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iPhone 12 text to MacBook Air.

I had set up my MacBook Air to receive text messages from my phone and now it is not receiving them. How do I correct this?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Oct 11, 2022 7:45 AM

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SravanKrA

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Posted on Oct 11, 2022 7:47 AM

You need to use the same Apple ID on both devices.

Set up text message forwarding
1. On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. On your Mac, open Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. Make sure that you're signed in to iMessage with the same Apple ID on all your devices.
2. On your iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding.*
4. Choose which devices can send and receive text messages from your iPhone. If you're not using two-factor authentication for your Apple ID, a verification code appears on each of your other devices: enter that code on your iPhone.

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