![]() ![]() If I look at the Accounts tab in the Mac's Messages | Preferences dialog, it shows I'm logged in, but it only says it's logged on for messages, nothing about iCloud. OK, now I'm signed into iCloud with the phone and the Mini. I guess I did do that before, but it wasn't for the Messages app, it was probably for "Find My iPhone" only. I fixed that, and bingo, on my Mac came a message that I'd just signed into my iCloud account with my phone, something I thought I'd already done. OK, we're getting to the bottom of this because I went on my phone and discovered that I am not using iCloud for sending iMessages. and of course these devices have to be on the same iCloud account. after you do this, go to settings > messages on your phone, you'll see your mac listed there. i know you want to send sms, but you do need to enable imessage first so the messages app becomes functional. it sounds like you have not enable iMessage on your mac. You don't have to turn off bluetooth, there may be other functions that need it. The phone's on it because it says it is, but I have no sure-fire verifiable way of knowing whether the Mac is. The network in question is provided by an Apple Airport Express. The only thing I can't prove is whether my Mac is on the Wi-Fi network with my phone. OK, so now I've turned it off, and still nothing doing on the SMS messaging front. "Like I said from the start, I followed the directions at the cited URL, and those directions said Bluetooth had to be on, so I turned it on. What have I not done, or what can I check on what device to get SMS text messaging enabled on the Mac Mini? Oh yes, since my Applecare free phone support expired last July, calling them is not an option, so here I am. I can add an account, but it has to be either a Yahoo, AIM, Google Talk, or other unspecified account type. Only my regular Messages account, and a Bon Jour account, which is disabled, appear in the accounts list, and it is not possible to add the iCloud account. Although both devices show they are logged in to iCloud, and the Mac is connected to my local Wi-Fi network, I do not see an iCloud account in Messages, Preferences, Accounts tab. Although Bluetooth is on for both devices, the phone doesn't see the Mac.ΔΆ. ![]() I've done everything to set up my iPhone 6 Plus and my 2014 Mac Mini, both running the latest version of their respective operating systems, to enable handoff and SMS messaging as described and detailed in the article at - I do know that I have to have the phone on, which it is, in order to send SMS messages. ![]()
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