Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi gents thanks this was a great thread. I still may have to call accessibility to ensure I can get my new Mac working with the phones. Thanks again. Jerry Doody > On Aug 25, 2019, at 10:38 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Glad it worked. The message syncing is

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi, Glad it worked. The message syncing is an awesome feature, but I certainly understand the frustrations when things don't work the way you believe that they are supposed to. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hey that is great. Tim is the #1 asset to this group. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 8/24/2019 5:41 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: Eureka! Key Chain did it! Hard to believe that something seemingly

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Eureka! Key Chain did it! Hard to believe that something seemingly so unrelated could have such an impact. I’ll bet that some other nagging issues will suddenly be resolved, as well. Thanks for doing that extra digging. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer --

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

That is where the Sync Now button is located. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 8/24/2019 3:50 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: Starting with Toolbar… Settings Tab (selected) Blocked tab, Apple ID, [my

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Two-factor is definitely enabled. I’ll check on the Key Chain. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Starting with Toolbar… Settings Tab (selected) Blocked tab, Apple ID, [my appleid], Sign Out button, Enable this Account checked, You can be reached for messages at, at, Table (includes my phone number and my email, phone number is checked, email is not), Send read receipts unchecked, When

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi, According to this support article from Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208532 You need both 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) enabled and iCloud Keychain enabled along with a few encouragements to make sure all MacOS and iOS devices are

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi, You can ignore my last question. So, without that checkbox in your Messages Prefs window, how do you know that Messages on your Mac is syncing to iCloud? That is the box that needs checked in order that Messages does the syncing we have. been speaking about. Do you have Two Factor

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi, So what items are in the Settings tab of the iMessages pane? Use VO-right to go through them please. Just the basic items, not the details within all the tables, if possible. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray,

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

That’s where the difference list. I do not have a checkbox mentioning iCloud at all. Just enable this account, a table to allow me to select my phone number or email to use, but nothing about iCloud in the iMessage settings. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Sorry, I did exactly that. No “Sync Now” button. Two tabs, Settings and Blocked, and that button shows up nowhere. Not in the Toolbar, either, BTW. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

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Hi, Hmmm. In the iMessages tab of Messages Prefs, with Settings selected, you should have your Apple ID and a Sign Out button, then the checkbox for enabling Messages in the Cloud, and one VO-right from that is a "Sync Now" button, then the rest of the items such as the table with the list of

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Dave, Open Messages preferences. On the toolbar, select iMessage. You will find the Sync Now button. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 8/24/2019 1:57 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: BTW there is no

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Yep. Same behavior for me. And to me that is definitely not expected behavior. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

BTW there is no “Sync Now” button in the Messages Preferences pane, neither General nor iMessages. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Yes, and yes to both. As I said, any current messages are now synched, but everything in the past never updates, and deletions of those old ones do not carry over. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi all, I’ve been keeping up with this thread but now I’m a bit confused. My messages on both devices seem to be sinking okay and if I message my wife on my Mac it’ll update on the iPhone and the other way around. However if I delete a message thread on the phone it’ll stay on the Mac and vice

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi, In Messages Prefs on your Mac, in the General pane, do you have it set to "Forever" there? I believe that you had it set to "Forever" on your phone, but just making sure that it's set on the Mac as well. In the Accounts pane in Messages Prefs on the Mac, make sure that your phone number

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Good to hear that it’s working for some. But none of my past conversations have updated on the Mac. They are all current on the iPhone, which is the older of my two devices. I’ve only had my Mac connected up for a couple months, so I think that is at the root of why my older conversations are

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi, Hmmm. Just to add to the other side of the coin. Other than sometimes being slow to sync, mine works as it should. Even complicated scenarios. For example, while I was in England through July, I used an EE sim card and thus a UK phone number. This new number automatically added to my

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

More grist for the mill…What I’m observing, regardless of turning iMessages off/on on both devices and restarting, is that the only conversations that are updating are those that have been used since I got the Mac and iPhone so-called synchronized. All other conversations are still stuck way

RE: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

going on. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Pete De Vasto Sent: Saturday, 24 August 2019 2:26 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone I only syncronize between and iPhone and a Mac, but what I’ve found does work for me

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi, Sounds like a timing issue. Syncing isn't perfect, but little tricks like that help while the technology works out the kinks. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Aug 23, 2019, at 08:25, Pete De

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

I only syncronize between and iPhone and a Mac, but what I’ve found does work for me is to go into Messages on my Mac, VO navigate over to the conversations table, select a different conversation and briefly look at contents, then go back to the original conversation and everything seems to be

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Hi, These work more or less normally for me. Sometimes, messages take a little extra time to sync, especially when messing with changing phone numbers in group conversations, but works as it should in time. Contacts don't always sync immediately, but will within less than one minute after

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Yes, Dave. There's definitely something odd about this. I have to say, though, that while I'm not pleased about it, I'm a little pleased to find out it's not just me. LOL. On 8/23/2019 9:46 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Steve, Yes, and my wife who is sighted also has the same behavior with her

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Steve, Yes, and my wife who is sighted also has the same behavior with her Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It seems like we need to have some sort of refresh process for iCloud that is either set to update periodically or is set to sync continuously when anything changes, whether an addition to , or a

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

I've had a similar problem since forever, Dave, even though all my devices show I'm using iCloud for the Messages *and* Contacts applications. What happens with me is that messages come to all my devices--two Macs, one phone, one iPad, and if I delete from one, I'm expecting that all the

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Probably did as that too was my experience. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 8/22/2019 7:10 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: Just went and did that. Almost at once, I saw a couple messages pop up. Sent a

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Just went and did that. Almost at once, I saw a couple messages pop up. Sent a test message and now it seems to be working. Maybe that did it. Thanks, and if it continues to work, I’ll not complain any more about it. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer -- The

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Are you signed in on both? I thought I was one time and was not seeing texts being in sync on the Mac, I do not recall if I signed out then back in but that fixed things. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Have verified that login and pw are same for both, and iCloud includes messages on both devices... Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

It is. Same Apple ID on both, and make certain that Messages is checked on both. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 8/22/2019 6:06 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: Seems not to be working. Mac messages