Phew, thank you both! I just went in and tweaked my settings. The key for me seemed to be make it look like my Mac is sending from my phone number.
I sware a long time ago, I had it set up like this and things were in sync nicely. *Shrugs,* fingers crossed this works out well. I have several iMessage contacts, but they are not all tech savvy. ;) Goodness, knows how they store my information. If I can keep it simple, all in 1 window, the better. BTW, a few minutes before typing this, I received a iMessage, it showed up on my Mac/iPhone simultaneously. Very nice! My reply to the message appeared on both devices as well. Traci On Sep 2, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > The people I iMessage have all my email addresses and my phone number stored > in the same contact on their devices. This way, all messages always come from > me, no matter what. Of course, I have very few iMessage contacts - most > people use Android and/or Windows, so this isn't an issue for me. Either way, > hopefully this fixes the OP's problem. > On Sep 2, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Further to what Alex has mentioned, I usually set my iPhone and Mac to only >> use my phone number. That is, when I send messages from my Mac, it appears >> to the receiver that I've sent it from my phone. By doing this, all >> messages from me will stay within the same thread, not showing up as coming >> from my Apple ID or some other address that I have registered to my Apple >> ID. So, using Alex's instructions, I would only have my iPhone number >> checked on each of my devices including my Mac. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Sep 2, 2014, at 12:35 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It sounds like you don't have all your devices set p to receive from all >>> your addresses and numbers. On iOS, go to Settings > Messages, and find the >>> place near the bottom where all the emails and numbers tied to your Apple >>> ID are. Make sure they are all selected. >>> >>> On the Mac, go to the Messages app, then Preferences > Accounts tab. Select >>> your iMessages account in the table, select the Settings tab, and find the >>> table right after "you can be reached for iMessages at" text. Check >>> everything you want in there as well. >>> >>> On both devices, also check that the "send as" is where you want it. This >>> sets which email or number is used when you start a new conversation with >>> anyone. It is in the same place as where you enabled everything in the >>> above steps. >>> On Sep 2, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Traci Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Am I doing something wrong, or is there a flaw in the concept. >>>> >>>> iMessages on Mac & iOS don't seem to sync up. If I message people on my >>>> Mac, it opens a second message window on their iDevice. All of their >>>> replies go to my Mac. I think I assumed I could start a conversation on >>>> my Mac, then continue it later on my phone. >>>> >>>> It's great to message folks via my Mac, but I've found so many replies >>>> getting lost, because friends don't realize or forget there are 2 message >>>> windows. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? Is this the way it is designed? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Traci >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex Hall >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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