With Messages for Mac, you can send unlimited messages to any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that uses iMessage, Apple's secure-messaging service. iPhone owners can use it for SMS and MMS messages, too.
It’s a two-part solution where one part is a server app that runs on your Mac computer, and the second part is the Android app that brings iMessage to your Android smartphone. Learn how to update the software on your Mac. Make sure that your Mac is connected to the Internet. To check your Internet connection, try loading a page in Safari or another web browser. Check that the date and time is set correctly on your Mac. Make sure that you enter the correct phone number or email address for the contact. Download the latest version of Android Messages for Mac - A wrapper for Android Messages Web. Read 2 user reviews of Android Messages on MacUpdate.
iMessage is the Apple messaging service you get automatically with your Apple ID.If it's not already set up, you're asked to sign in when you first open the Messages app. Sign in with same Apple ID that you use with Messages on your iPhone and other devices. It's usually the same Apple ID that you use for iCloud, the iTunes Store, the App Store, and the account you created when you first set up your Mac.
Google has rolled out a brand new feature for the Messages app for Android. With the latest update, you can view & reply to SMS from your Android phone on your PC and Mac. The feature is called Messages for Web. It is only available in the Android Messages app made by Google.
With macOS Sierra or later, you can also use Siri to send, read, and reply to Messages:
macOS Sierra introduces Tapback to the Mac. A Tapback is a quick response that expresses what you think about a message, such as that you like it or think it's funny. In the image above, the heart next to ”See you then!' is a Tapback. Here's how to do it:
Your Tapback is visible to everyone in the conversation who is using iMessage with macOS Sierra or later or iOS 10 or later. Other iMessage users see 'Liked' or 'Laughed at' or 'Emphasized,' for example, followed by the text of that message.
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch also have Tapback, as well as other message effects available only on those devices. Most such affects look the same on your Mac when you receive them. Others appear as a description of the effect, such as ”(sent with Loud Effect).”
If you have an iPhone with a text messaging plan, learn how to set up text message forwarding so you can send and receive SMS and MMS messages from your Mac.
When you permanently delete a message or conversation, you can't get it back. So make sure that you save important information from your messages.
To delete a message:
To delete a conversation:
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