In addition to iMessage, you can also send and receive regular text messages on your iPad and Mac. This tutorial shows you how to do that so you can continue your SMS conversation from any device and not just your iPhone. Prerequisites Your iPad or Mac will use the phone number of your...
The iPad uses your Apple Account to route the message based on the email address associated with your account. If the recipient doesn't own an iPhone but owns an iPad, they need to turn on this feature. To turn on this feature, tapSettings>Messages>Send & Receive. The iPad lists the e...
Step 1: Ensure that you're signed in with the same Apple ID on both your Mac and iPhone to read text messages from your iPhone. On your iPhone, go to "Settings" > "Messages" > "Text Message Forwarding" and toggle on text message forwarding for your Mac. Step 2: Once iCloud Message...
On rare occasion, the iPad will not display the activation code when setting up Text Message Forwarding. If this happens to you, please see this article fortroubleshooting tips to get the code to appear. What If I Don’t Have an iPhone? If you have an iPad but not an iPhone, you will...
1.Go toSettings>Messages> tap onText Message Forwarding. 2.On the next Screen, move the slider next toiPadtoONposition. Advertisement 5.Next, you will see a popup asking you to Enter aSecurity Codefrom your iPad. 6.Get the security code from your iPad, Enter thatSecurity Codeon your iPh...
After you’ve enabled Text Message Forwarding on your iPhone, you need to make sure iMessage is turned on in Settings for your iPad. On your iPad, go toSettings => Messages => iMessage. Toggle the switch toOn. Your iPad should now be able to receive and send text messages the same ...
Open Settings on your iPhone. Tap Messages. Tap on Text Message Forwarding. Toggle the ON/OFF switch on the Mac(s) you want to get text messages on, as well as any other devices like an iPad or iPod touch. Now, as long as your iPhone is turned on and connected to Wi-Fi or a ...
If someone has blocked you on iMessage, you may see green bubbles instead of blue. Likewise, you’ll also see the Sent as Text Message label under your messages. For more information, refer to our guide on how to know if someone has blocked you on iMessage.Signing...
Method 2. Disable Text Message Forwarding When the Text Message Forwarding feature is enabled, the SMS or MMS you send or receive on an iPhone will also show on an iPad. Therefore, you should turn off the Text Message Forwarding feature if you do not want your iPad to get the messages....
iMessage The Messages app on an iPad is limited, because it can only send iMessages. These are better than SMS messages (because they’re completely free) but also worse (because you can only send them to other people on iMessage – which is to say, other iPad, iPhone and iPod touch...