Questions tagged [messages]
Messages is one of the original iPhone (now iOS) apps shipped with the iPhone. It is included in macOS since OS X Mountain Lion. This tag also should be used for all iMessage questions.
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iMessages randomly sending as SMS or RCS
I recently received a replacement phone after breaking my old one. I transferred over the SIM card instead of replacing it with a new one. My issue started a few days after this.
First, I would like ...
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How can I attach an emoji sticker to a message on macOS?
In Messages on iOS, you are able to quickly attach an emoji Sticker to a message by opening the emoji keyboard and dragging and dropping an emoji over a message bubble. Is it possible to send an ...
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Why am I not getting an alert sound when a text message comes in macOS?
When I am actively using my Mac, and I get an inbound text message, it often doesn't make a sound and I cannot figure out why.
The message does show in the "Messages" app. Also, ...
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Apple Messages hangs after MacOS update
I updated my iMac to Sequoia 15.7.1, and now the Messages app does not work anymore.
If I start Messages, it opens two identical windows with my messages. This is already odd, but the problem is that ...
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How does Text Message Forwarding send an SMS / MMS / RCS from Messages on desktop?
When you enable Text Message Forwarding on an iPhone, your Messages on macOS desktop can now send and receive SMS / MMS / RCS messages too. But, as SMS / MMS / RCS are carrier dependent features (i.e. ...
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Delivered SMS/iMessage reported as "Not Delivered"
Frequently, a text message I send gets labeled "Not Delivered" and I "Try Again." and the person asks why I sent it twice. (Sometimes more than twice!)
What's happening? Should I ...
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Why would a message sent from Messages on the desktop be Not Delivered to a Google Voice number?
My wife has a MacBook Pro (MacOS Tahoe 26.0.1, Messages Version 26.0 1448.100.1.1.84). If she sends me a message to my Google Voice number using Messenger on the desktop, it always says "Not ...
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In iOS Messages, when a message is delivered, is there a possibility that it wasn't delivered?
I recently sent a message with an iPhone 13 to someone using an iPhone 14, and the message was blue and said "Delivered" on my end (no ❗️).
Hours later, the person said they never got the ...
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Remove Local Messages from macOS
I have a small internal storage of 500GB on my Mac (macOS Sequoia 15.6), and Messages often takes up a large portion of it. I would like to be able to delete my Messages data locally in such a way ...
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iMessage without an iPhone/number; problem sending *initial* message
I have a valid Apple ID associated with an email address only (it has been verified and is active and works for apple stuff).
I am trying to use iMessage on my Mac. It works! However, I have run into ...
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Is it correct that the ONLY way to have Messages fully sync across Apple devices, is, to have iCloud turned on for Messages on all of them?
Currently, Messages basically does not work across my various laptops, iPhone, iPads.
When someone texts me (regardless of the mode of the text .. sms, etc) the message rather randomly appears on ...
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How to Disable iMessage on macOS 14.7.7 without using an Apple ID?
Everytime I open the computer there's a window for FaceTime and iMessage asking me to log in
I don't use them, and I don't want them to even run on the machine
FaceTime was kinda easy, there's a /...
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How to find out which sender address I am using in each individual iMessage conversation?
On my iPhone running iOS 18, in iMessage, I have multiple sender addresses including 3 phone numbers and 3 email addresses.
Different from How to use different sender address in iMessage when ...
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Messages app shows some messages only as watch notifications and the message is nowhere else
I have an Apple Watch 10 no cellular connection.
Most messages work with a notification on the watch and then I can read in Messages on my phone or Mac.
However there are some messages that only ...
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How can I troubleshoot when two iPhones stop sharing location on iOS 18?
My wife and I have shared our location from iMessage for years, but in the last several months (possibly since iOS 18) is has become first unreliable, now simply not working.
The symptoms are the ...