IMessage lets you send messages back and forth with anyone on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or a Mac running Mountain Lion or later. Send photos, videos, locations, and contacts, too. If you have more than one Apple device, iMessage keeps the conversation going across all of these devices. Due to increased security and permissions with Mac OS 10.14 Mojave and 10.15 Catalina, you will be prompted to authorize the Zoom Desktop Client to use the microphone, camera, and on Mac OS 10.15 Catalina, screen recording. The permissions are set within System Preferences of the device.
More and more people demands for sending text messages from a computer to make the communication more effective. However, there are many problems we can encounter when texting on a computer. Fist of all, the legal issues where the organizations are expected to adhere to the mobile marketing association's code of conduct even if the texting is not for marketing purposes. This may come with a lot of financial costs. Secondly, if in a rush you may end up texting unwanted recipients since they are in your contacts list. Thirdly, the sending platform may be expensive to acquire. And at last, some service providers have restrictions. Now, we'd like to introduce safe and easy methods about how to send text messages on Mac. The methods are different due to different phones you are using. Keep on reading to learn the details. And you may also want to know: How to Add Contacts to Android Phone?
How to Send Text Messages from Mac when You're Using An iPhone
As long as you are using an iPhone, no matter iPhone 7, 7 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, 6, 6 Plus or any former, which is running the latest iOS 9.0, only with iOS 9.0 or the latest version, you can set your Mac to receive or send text messages. And at the same time, your Mac is in OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), then you're able to send text messages from Mac directly. Here are the steps about how to send and receive text messages on Mac.
Step 1. Please update your iPhone to iOS 9.0 or later and make sure your Mac and your iPhone are connected with the same Wi-Fi network.
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Step 2. Sign in your iPhone iCloud and your Mac iCloud with the same Apple ID of yours.
Step 3. On your iPhone, tap Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding and swipe the option to ON. Please note the option only appears when there is a compatible iOS device or Mac connected to the same Wi-Fi network. After that, you should toggle the Mac as the device you want the messages forwarded to.
Step 4. When you select your Mac as the device to forward messages to, a validation request with a six-digital prompt in Messages will be sent. Just enter the passcode on your iPhone to makes your iPhone matches with your Mac, and then, you can send and receive SMS and MMS messages on Mac directly.
Part 2. How to Send SMS from Mac when You're Using an Android Phone
Different from Apple, Google doesn't offer possibility for sending SMS from Mac for Android phone users. Therefore, we have to draw support from third-party software, such as MobiKin Assistant for Android or Assistant for Android (Mac Version) to help you send text messages from Mac to phones. It is an one-stop Android data managing app for Android users to transfer and manage Android phone data on PC or Mac. And the software also allows you to send, receive, backup and manage text messages on computer. Below are the details for how to send SMS from Mac with the MobiKin Assistant for Android for Mac.
Step 1. Download and install the Assistant for Android for Mac on your Mac machine. Launch it and connect your Android phone with your Mac via a USB cable. When connected successfully, you will view the complete interface of detailed information about your phone, and this may include your phone's make, operating system and the storage capacity.
Step 2. Select SMS option from the left panel to enter the SMS management window. From the top menu, click New and you will enable the sending text message window. Here is the recipient where you can add one or more contacts you want to send the message to. Type your message content in the below and finally click 'Send' to send the finished message.
Chatty for facebook messenger 2 3 0. Above are tips which will make you have an easy time when sending text messages.
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Apple just released Messages Beta, an instant messaging platform to replace the iChat in the upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Messages is basically like iMessages for the Mac. Messages allows users to send unlimited iMessages to any Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
According to Apple Messages Beta download page, Messages will have the following features:
- Send unlimited iMessages to any Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.*
- Start an iMessage conversation on your Mac and continue it on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
- Send photos, videos, attachments, contacts, locations, and more.
- Launch a FaceTime video call and bring the conversation face-to-face.
- Messages supports iMessage, AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, and Jabber accounts.
If you want to download and install Messages in Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 to taste what’s coming in OS X Mountain Lion, follow the step-by-step below:
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1. Sound control 2 4 1986. Download the Messages Beta here.
2. Double-click the downloaded MessagesBeta.dmg file and follow the onscreen installation.
3. Run the Messages by clicking its icon in the Dock.
4. A welcome message window appears. It tells you what the Messages is and what you can do with it. Click Continue to the next step.
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5. The next step is iMessage Setup. Sign in with your Apple ID to activate iMessage then click Sign in.
6. Verify your email address, you can be reached for messages at the configured email above. Then click Continue.
7. You are done. Messages is ready for you to use. Click Done to begin using Messages.
Messages is a great tool to communicate with your friends, co-workers, families and others who own iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch via iMessages. It also supports Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, AIM and Jabber so you can reach mostly your IM friends using Messages.
Unfortunately, the Messages tool will not be available for Mac OS X 10.7.x when it ends the beta version. It means that the Messages is only available for the upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion which will be released this summer.