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Texting a standard phone on iMessage app.

How can I send a standard text message to a person's phone using the iMessage app on my mac? Is it possible?

Mac mini (Late 2012)

Posted on Mar 30, 2015 3:55 PM

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Mar 31, 2015 3:56 AM in response to Irnbird

Did you read the article I linked above?


To use Continuity for SMS and MMS with your iPhone and your Mac, iPad or iPod touch

  • Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch need to use iOS 8.1, and your Mac needs to use OS X Yosemite.
  • Sign in to iMessage on your iPhone, your other iOS devices, and your Mac using the same Apple ID.
  • On your iPhone:
    1. Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You Can Be Reached By, and add a check to both your phone number and email address.
    2. Go to Messages > Text Message Forwarding, and enable the device(s) you would like to forward messages to.
  • Your Mac, iPad, or iPod touch will display a code. Enter this code on your iPhone to verify the SMS feature.

Texting a standard phone on iMessage app.

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