Text Message Forwarding confirm code won't show up in Mac

Thank you so much this actually helped it works now, I was getting so frustrated

Wow! I thought I had checked this, but was going crazy trying and retrying everything in this forum. I came across your post again and double-checked my Mac computer Messages account and sure enough, I, too, somehow got logged out. Logged back in with your instructions, and had to go through the process again on my iPhone to get the confirmation number to pop up on the computer. Once I added that, I was back in business again. Seems like such an easy thing to think of to check, but glad you posted it for those of us who didn't think of it. 🙂

This is what helped me get the code; thank you for posting this suggestion. I had used the instructions that included resetting the network (losing WiFi passwords but fortunately I don't think I had that many) which hadn't worked. Then I saw your message.

I was actually signed in but I logged out and back in and then repeated the process to turn on 'Text Message Forwarding' [Messages > Turn on iMessage > Text Message Forwarding . Turn on my device) and the code popped up on the screen.

Sent a text from the phone and got a reply -- on the laptop!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This means I don't always have to know where my phone is! 😁

Thank you (and all the rest who have posted) for these instructions, but alas, nothing has worked for me. Several months ago, message forwarding worked between my iPhone 5s and my two iPads but for some reason it stopped and although I have spent the better part of two days trying various procedures, I am getting nowhere. As of now, I am officially giving up on the entire thing, and will just write it off as a bad idea. For those who have been successful, I am happy for you!

Take care!

This doesn't work for me. Did all the steps twice. Popup message never pops up. Also doesn't appear in notifications.

What worked for me was:

On the MacBook > Messages > Preferences > iMessage a/c > I ticked the box that had my phone number listed.

Hope this might help

Mine is working now, after the last beta update.

The upgrade to IOS 9.3 did something to knock out the message forwarding. This thread helped. I'm getting my messages again on my other devices. Thanks!

I have tried all of the above to no avail. When I select 'Text Message Forwarding' the iMessages app opens on my mac but no code shows up.

Dirtyeggroll wrote:

I have tried all of the above to no avail. When I select 'Text Message Forwarding' the iMessages app opens on my mac but no code shows up.

Dirtyeggroll

If you were like me, I totally missed a post by Rizzlekas who says:

"I just figured out why I wasn't getting the code, it was because i somehow got logged out of my apple ID in iMessages. Check to make sure you are logged in, to do this go to iMessages (on your mac), up at the top Messages, Preferences, Accounts tab, and find your iMessages account and if your not logged in then log in and it will then send you the code."

Why in the world would I get logged out? This has happened more than once now. Glad for his post. Hope this is the deal with your issue, too, and hope it helps.

Good luck!

I tried the above. I am logged into the same accounts. When I move the 'Text Message Forwarding' slider on my iPhone 6S it opens the iMessages app on my MacBook Pro. I just learned that I have not done "Two-step Verification" for either of my device. Unfortunately the verification will take until April 2nd.

Two step verification did not fix my problem.

If verification was the problem, I think that then the messaging wouldn't work on the iPhone. In my case, my iMessages on my iPhone works fine.