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

Yesterday I suddenly stopped getting my Messages messages on my MacBook Pro. iPhone recipients were not getting them from me, either, but it only showed failed in Msgs for non-iPhone people. Also, there was no change in the name (seems like it was a different color when I wasn't logged in properly). I tried turning Forwarding off and on from my iPhone, but that only brought up the validation code box to input it on the phone, and I never got the validation code at the computer. I tried doing bluetooth linking, but even though they could see each other, the computer and the phone would not connect. I decided to let it go and get back to it another time.

Then suddenly today, I started getting Messages on my computer! For no good reason, either, since I could never validate and the forwarding feature was turned off. I guess it connected my account with my email, or something, as well. In any case I was happy, but that wasn't the end of it.

I opened my computer later in the day, and Messages was jumping up and down in my dock, so I brought it up, and low and behold, there was a validation code!!! Obviously, it was an old one, so after I made sure to cancel and wait until no more popped up (they kept popping up because I kept trying to validate with the previous number, which, of course, wasn't the one it was waiting for), I entered the number and Forwarding is now turned back on. Crazy - a day later!!

In any case, if you aren't seeing the validation code, make sure Messages is open and not hiding behind another window or minimized, and you are logged into your account. May not help everyone, but in this case today, it may have been because Messages was in the background, or maybe it just wasn't working properly yesterday. Who knows.

I had the problem in El Capitan 10.11.4, where the code just wouldn't show.

Frustrated.

Then I followed the instructions in Get help using Continuity with your iOS device or your Mac - Apple Support and all is working again.

Huzzah!

Hope it works for you too 😀

Interesting - I had no problem getting the code on my Mac, but my iPad wouldn't do it. The geniuses couldn't solve that, and phone support had me logging off of iCloud several places then resetting both my phone and my pad. I'm setting things back up right now after that.

Right now, I'm discovering and fixing what got lost:

Reset phone & pad:

Had to add a 6 digit number instead of the 4 digit number we knew.

Lost background photos

Lost fingerprints

Duplicate photos showed up.

Lost Internet passwords

Had to type in passwords dozens of times.

Lost all of my Apple Pay settings

Lost my "Find My Friends". This is a pain, as I don't use my phone for e-mail, and getting the links on my Mac doesn't work.

Maybe that's all.

Many thanks, Howard.

I thought the numbers would be immediate. Then doing it again later with both iPhone and iMac Message visible, the number appeared.

We've become a "I want it now" society, expecting everything to be immediate and when it's not there pronto, our arms go up in the air … like amending artwork for a client, they think it's "presto, it's done".

I'm ashamed to think that I've got caught up in that. Anyhow, all is working hunky-dory now.

Here's another dilemma if u can fathom it out? My Apple Maps on iOS 9.3.1 "can't connect to the internet". How to remedy that?

I've this problem too. Yesterday iMessage stopped working on my two iMac ... after a lot of sign out right now the popup code doesn't show anymore.

All messages on iMessage on my mac are GREEN and and remain stuck in the submission.

I tried literally all of the other fixes listed before this and this really fast and simple fix was the one that worked. Thanks!

I cannot resolve this problem. I'm becoming crazy😢

Don't waste your time trying to fix it. It's an AppleID issue and is out of your control.

Dirtyeggroll you are not alone. I am having this exact problem. I've tried absolutely everything except taking my mac back into the Apple Store (that's next). When I click the slider for Text Message Forwarding in Settings Messages on my iPhone, the Messages app launches on my Mac (so you know something is happening) but there just is no code.

I have tried logging in and out of iCloud on all of my devices multiple times.

I have checked and unchecked all of the email addresses associated with my iCloud account multiple times in Send & Receive on the iPhone and the mac.

I have changed my iCloud password.

I have sacrificed a chicken and tossed a virgin into Mt St Helens.

We can tell there is a connection happening because the Mac app Messages launches by it's self when Text Message Forwarding is switched on on the iPhone and this is the nuance that most people miss. I'd sure love an answer.

Just throwing this out there, may not be you guy's issue, but I was having this same problem and had already done the chicken sacrifice and all that... Turns out that somehow my contact information was in the "blocked callers", as soon as I removed that codes started showing up and all works as expected. Hope it helps someone.

Thanks!

This was my issue also, and somewhere along the lines, my number on the mac wasn't checked anymore.

THANKS!

Finally!! I tried everything else, several times. After reading this post I checked my blocked numbers and there it was...I removed it and Bingo!! Thank you

Bingo 😍

Good Morning Greg,

Thank you for the awesome assistance! However; I had literally completed this reset for Text Forwarding step-by-step and I am still encountering the problem! Any other idea? I have also reset both devices!

I'm baffled it worked fine with my other 4s I just needed a new phone

Any additional assistance would be SO greatly appreciated! Because now I can't even and any pictures to a non-iPhone user.

Thank you again!

Luvmy4kids

HELP PLEASE.... I've tried the suggestions twice just in case I missed a step. I am still receiving the pop up message and have no way of seeing the 6-digit code

Thank you ALL....