I can't send or receive green texts on my MBP

[cbsnbiker]

At some point earlier this year, my MBP 18,4 stopped sending or receiving green texts to and from non-Apple devices.

It seems to have stopped maybe in June. Perhaps this coincides with an OS update?

My iPhone continues to send and receive them. I text most often using my iPhone, but I noticed it today when I tried to text someone from the computer and got the "not delivered" message.

There may be some setting that I've missed.

Any thoughts about how to get them working again?

 

[fwmireault]

In your iMessages settings on your iPhone, look for SMS Transfert, and make sure your Mac is authorized to receive and send SMS

 

[MrCheeto]

Life saver. In Settings/Messages I found “Text Message Forwarding”.

Didn’t expect that to do what it do but indeed I could choose to forward to my Mac.

 

[MacCheetah3]

Yep.

Set up iPhone to get SMS messages on Mac

Set up your iPhone so you can get SMS text messages on your Mac, as long as your iPhone and Mac are signed in using the same Apple ID.

support.apple.com

 

[cbsnbiker]

Thanks. That worked. I appreciate it.

There actually were three sliders labeled "MacBook Pro." I own two of them. Just out of curiosity, why are there three listed, and why don't they differentiate which computer is which?

 

[MacCheetah3]

Each device should show up based on their name with the device type (e.g., iPad, Mac) beneath in parentheses.

How to Change the Names of Your Apple Devices

Is it time to take a few minutes to make sure your devices are named the way you want them? Here’s how to change the names of all your Apple devices.

appletoolbox.com

You may own two MBPs now but, perhaps, you replaced one and didn’t remove it from your account.

View and remove your devices that are associated with your Apple Account for purchases - Apple Support

Manage the list of devices that can download and play items that you bought with your Apple Account.

support.apple.com