cure it, I had to sign out of my Apple ID on all places on my phone, on my mac in FaceTime, Messages AND ICLOUD IN SYSTEM PREFERENCES. Quit Messages and FaceTime on my Mac, sign in again on the phone, then in System Preferences on my Mac and the phone number showed up in FaceTime & Messages.

  • by LeeTaylor,

    LeeTaylor LeeTaylor Jul 17, 2015 10:30 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Jul 17, 2015 10:30 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    Thank you so, so, so much. I spent more than an hour trying to solve this before I found your wonderful reply. Jan

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jul 17, 2015 1:15 PM in response to LeeTaylor
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    Jul 17, 2015 1:15 PM in response to LeeTaylor

    You're welcome.

     

     

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    9:15 pm      Friday; July 17, 2015

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad
  • by MrJ4m3s,

    MrJ4m3s MrJ4m3s May 5, 2016 1:46 AM in response to manderle11
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    May 5, 2016 1:46 AM in response to manderle11

    I had the same issue with my iPad.

    They resolution I found was that the settings on the iPad were fine, when I checked on my phone it was set to send an receive from my number but it hadn't signed in with my Apple ID. When I signed it in on my phone it came up on my iPad asking if I wanted to add it.

     

    My iPad was already signed in, but the number wasn't linked so it was pulling through.

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