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Suddenly iMessages won't send to contacts who don't have iPhones.

Is anyone else experiencing trouble with iMessage not sending to cell phones that are not iPhones?


Posted on Sep 22, 2019 11:23 AM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2019 11:29 AM

The Messages app works with either iMessages or SMS text messages. The latter is used to send texts to non-Apple devices. In order to send SMS messages from your Mac, the Mac has to be "synced" with an iPhone. There may be something amiss with this connection.


To double-check that everything is set up properly, please take a look at the following article:



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Sep 22, 2019 11:29 AM in response to Dianneraye

The Messages app works with either iMessages or SMS text messages. The latter is used to send texts to non-Apple devices. In order to send SMS messages from your Mac, the Mac has to be "synced" with an iPhone. There may be something amiss with this connection.


To double-check that everything is set up properly, please take a look at the following article:



Suddenly iMessages won't send to contacts who don't have iPhones.

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