Sign in to Messages with your Apple IDįirst, make sure you’re signed into Messages on your Mac and on your iPhone with the same Apple ID. To do that, you’ll either have to set up iCloud contacts or sync them. Note: Following these instructions won’t transfer your contacts between your Mac and your iPhone. To make calls using cellular service or to send SMS messages through your carrier (as opposed to over the internet), your iPhone needs to be running iOS 8.1 or later and your Mac needs to be running OS X Yosemite or later. With an Apple ID, you can also send texts and make calls over the internet using the Messages and FaceTime apps on your Mac. If your test isn’t successful, you may need to restore your iPhone to its factory settings, and repeat the steps above.If you, like me, prefer typing on your laptop’s keyboard rather than the tiny iPhone keypad, or you just don’t want to switch devices to answer a text or call, you can set up your Mac to receive calls and texts from your iPhone. Press or pull the Voice button and say, “Listen to text message,” and SYNC will read your text aloud. A soft tone will sound, and a notification will display on your touchscreen.Run a test ask a friend to text your iPhone. Otherwise, your iPhone won’t notify SYNC of incoming text messages.Ĥ.
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(Help me check my SYNC software version.)Ģ. Only more recent iOS releases (6.1.3 and above) allow SYNC to support text messaging. Check the version of software for both SYNC and your iPhone.* If you have an iPhone, and SYNC® isn’t notifying you of your text messages, try these steps: 27, 43ġ.
We know how frustrating it is when you can’t get important messages while driving.