#SEND AND RECEIVE SMS ON MAC MAC#
Swipe the toggle switch to On for your iPad, Mac computer, and any other listed Apple device you want to use for text messages. You should see a list of Apple devices you’ve signed into using the same Apple ID as you use on your iPhone. Scroll down to Messages => Text Message Forwarding. To enable this feature, go to Settings on your iPhone. You can send and receive texts from your iPad and Mac, not just from your iPhone. The Setting You Should Change on Your iPhone You can also use the keyboard on your Mac to type longer messages that might be challenging to type on an iPhone keypad. With this setting in place, you’ll be able to send and receive text messages so you won’t miss them when you’re using your iPad or Mac. Enabling this handy setting takes just a few minutes, yet can make life much easier. Yes, you can send and receive text messages from your iPad and also from your Mac computer (if you have a Mac computer). I’m skeptical.)Ī. Great news! Your wife gets to win her bet and you get the article you asked for. Can you do an article on this? (My wife bet me that you’d do an article on this. She suggested I ask The Wonder of Tech for an article on the topic. Can you tell me how I can see texts on my iPad? I didn’t realize this was possible until I saw my wife was getting text messages on her iPad, When I asked her how I could do that she said she couldn’t remember how she set that up. Alternatively, you can open the Messages App at any time on your iPad to view or reply to an SMS or MMS received on your iPad.Q. Tap on the Message Notification, this will take you to the Messages app where you can reply to the SMS/MMS.Ģ. Receiving and replying to SMS and MMS on iPad is the same as replying to Messages on iPhone.ġ. Type your Message and tap on the Send button (See above image). Next, tap on the Compose Message icon.ģ. On the New Message screen, enter the Phone Number or the Name of your Contact that you want to send the SMS to.Ĥ. Once your iPad is configured to send and receive SMS Text Messages, you will be able to send both iMessages and SMS Text Messages on your iPad.Ģ. Note: SMS Text Messages sent from iPad will be using your Messaging plan on iPhone (They are not free).
#SEND AND RECEIVE SMS ON MAC CODE#
Get the security code from your iPad, Enter that Security Code on your iPhone and tap on Allow (See image below)Īfter this, you are all setup to Send and Receive SMS Text Messages on your iPad. Next, you will see a popup asking you to Enter a Security Code from your iPad.Ħ. On the next Screen, move the slider next to iPad to ON position (See image below).ĥ. On the Messages screen, tap on Text Message Forwarding.Ĥ. On the Settings screen, tap on Messages.ģ. Now open your iPhone and follow the steps below.Ģ. Note: You may be prompted to enter your iCloud Email Address and Password. On the Messages screen, make sure that iMessage is set to ON position. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on Messages.ģ. From the Home screen of your iPad, tap on Settings.Ģ. Once you have fulfilled the above pre-requisites, you can follow the steps below to set up your iPad to send and receive SMS Text Messages.ġ. Setup iPad to Send and Receive SMS Text Messages Note: iPhone and iPad can be on the same or separate WiFi networks they just need to be able to connect to Apple’s servers. You need to be logged into your iCloud Account, both on iPhone and iPad using the same Apple ID. Both iPhone and iPad need to be connected to the internet.ģ. In order to send SMS Text Messages from an iPad you will need the following.Ģ. Pre-requisites For Sending SMS Text Messages From iPad Luckily, there is a workaround to send and receive SMS Text Messages on iPad using the Continuity Feature in Apple devices. Since, iPad does not have a SIM card, the Messages App on iPad will only be able to send iMessages to Apple device users and it won’t be able to send SMS Messages to non Apple device users.