Ipad Iphone 8.1 Mac Mini Yosemite. All of them on the same wireless network as required. Activate test message forwarding on phone, request code, no code shows on wither device & I can't find detailed instructions.
How when & where is this code displayed?
Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Signing the iPad out of iCloud and signing back in, following through on myriad requests of code confirmations between the two devices seems to have done the trick.
Fixed had to restart everything a few times & sign in and out of iCloud
how many times did you have to restart? did you restart your iPhone too?
NNo working
I signed out of iCloud on the iPhone, restarted the Mac & iPad, then signed back in to messages on the iPhone & then prompts & code appeared. I believe the cause to be this. iCloud will allow you to associate another email with your iCloud account. So when I signed in using my iCloud email address it worked. Best I can conjecture.
Do your texts now show up on Mac?
so you used an icloud email instead of your apple ID email and it worked?
My texts now show up on my Mac and I used my .me email to sign in. Now my new problem is Messenger on the Mac will not play sounds.
still cant figure it out, i wish apple made this a little easier, theres no need for a code. But for your sound problem go to Messages>Preferences and make sure Play sound effects is checked, and right below that it will say Message Received Sound with a drop down menu for the sounds. maybe thats the issue
The sound problem was resolved by logging out, then making the system play a sound before I launched Pandora One.
First make sure all devices are signed in on the same WiFi. Sign out of iCloud on all devices and sign back in iPhone last. See if that will do it.
its only my MBA and iPhone my iPads too old, just tried this & didnt work lol, maybe it will show up later. I dont understand is it just a pop up in messages with a code? or does it go somewhere else
as soon as I signed in to iCloud with .me email it immediately gave me prompt on the Mac & iPad that I could link the messages
i dont think i have a .me account, maybe thats why. My itunes and icloud are connected to the same hotmail account
you need to have your iCloud email address selected to send and receive FaceTime and iMessages.
then the code will appear on screen
That might be it, go to Messenger preferences on your Mac and look at accounts, there is a section called you can be reached for messages at
see if your iCloud.com or me.com are listed
text message forwarding code does not show up
