We previously described how to set up text forwarding from your iPhone to iPad or Mac. It’s a great feature, though we later realized it might not work as expected. Luckily, there’s a quick fix you can employ to get it up and running properly.
Open up Settings > Messages. Set the iMessage toggle to off. You may also want to disable Text Message Forwarding, which sends regular non-iMessage SMS messages from your phone to Messages on your. Ipad Iphone 8.1 Mac Mini Yosemite. All of them on the same wireless network as required. Activate test message forwarding on phone, request code, no code shows on wither device & I can't find detailed instructions.
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Normally, when you set up text forwarding from your iPhone to your Mac or your iPad, you’ll enable it on your iPhone for the device or devices you want to receive texts on in the Messages client.
What should then happen is the device to which you’re setting it up on will display a code, which you will then type into your iPhone to verify you really want to set it up.
This, however, may not always happen. Sometimes you might enable a device and it won’t respond with a code. If this happens, here is what you need to do.
Fixing Text Forwarding on Your iPad
If you try to set up text forwarding on your iPad and the device doesn’t respond with a code, then open up the Settings and tap “Messages”. Scroll down to “Send & Receive” and tap it open.
In the Messages settings you’ll see you two option categories, “You Can Be Reached By iMessage At” and “Start New Conversation From”. Make sure that your phone number, that is to say, your iPhone’s number, is selected.
You should now be able to set up text forwarding on your iPad without any problem.
Fixing Text Forwarding on Your Mac
If you’re having a similar problem on your Mac, then you need to delve into Messages’ settings to fix it.
First, open Messages and then open the Preferences, either by clicking on the “Messages” menu or using the keyboard shortcut “Command + ,”. Once you’ve accessed the preferences, click on the “Accounts” tab. In the left-hand pane, click on the iMessage option and like with iPad, you’ll see the option to enable your phone number.
Once you do this, you should be able to quickly set up text forwarding on your Mac as described in the previously mentioned article.
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We love Apple’s Continuity features, including the ability to receive calls and text message from your iPhone on your Mac or iPad. If you want to automatically forward text messages to your Mac or iPad however, you first need to set it up.
Text message forwarding works great because you don’t have to actually be on your iPhone to communicate via text. Any text messages that arrives on your iPhone will automatically be forwarded to your Mac or iPad via the Messages app.
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At this point, it’s akin to using instant messaging, you simply type and talk as if you’re using the phone and messages will continue to be sent and received via text.
To set up text message forwarding, first open the “Settings” on your iPhone, then tap on “Messages”. Next, tap on “Text Message Forwarding” to allow text messages to “be sent and received on other devices signed in to your iMessage account.”
In this example, there are two other devices available for text message forwarding. We tap on our Mac to turn it on and we’ll next need to verify to allow this device.
On our Mac, the Messages app will display a dialog telling you that in order to send and receive iPhone text messages, you need to enter a code on your iPhone.
Similarly, a message will appear on you iPhone urging you to enter the code shown on your Mac. In this case, upon entering the code and tapping the “Allow” button, any text messages that arrive on our iPhone will also be routed to our Mac as well.
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So, if we’re working on something using our Macbook, and our iPhone is in the other room, not only will be not miss any important texts that arrive, but we’ll be able to reply to them without actually using the iPhone!
If you have other devices to which you want to forward text messages, simply repeat this process for each one. On the other hand, if you want to turn off text message forwarding, then simply return to the Message settings on your iPhone and disable each or all the devices you previously allowed.
We hope you found this article helpful and will soon be taking full advantage of all the wonderful features Continuity offers. Should you have any comments or questions you would like to contribute, please leave your feedback in our discussion forum.
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