Questions tagged [messages]

Messages is one of the original iPhone (now iOS) apps shipped with the iPhone. It is included in macOS since OS X Mountain Lion. This tag also should be used for all iMessage questions.

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Macbook not showing contact names in messages?

I have the 2023 Macbook Air running MacOS13.4. I synced my apple ID from my iphone to my macbook, and in the contacts app on my macbook, I can see all my contacts; however, in the messages app on my ...
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iPhone SMS messages stopped working with one contact

asking for a friend. iPhone 13 Pro Max running IOS 17.1. Strange symptoms started with one individual using SMS messages. Other phone is a Samsung Galaxy. Whenever the iPhone sends a message via ...
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Inconsistent Views of Group Chat in Messages

In a group chat using Messages we noticed this morning that something odd is happening with the chat history. The group was very active yesterday, looking at the chat this morning we noticed: On four ...
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Some images disappeared from text message group chat

I use an iPhone SE, not with iTunes on my Windows laptop because it is far too heavy an app and doesn't do all the syncing I need with Outlook. I normally don't log into my Apple cloud account and ...
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iMessages app keeps displaying a "syncing with iCloud", how to disable it?

On my Mac, the iMessages app keeps displaying a "syncing with iCloud" notification frequently. How can I turn this off? Note, I do not wish to turn off syncing. I also vaguely remember there ...
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Can I confirm that a message has been deleted at the receiving end?

When I delete a just sent message in iOS Messages, can I confirm that it has also been deleted for the recipient (without, of course, asking them)? I'm using macOS 14 and iOS 17, but I don't know how ...
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When I save a photo in MacOS Messages, where does it go?

In order to save myself from having to convert files from HEIC format, I decided to send the photos from my phone to my computer using Messages. I clicked this icon next to the photos in the MacOS ...
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How to set a SMS sender to be a Known sender in Messages

How do you set a sender of an SMS message to be a known sender. If it is a plain phone number you can hit the info button and add to contacts sometimes. But this does not work always - I have senders ...
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Messages no longer sends images on macOS

My Messages app on macOS (Sonoma) has stopped sending images. Any image I send, using any method (drag and drop, copy paste, etc.) fails to arrive for any participant on a Messages thread. I get no ...
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MacOS Messages: How to compile the attachments for a Messages conversation with an individual contact? ~/Library/Messages/Attachments/

I am trying to compile the complete media exchange with a single MacOS/iOS contact. For reference, I have ensured that the media is all downloaded from iCloud directly within the Messages (i) window ...
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Is there a previous version of chat.db somewhere?

When I look at iMessages (chat.db) with SQL they only go back to July 2023. I'm looking for messages from about 6 months ago. Are there any older files kept on the Mac that I'm not seeing in the ...
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Unable to send any messages when iMessages deselected

In my iMessage settings, the settings for You can receive iMessages to and and reply from only have my own phone and email address. Nothing was picked up from my [300] Contacts for some reason. So ...
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iPhone message attachments keep returning even after I delete them

On my iPhone 13, some iMessage conversations have nearly 100 MB of images. For one conversation, I went to "Attachments" and manually deleted every single photo, but then a few days later ...
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Can email address be removed from iPad without risk deleting messages in iMessage?

One customer of mine inherited an iPad from one of his grandparents. For some time, he is using iMessage with its own phone number to converse with friends. We are not sure if the iPad is still ...
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"An unknown error occurred" when signing into Messages with Apple ID on an Apple Silicon Mac

I am currently unable to sign in to Messages with my Apple ID on my Mac (version numbers included at the end). The error messages that comes up is the not-so-helpful, "An unknown error as ...
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iphone 12 not waking up and no vibration when receiving text

I have an iphone 12 running 16.5.1. I've noticed this issue for the past couple weeks where my phone, when locked, no longer vibrates or wakes up when I receive a text. My messages app is set to "...
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Weirdness on my phone (messages)

I've searched a lot about this but couldn't find anything. I am an iPhone user and while navigating my messages (imessage), I noticed a message box at the bottom named “Anonymous”, dated 19.01.1970, ...
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Recover deleted text messages that are still on old iPhone

I've accidentally deleted some text messages on my iPhone. These messages are still on my old iPhone which has not connected to the internet for a long time, so they haven't been deleted when syncing. ...
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Can't get call and message notification on my Mac

I have just purchased a new MacBook Pro 2019 with Ventura 13.4. On my iPhone I am logging in with the same Apple ID. However, When I am getting a call on my iPhone, I don't get any notification on my ...
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Not receiving notifications from WhatsApp messages

iPhone 7, updated to the latest iOS. If anyone sends me a WhatsApp message, it displays as not delivered on their side, until I open the app. On my side, I get no notification whatsoever. If I exit ...
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Disappearing Messages conversations

My mother has a problem since this morning on her iPhone. All her recent conversations since 19 May 2023 on Messages disappeared, except one. The only one that did not disappear is from someone that ...
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Finding chat history for Whatsapp for Mac

I am trying to recover chats from WhatsApp on Mac, due to a problem with my iCloud backup. I have Time Machine backups and I am trying to find where WhatsApp stores my chats in my Library. I have ...
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SMS notifications delivered in background

I have issues with SMS messages not being delivered to me prominently most of the times. Notifications are turned on: Allow Notifications is on Lock Screen is checked Notification Centre is checked ...
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How can I get continuity of Messages if I'm not using Migration Assistant?

I manually copied ~/Library/Messages from my old Macbook to my new Macbook. Yet Messages still does not see the message history. How can I get continuity of Messages if I'm not using Migration ...
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How can I access `~/Library/Messages`?

I'd like to copy manually into ~/Library/Messages to maintain message history. The folder is owned by the user, not by root: % ls -al ~/Library | grep Messages drwx------ 11 sam staff 352 29 ...
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Messages freezes my MacBook Air and requires me to re-login

Longtime follower of this remarkable community, first time asking a question because so many questions are already answered. Long story short, this has been happening only lately, like the past two ...
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I have an Android. But someone else has registered my number to their iMessage account. How can I stop that?

I do not have an iPhone, and I don't have an Apple ID. I have an android. When any of my friends with an Android text me, it works perfect. But when any of my friends with an iPhone text me, it sends ...
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Does iMessage use SMS? [duplicate]

I have a Vodafone plan in Germany that covers all local texts and data. I also get data for free when I am in the UK. I used iMessage in the UK and was charged by Vodafone because text messages abroad ...
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Disconnect screen time requests from messages

Some time earlier this year I started getting my child's screen time requests in the Messages app. This has become really annoying. The whole thing seems half-baked and there are several issues: Each ...
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Duplicate (multiple) .emlx copies of the same email messages

I have just updated my iMac (mid 2015) from Yosemite to Big Sur and I am still going through import and clean up of years and years of email messages, coming from various older Macs I owned in the ...
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iPhone Messages app always says my wife has notifications silenced

My wife's phone is a 13 and my phone is a 13 mini. They both have the latest patch level 16.4.1 (a). Ever since my wife got her latest iPhone last summer, whenever I try to send her a message it says &...
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iOS iMessage - How do I delete failed-to-sent location messages?

I'm using Messages app iOS 16.4.1 (a), and I have multiple failed-to-sent location messages (undelivered) that I want to remove (because whenever I send or receive new messages, the failed-to-sent ...
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Can you edit iMessages send with a subject line?

Normally, when I send an iMessage, I can long tap (iOS) or right click (macOS) to bring up a menu and edit the message (as long as the message was sent in the last 15 minutes). However, when I send ...
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Syncing Messages in iPhone

I have two iPhones - 12 and CE from 2022. They both have the iOS 16.5 and are signed up with one (same on both devices) Apple ID. The two devices are in different locations. Message backup has been ...
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How can I programmatically send a Messages.app message where link previews work?

I'm sending messages programmatically with AppleScript like this: set theEmail to "[email protected]" set theMessage to "Test: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/" tell ...
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30-day iMessage grace period with eSIM?

When traveling, it’s helpful to use a temporary local SIM card to increase coverage and reduce cost. Swapping your physical SIM with a new one gives you seamless access to apps that rely on data (e.g. ...
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Transferred from old iPhone to new iPhone and shared items in Messages app didn’t sync

I’m transferring from an old iPhone SE 2nd Generation (iOS 16.3.1), to a new iPhone 14+ (iOS 16.4) using the out-of-the-box-keep-the-phones-near-each-other wireless transfer method. The transfer ...
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Does deleting messages in a group chat delete them for everyone else?

I wasn’t thinking and sent some messages and pictures to the wrong group chat. I have iOS 16, and I think most everyone else does on it. I didn’t see unsend, so I just deleted them. The group chat I ...
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Outlook for Mac 16.71 - Missing Clear conversations feature

I recently switched from HP Zbook running Windows 10 with Outlook 2016 to Apple Macbook Pro (M1 pro) running Ventura with Outlook 2016. My work email account is an office 365 account. There was a ...
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How do I de-duplicate iPhone messages in the text message history?

Some bad data backup/recovery software caused most texts in my message history (inside of "Messages" app in iOS) to get duplicated (repeated) 8X. BEFORE Alice: Hello, Bob. Bob: Hello, Alice....
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What settings should I use to send MMS group messages

When my iPhone was new I noticed that I couldn't send messages to phones which only accept SMS messages. Therefore I enabled the setting "Send as SMS" in Settings > Messages and that ...
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Getting Messages even though it has been disabled for years

I just received a text in iMessage on my mac. This is quite surprising, as I haven't owned an iPhone since 2014, and I subsequently disabled iMessage on all the macs I have owned since. As can also be ...
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Mac messages - file - save as pdf is greyed out

I have to save entire message conversations for legal and compliance purposes in my business, but in the Messages app of macOS Ventura 13.2.1, the first four options under the File menu as well as the ...
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Can Contacts re-request profile pictures from contacts?

After a reset (deleting all contacts), iOS doesn’t show contact photos for contacts who are connected on Messages and other tools. Is there a way to prompt an iPhone or Mac to request/retrieve photos ...
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Can QR codes be used to invite someone to send me an iMessage?

I have tried messages//emailaddress but I am told that it just opens the Messages app on iPhones, not a new message to the user (on my Mac it opens that specific users thread).
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What to do about iCloud messages to a phone I no longer have? Can I direct them to a new number?

Some years ago, I had an iPhone. It was couple to my iCloud account along with my computers so that any text messages also showed up in the messaging app. I no longer have that phone or that number. ...
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Phantom unread messages in iMessage

After a (generally) successful migration from an old MBP (2014, Big Sur) to a new M2 MBA, I have several unread messages indicated by the notification badge in the dock on the iMessage icon. I've ...
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My iMessage usually goes through as SMS with one individual

Using an iPhone 14 with iOS 16.3. iMessage with other iPhone owners usually has no issue. However, when I send a message to my wife, a large majority of the time it goes through as a green text bubble....
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iMessage notifications with current date and time from years ago

Recently, I’ve been receiving texts with current time stamps from a while ago. A new Mac that had been connected to iCloud and that’s what is receiving them. I have no idea what’s going on; I can ...
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Can Apps or websites visited access SMS/iMessages on iPhone, Mac, etc.?

Is it possible for a legit app (not talking about malicious apps or jailbroken devices), or any website visited in a browser on the device like Chrome or Safari, to be allowed to see or access SMS/MMS ...
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