If you do not see texts sync, make sure you're using Apple's pre-installed Messages app on both devices. There are many alternative text message apps available on the iPhone that you could be using. You're not using Messages on both devices: The Messages app can only sync texts between Mac and iPhone if you're using the same app on both devices.Match the settings on iPhone ( Settings > Messages > Send & Receive) and Mac (Messages > Messages > Preferences > You can be reached for messages at) and see if that fixes the problem. If they're not, that could explain why messages are only showing up on one device. Not all phone numbers and email addresses are enabled: Since you can get iMessages delivered to both your phone number and email addresses, you have to make sure all of your numbers and addresses are set up on your Mac and iPhone.Make sure to sign in to the same Apple on iPhone ( Settings > ) and Mac (Messages > Messages > Preferences > Apple ID). You're signed into the wrong Apple ID: If you signed in with different Apple IDs on your Mac and iPhone, all of your messages might not sync between the devices.If you want to stop that, bring up the Messages app on the Mac, open Preferences, switch to the iMessage tab, and uncheck the boxes next to any phone numbers. By default, your Mac receives both text and iMessage replies intended for your connected iPhone.
#HOW TO SYNC MAC AND IPHONE MESSAGES HOW TO#
Only iMessages can sync to a Mac (though the iPhone supports both kinds of text). How to Stop Getting iPhone Text Messages on a Mac. You can tell a standard SMS because of its green bubble, whereas iMessages have blue bubbles. iMessage is an Apple technology that only works on Apple devices. The texts are SMS, not iMessage: iMessages are not the traditional, standard text messages that any phone can send.