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Get organized with our article on how to edit the Launchpad on your Mac. Now you’re set up to send and receive text messages and iMessages on your Mac! If you decide you don’t want to receive them anymore, we’ve got an article on that too. *Troubleshooting Tip: You must be logged into Messages on Mac to see the option for Text Message Forwarding. Hold your smartphone camera up to your Macs screen, and scan the QR code.

Choose the devices you'd like to forward regular messages to.

You should now see an option for Text Message Forwarding.

Tap Sign In on the popup asking if you'd like to use your Apple ID for iMessage.

Now toggle it back on and tap Send & Receive.

If you don't see this option, scroll back up and toggle iMessage off.

If you see Text Message Forwarding, skip to step 8.

Scroll to select Text Message Forwarding.

To do this, we must set up text message forwarding on your iPhone. But what about text messages from your Android-using friends? Now we need to get your iPhone ready to send and receive text messages on Mac. With the steps above done, you should be able to receive iMessages on your Mac. Click the checkbox next to Enable Messages in iCloud so all of your messages, SMS and iCloud, will sync to and from your Mac.

Check the numbers and/or email addresses at which you'd like to be reached.

Click Messages at the very top of the screen.

Now you need to make sure you’re logged in to Messages on Mac.

You can verify which email address you are using on the side navigation.

Verify which email address your are signed in with.

How to set up messages on mac