How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages
One of the conveniences of Apple's Messages app (or 'iMessage,' as it used to be known) is that you can receive messages across multiple devices. In order to do this, though, you need to add the phone number to the Messages app on each...
Method 1 of 2:
iOS
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Picture 1 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Open the Settings app. It's a gray icon containing gears. -
Picture 2 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Tap Messages. -
Picture 3 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Tap Send & Receive. Enter your Apple ID and password if you're not automatically logged in. -
Picture 4 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Tap Add Another Email. -
Picture 5 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Enter your phone number. You've now added your phone number to Messages.- On iPhone, your phone number will appear automatically once you've signed in with your Apple ID.
Method 2 of 2:
Mac OS
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Picture 6 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Open the Messages application. -
Picture 7 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Click on Messages. It's in the upper-left corner of the menu bar. -
Picture 8 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Click on Preferences. -
Picture 9 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Click on Accounts. It's at the top of the dialog box. -
Picture 10 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Click on your Apple ID. It appears in the menu on the left side of the dialog box. Enter your Apple ID and password if you're not automatically logged in. -
Picture 11 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Click on Add Email. It appears to the right of "You can be reached for messages at." -
Picture 12 of How to Add a Phone Number on Apple Messages Enter your phone number. You've now added your phone number to Messages.- Make sure the check box next to your phone number is activated in order to receive text messages on your Mac.
Update 04 March 2020
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