With Messages for Mac, you can send unlimited messages to any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that uses iMessage, Apple's secure-messaging service. iPhone owners can use it for SMS and MMS messages, too.
Set up iMessage
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iMessage is the Apple messaging service you get automatically with your Apple ID.If it's not already set up, you're asked to sign in when you first open the Messages app. Sign in with same Apple ID that you use with Messages on your iPhone and other devices. It's usually the same Apple ID that you use for iCloud, the iTunes Store, the App Store, and the account you created when you first set up your Mac.
Have a conversation
Click at the top of the Messages window.
Address your message by typing the recipient's name, email address, or phone number. Or click and choose a recipient. If they're in your Contacts app, Messages finds them as you type. To start a group conversation, just add more recipients.
Type your message in the field at the bottom of the window, then press Return to send it.
To include emoji, click.
To include an image or other file, just drag or paste it into the message field. Or use Continuity Camera to capture a photo or scan directly from your iPhone or iPad camera.
To include an audio recording, clickand record your message.
After starting a conversation, click Details in the corner of the window to take other actions, including:
Choose not to be disturbed by notifications about this conversation.
Use FaceTime to start an audio call or video call .
Share a screen .
See the recipient's location—if they're sharing their location with you.
Review all of the photos and files that were exchanged in the conversation.
Add a group name, add members to a group, or leave a group. If the group has four or more members, you can remove members: Control-click the member's name, then choose Remove from Conversation.
With macOS Sierra or later, you can also use Siri to send, read, and reply to Messages:
”Send a message to Susan and Johnny saying I'll be late' or ”Tell Johnny Appleseed the show is about to start” or ”Text a message to 408 555 1212.”
”Read the last message from Brian Park” or ”Read my new messages.”
”Reply that's great news” or ”Tell him I'll be there in 10 minutes.”
Add a Tapback to a message
macOS Sierra introduces Tapback to the Mac. A Tapback is a quick response that expresses what you think about a message, such as that you like it or think it's funny. In the image above, the heart next to ”See you then!' is a Tapback. Here's how to do it:
Control-click a message bubble to open a shortcut menu.
Choose Tapback from the menu.
Click a Tapback to add it to the message bubble.
Your Tapback is visible to everyone in the conversation who is using iMessage with macOS Sierra or later or iOS 10 or later. Other iMessage users see 'Liked' or 'Laughed at' or 'Emphasized,' for example, followed by the text of that message.
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch also have Tapback, as well as other message effects available only on those devices. Most such affects look the same on your Mac when you receive them. Others appear as a description of the effect, such as ”(sent with Loud Effect).”
Send text messages to anyone from your Mac
If you have an iPhone with a text messaging plan, learn how to set up text message forwarding so you can send and receive SMS and MMS messages from your Mac.
Delete a message or conversation
When you permanently delete a message or conversation, you can't get it back. So make sure that you save important information from your messages.
To delete a message:
Open a message conversation.
Control-click the blank area of a message bubble that you want to delete.
Choose Delete.
Click Delete.
To delete a conversation:
Control-click a conversation.
Choose Delete Conversation.
Click Delete.
Learn more
To learn more about Messages, choose Messages Help from the Help menu in Messages.
If you get an error when trying to sign in to iMessage, learn what to do.
FaceTime is not available in all countries or regions.
Several users have reported that they have been having issues with text messages and/or iMessages being out of order.
The last message may not show up at the bottom, for example, let’s say you send a message asking a question to one of your friends, and your friends answer quickly but the response is displayed before your question. This can create confusion, it will make it for you to difficult to comprehend messages and this may also cause you to miss new messages because the order of messages is wrong.
Are you having this issue too? Are you experiencing that conversation threads in the Messages app are occasionally out of order? And you want messages to be displayed correctly? The this short article is for you.
Note that you may be having this issue on your phone, iPad or Mac.
See also: iOS Message Notifications: Contact Names Missing
Let’s resolve this issue:
You are probably having this issue because of an error with your iPhone’s internal time. So this mean that your phone may place the messages in an order that may be wrong. But do not worry because it is an easy fix. Follow the steps below:
1-Update your iOS device to the latest version of iOS. Simply go to Settings > General > Software Update. Updating may fix this issue because new iOS updates contain many bug fixes. If your device is up to date, you will see that saying “your software is up to date. If you do not see this tap install.
If you are having this issue on your Mac, upgrade you Mac. Simply go to Apple Menu (upper left corner) then select About This Mac > Software Update…
2-Make sure that your date and time settings are correct. You can check that by going to Settings > General > Date & Time and toggle on “Set Automatically”. If Set Automatically is already turned on, simply turn off, wait a few seconds like 15 seconds and then turn back on.
On your Mac, open the System Preferences app, then select Date & Time > Time Zone and select “set time zone automatically using correct location”.
3-Force close the Messages app and re-launch again. Apple’s documentation explains how you can do that.
4-Restart your device. You can go to Settings > General > Shut Down to power off your device. Then turn your phone back on by pressing and holding the on/off button.
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5-Turn off and on iMessages. Go to Settings > Messages > iMessage and toggle off iMessage and wait a few seconds and toggle back on again.
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6-Reset your network settings. To do this, go to Settings > General > Reset and tap “Reset Network Settings”. Note that doing this will reset your network settings like your wi-fi passwords etc.
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See also: Crescent Moon Icon in Messages: What Does It Mean?