Sammnaylor

Q: Messages on Mac

I cannot turn my iPhone on so I want to add my phone number to messages on my laptop, how do I make this possible?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Mar 28, 2016 12:57 AM

Close

Q: Messages on Mac

  • All replies
  • Helpful answers

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),Apple recommended

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Mar 28, 2016 12:14 PM in response to Sammnaylor
    Level 9 (72,994 points)
    Applications
    Mar 28, 2016 12:14 PM in response to Sammnaylor

    Hi,

     

    You can only do it by Adding the Apple ID to the iPhone in Messages.

    This triggers a Pop up on the Mac that you accept and the Number is added to the Receive At list

     

    At the moment you are stuck.

     

     

    3Sigcopy2.png

    8:13 pm      Monday; March 28, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
     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