I am connected to iCloud with both my Mac and my iPhone. I received a message (via Messages) from my Mom on my iPhone, but I didn't receive it on my Mac. When I look up my mom's contact card in Contacts on the Mac, there is no message icon next to her phone number like there is on the iOS version.
How can I fix this? I don't have this problem with any of my other contacts.
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Hi,
iMessages is it's own system with it's own server.
Your Apple ID you use might well be the same as your iCloud one but that is as close as they get.
As the others have suggested it is worth double checking the settings on the iPhone (Specifically Send and Receive in Settings > Messages).
How are you syncing the Contacts apps to each other ?
They needs to be linked to show the same info such as whether an iPhone Number is an iMessages ID.
If you manually type your Mother's name in the To spot on the Mac does it offer you the iPhone Number ?
9:37 p.m. Wednesday; September 30, 2015
I received a message on iOS, but not on Mac
