iMessage is still unreliable since 2012

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allan299 Author

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iMessage is still unreliable since 2012

Reading about the unreliability of iMessage, it seems to be happening since 2012.

Did the Yosemite upgrade to 10.10.5 not do anything to make it more reliable? My issue is

it sends okay from my computer, but am told that a message has been texted to me,

but I don't receive it on my MacBook Air iMessage application. Is it something to do

with it being sent from an iPhone to a MacBook Air (mid 2013)?

OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Aug 20, 2016 9:52 PM

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Eric Root

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Aug 21, 2016 9:12 AM in response to allan299

If the message was a text message that was sent to you, Messages won't receive it unless you have an iPhone set up to relay the text message to your computer.

Handoff System preferences.

Handoff Continuity System Requirements

Handoff Continuity Troubleshooting

Handoff Continuity Troubleshooting (2)

iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity - Connect

SMS Relay - Set up and use –Yosemite/ iOS 8

SMS Relay - Set up and use –Yosemite/ iOS 8 (2)

Text messages forwarding

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