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Can I use Messages in OS X with my actual phone number?

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troy14

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I know natively you cannot do this. Is there any solution or work-a-round? Using my e-mail is stupid, all my friends know me by my phone number and I don't want to have two different iMessage threads for people (and i'm sure they'd appreciate it if I didn't do this to them either).

It would be confusing because who should I text, the e-mail or phone #?
 
Apple said they'd be unifying the email/phone number when iOS 6 launches. Until then, you'll only receive iMessages sent to your Apple ID on your Mac.
 
ynnoj said:
Apple said they'd be unifying the email/phone number when iOS 6 launches. Until then, you'll only receive iMessages sent to your Apple ID on your Mac.
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Didn't know they said that, that's great news. Not doubting you but what is the source.. is it WWDC 2012 keynote? I just want to see exactly what they said for curiosity.
 
Yeah they said it in the keynote. I imagine it'll be coming with the release of iOS 6. They're holding back Facebook integration until then too for some reason.
 
I had the same problem. iMessage works great on my iPhone & iPad, but I can't wait also for Apple to unify the phone with my Apple ID, like on iOS 6!!
 
ynnoj said:
Unlikely. Assuming it's not something in the actual iOS 6 software, but rather something they're changing at their end.
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It's both. Their end is set-up to work, but there's no way to activate it in software right now because that part of the equation is only in iOS 6.

People using iOS 6 on iPhones have gotten this working already.
 
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