Downside Of Text Forwarding For Mac

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When someone sends you an SMS or MMS message on your iPhone, it appears as a green bubble—iMessages appear as blue bubbles. When you set up Text Message Forwarding, you can send and receive the SMS and MMS messages from your iPhone on any Mac, iPad, or iPod touch that meets the Continuity system requirements.

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On the Message screen, tap Text Message Forwarding. Duplicate contacts killing your productivity? See how Scrubly can help in this 100-second video. Tap the name of the device (Mac, iPad) on which you want to enable text message forwarding. A code will appear on the computer or iPad. Text message forwarding is a convenient feature on iOS 11. After you set it up on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, the iOS 11 messages you receive on your iPhone will also show up in the Messages app on your iPad or Mac. Provided that there's a Mac or other Apple device to hand, there's no need to rush to the iPhone to respond: iOS 8.1 and above allow your phone to forward voice calls and SMS or MMS messages to. One of the uses of Continuity is that you can have your Mac or iPad also receive text messages that you get on your iPhone. Not only that but you can also reply to them as SMS right from your Mac or iPad. Forward delete on a Mac keyboard. Windows users are accustomed to two modes of deleting text. The 'Backspace' key deletes from right to left whereas the 'Delete' key deletes from left to right. This second method is termed forward delete. Mac users can also perform a forward delete.

Set up text message forwarding

1. On all your iOS devices, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. On your Mac, open Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. Make sure that you're signed in to iMessage with the same Apple ID on all your devices.
2. On your iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding.*
   
3. Choose which devices can send and receive text messages from your iPhone. If you're not using two-factor authentication for your Apple ID, a verification code appears on each of your other devices: enter that code on your iPhone.
   

As long as your iPhone is turned on and connected to Wi-Fi or a cellular network, new SMS/MMS texts can be sent and received on the devices that you added.

iCloud now keeps your entire messages history updated and available on all your devices—even when you set up a new device. Learn how to keep all your messages in iCloud.

Don't see the Text Message Forwarding setting on your iPhone? Go to Settings > Messages, turn off iMessage, turn it back on, tap Send & Receive, tap Use Your Apple ID for iMessage, then sign in with the same Apple ID used on your other devices.

Forward older text messages

1. Touch and hold the message bubble that you want to forward, then tap More.
2. Select any other text messages that you want to forward.
3. Tap the Forward button and enter a recipient.
4. Tap the Send button .

Learn more

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• Learn about Messages.
• To forward an SMS/MMS from your iPhone, you need a text-messaging plan. Contact your wireless carrier for more information.
• Learn about more Continuity features for your Apple devices.