This has been a headache and have been having lots of issues. I finally got my iPhone to send messages to Androids. But am still not able to send any texts on my Mac. I am running the latest iOS and OS 15.3.1
It's a used MacBook Pro, 2019, 16" Intel i9 2.3 GHz.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.3
It's working! Just was on Chat with Apple Support, and the steps below worked. I suspect I hadn't signed on to my iCloud account on my phone after the last upgrade, so text forwarding wasn't enabled. Once it was enabled, I enabled my computers which hadn't been done! I was able to text friends with Androids using RCS on my computers.
1 Go to the Messages app on your Mac.
2 Choose Messages > Settings, then click iMessage and make sure you’re signed in.
3 On your iPhone, go to Settings > Apps > Messages, then make sure iMessage is turned on.
4 Tap Send & Receive, and make sure the Apple Account listed at the bottom is the same Apple Account you’re signed in to on your Mac.
5 Tap , then tap Text Message Forwarding.
Note: If you don’t see Text Message Forwarding, make sure you’re signed in to the same Apple Account on both your iPhone and your Mac.
6 In the list of devices, turn on your Mac.
It's working! Just was on Chat with Apple Support, and the steps below worked. I suspect I hadn't signed on to my iCloud account on my phone after the last upgrade, so text forwarding wasn't enabled. Once it was enabled, I enabled my computers which hadn't been done! I was able to text friends with Androids using RCS on my computers.
1 Go to the Messages app on your Mac.
2 Choose Messages > Settings, then click iMessage and make sure you’re signed in.
3 On your iPhone, go to Settings > Apps > Messages, then make sure iMessage is turned on.
4 Tap Send & Receive, and make sure the Apple Account listed at the bottom is the same Apple Account you’re signed in to on your Mac.
5 Tap , then tap Text Message Forwarding.
Note: If you don’t see Text Message Forwarding, make sure you’re signed in to the same Apple Account on both your iPhone and your Mac.
6 In the list of devices, turn on your Mac.
I have the identical issue which started after the last iPhone update to 18.3.1. Can message on my iPhone, but not on my MacBook Pro & iMac using 15.3.1 as well as a MacBook using 12.7.6. It may have something to do with the RCS settings, who knows? Frustrating, as I message all the time on my laptops and iMac.
I hope Apple monitors this so they can issue an update and fix this because it appears to bea software glitch.
I sent a message to support about this; hope they fix it. Major headache.
Macbook no longer sending messages to Android, iPhone works fine
