How do I stop/turn off having all my text messages or phone calls popping up on my new laptop? ... Without affecting my iCloud backups or connections

How do I stop/turn-off having all my text messages or phone calls popping up on my laptop? ... Without affecting my iCloud backups, connections, calendar, contacts etc.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Dec 4, 2014 4:57 AM

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Posted on Dec 5, 2014 11:32 AM

Hello trees4life,


Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.


To turn off the Continuity features on your Mac, please follow the information outlined below.


Turn off iPhone cellular calls

To turn off iPhone cellular calls on your iPad or iPod touch, go to Settings > FaceTime and turn off iPhone Cellular Calls.

On your Mac, open the FaceTime app and go to FaceTime > Preferences. Click Settings and deselect the iPhone Cellular Calls option.


To turn off SMS and MMS on your Mac, simply disable the forwarding to your Mac from your iPhone.


Go to Messages > Text Message Forwarding, and enable the device(s) you would like to forward messages to.


Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity - Apple Support


Take care,

Alex H.

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Dec 5, 2014 11:32 AM in response to trees4life

Hello trees4life,


Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.


To turn off the Continuity features on your Mac, please follow the information outlined below.


Turn off iPhone cellular calls

To turn off iPhone cellular calls on your iPad or iPod touch, go to Settings > FaceTime and turn off iPhone Cellular Calls.

On your Mac, open the FaceTime app and go to FaceTime > Preferences. Click Settings and deselect the iPhone Cellular Calls option.


To turn off SMS and MMS on your Mac, simply disable the forwarding to your Mac from your iPhone.


Go to Messages > Text Message Forwarding, and enable the device(s) you would like to forward messages to.


Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity - Apple Support


Take care,

Alex H.

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