On my iPhone 5, I send iMessages only from my phone number (I have removed my email from the "you can be reached by iMessage at" section under iMessage settings). On my MacBook Pro (iOS X 10.9.3), however, the iMessages I send are from my email only. I cannot find a way to send them from my phone number. I also receive none of the iMessage sent to my phone number on my computer.
Have you tried adding the phone number to Messages/Preferences/Accounts? Put it where it says add e-mail.
Hi,
So let me get this straight:-
On the iPhone you removed the Apple ID ?
Or do you mean you just deselected it as an Option for Send and Receive ?
On the Mac the number will still show but the sync will not longer work if you have done the first suggestion.
10:28 pm Thursday; July 10, 2014
Associate your mobile number with your Apple ID, if you haven't already done so.
Sign out of iMessage on the Mac:
Messages ▹ Preferences ▹ Accounts ▹ Sign out
and on the iPhone:
Settings ▹ Messages ▹ Send & Receive ▹ Apple ID ▹ Sign out
Then, on the phone, tap
Use Your Apple ID for iMessage
Sign back into iMessage on both devices and test. If there's no change, you may have to wait for a change in network conditions.
Credit for this solution to ASC member SmittyLove and to Glenn Fleishman of tidbits.com.
iMessage on computer only sends/receives messages from email, not phone number
