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Why does recipient name appear in red and message fails to send? only on Mac and only one recipient. Does not happen on I phone and the two are Synced


Mac mini, macOS 13.0

Posted on Nov 18, 2022 7:47 AM

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Posted on Nov 18, 2022 9:24 AM

Tonyfromcottage grove wrote:

Why does recipient name appear in red and message fails to send? only on Mac and only one recipient. Does not happen on I phone and the two are Synced

imessage or text message, if that latter a mac can't send a text without this being set up Forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your Mac or iPad - Apple Support

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Nov 18, 2022 9:24 AM in response to Tonyfromcottage grove

Tonyfromcottage grove wrote:

Why does recipient name appear in red and message fails to send? only on Mac and only one recipient. Does not happen on I phone and the two are Synced

imessage or text message, if that latter a mac can't send a text without this being set up Forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your Mac or iPad - Apple Support

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