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  1. G

    Messages Won't Allow a Response to a Particular Text Chain

    On My MacBook Air, using Messages, there is a single text chain which will not allow me to respond (i.e., there is no text prompt to type within). A few notes: All of my other macOS and iOS devices allow me to participate in this text chain. That includes my MacStudio, my iPhone, and my iPad...
  2. D

    Don't want to sync messages and contacts

    Hello everyone Is there any way (via settings or hack) to stop messages and contacts from syncing to Apple Watch? Thanks.
  3. M

    Messages Not Synching Properly Between Devices: iOS16 & Monterey 12.6

    Ever since updating to iOS 16 and macOS 12.6 I have a Message issue. Whenever I delete from my Mac nothing deletes from iPhone. Delete from iPhone it's practically instantaneous on the Mac. It's persisted after signing out of iCloud, manually synching messages, and other typical resolution...
  4. S

    icloud message sync is so confusing.

    The somewhat recent icloud message sync feature seems to be buggy and confusing. How come when I go to icloud settings and attempt to turn off messages it tells me "messages have not been fully downloaded to this iphone" every single time. Every Single Time. What does that exactly mean? Because...
  5. S

    icloud not syncing all messages between iphone and mac.

    Just got back from being off grid for 2 weeks and it seems not all my messages have been synced from my iphone to Messages on my mac. I signed out and restarted a couple times and also hit "sync now" a few times and it seems I was able to get a few more messages to show up on my mac, but it is...
  6. H

    Messages in MacOS High Sierra Not Getting Regular Texts

    Did Apple take out the ability for regular text messages to be pushed to the Mac as well? I know we don't have iCloud Message Sync yet in this version of iOS 11 but I've always been able to receive regular text messages on my Mac as well as my phone but now it seems in MacOS HS that I can only...
  7. Joobs333

    Messages App acting strange in High Sierra

    I'm having issues with messages sent to me appearing on my phone and not on my OS. Almost like most of the time I have to engage messages on my desktop by writing a text to the person that I'm talking with so incoming messages will be relayed to my desktop as well as my phone. I didn't have...
  8. jusacruiser

    Messages-Syncing iPhone and Mac

    I don't know why Messages is not syncing between my Macbook and iPhone. If I am having a iPhone messages conversation.....shouldn't that be showing up in the messages app in my Macbook....and vice/versa? Thanks