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Q: More sycing issues: iPhone iMessage and MacBook Pro iMessage

My iPhone and my laptop's iMessage use to be in sync, now they are not after syncing everything with iCloud. Any ideas?

MacBook, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), refurb

Posted on Jan 21, 2016 8:02 AM

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Q: More sycing issues: iPhone iMessage and MacBook Pro iMessage

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),Apple recommended

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jan 22, 2016 12:39 PM in response to JDSjdsJDS
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    Jan 22, 2016 12:39 PM in response to JDSjdsJDS

    Hi,

     

    If you go to System Preferences > iCloud you will not find Messages there.

    If you go here https://www.icloud.com/ then there are no iMessages there either.

     

    Other then possibly using the Same Apple ID as your iCloud login there is no  connection.

    Like iTunes, The App Store, FaceTime and some others each have their own Servers that you log in to.

     

    If the devices are not showing the same iMessages on all devices at near enough the same time you might have to reset them.

     

    Check first the iPhone > Settings > Messages > Send and Receive.

    I have twice had an issue where the iPhone number has become Unticked even though it is not User changeable.

    This needs the Messages app on the iPhone reset by Signing out of the Apple ID if linked then stopping the app for a few minutes then setting it up again and waiting for the number to verify (then adding back the Apple ID).

    The symptoms fro this is that the Mac is getting SMS but not iMessages.

     

    If it is just the SMS that the Mac is not seeing remove the Setting for Text Forwarding and then reset it so that a new Code Number is seen on the Mac (and entered back on the iPhone)

     

     

     

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    8:39 pm      Friday; January 22, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad
  • by mrwheels,

    mrwheels mrwheels Feb 22, 2016 2:35 PM in response to JDSjdsJDS
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    Feb 22, 2016 2:35 PM in response to JDSjdsJDS

    I have a different variant of this same issue.

     

    I have a MacBook, and iPhone, and an iPad.  I want to use iMessages, without all of my outbound and inbound messages appearing on all 3 devices.  I want to isolate each of the devices, so that iMessages only appear on the device that I'm actually using.  Clearly, I have only one Apple ID, which is common to all of them.

     

    Is there a way to unlink them?

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Feb 23, 2016 12:03 PM in response to mrwheels
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    Feb 23, 2016 12:03 PM in response to mrwheels

    Hi,

     

    You can remove the Apple ID from the iPhone so it is only using the iPhone number.

    You can remove the Number from the Mac so it is only using the Apple ID.

     

    The iPad would need to be using a different Apple ID if you don't want all devices to display all the iMessages sent to either the Apple ID or iPhone Number.

     

    If you want each device to work separately then you have to set them up that way.

     

    It's not an issue or a variant of the Original Question. It just using the app differently.

     

     

     

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    8:03 pm      Tuesday; February 23, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad