Comments on: Sync iMessage Across All iOS Devices: iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:14:02 +0000

I’m not sure if someone posted this above, however I had major issues syncing all my devices (iPhone 5, Mac Book Pro with Retina, and iPad 3) to iMessage as well and searched all the forums and every solution had not worked. So I wanted to post what worked for me.

I found that when I set up iMessage on all my devices, the message would only come through on two of the devices depending on which device I sent the original message. So I turned off iMessage from all devices, shut down all devices, and then started with my iPhone first. I set up iMessage on the iPhone (I removed the e-mail options just because I was having issues with my phone number not showing up on the other devices). Once on my phone, I set up iMessages on my Mac Book (same thing, left out the e-mail). Then went to my iPad. I will note that my phone number did not show up on my iPad right away, but after turning it off and on a couple of times it showed up. Volia, my messages shows on all three devices. Hope this helps someone!

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:23:35 +0000

Sal – I am with Barbara. I have 3 boys all with itouches. We have a family Ipad. They all do not want to recieve each others messages with friends. I would like to have just one Apple ID for the family. Is it not possible? From what you said above, I have to have each itouch on a different Apple ID? What will that do with itunes account? Will they be able to share games, music, etc?

By: Leighann

Leighann — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:09:05 +0000

This is not enough we need to be able to disable this. Our iPads are pretty commonly used amongst friends and family and my phone for both personnel and business use is personnel. I would like o keep it that way

By: How to Fix iMessage Not Syncing Between a Mac & iPhone/iPad

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By: mitch

mitch — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:11:27 +0000

Seems i can send off of my ipad but i can not recieve, and my iphone 4′s messages do not sync with the ipad, i tried all solutions listed but same problem! How do i fix this?

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:22:55 +0000

Am I crazy or is there no “Caller ID” setting on the iPad? I’ve set up everything else as per the author’s instructions, but still having the same issue.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:02:53 +0000

I have an iphone with my own apple id and my daughter has an itouch with her own apple id. Am I able to set imessages syncing so I get my messages AND all of her messages sent to my phone, without having any of my messages sent to hers?? (one of the conditions if she wanted to keep her itouch..) Would I just add her apple id and password on my phone?? Will I then get messages for both accounts? But she would only get her messages still, like normal, but would NOT be getting any of mine, correct??
Please explain how I would set that up.
Thank you so much!

By: Unseelie

Unseelie — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:47:38 +0000

The missing piece for me was, even after setting this up as described, if I had existing conversations that used just the phone number, they would continue to go there.

Not sure if @mac.com & @me.com were being treated differently or not.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:22:30 +0000

Thank you for the information! It worked like a charm.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:51:28 +0000

I have synced ipod and iphone message. If i turn on my ipad having not used it for a while, all the messages i have read and deleted on my iphone recently reappear. It is a real nuisance. How can i stop the syncing of. Message that was received and deleted while one device was switched off

By: Honilyn

Honilyn — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:46:33 +0000

My mom’s iPhone, my iPhone and my iPad had the is using the same apple id account. Whenever i sent a iMessage from my iPhone. It also appears in my iPad. Does it also appear to my mom’s iPhone?

By: Toby

Toby — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:16:06 +0000

I have an iPhone and an iPod touch both with the required software.
Can I send a iMessage from my iPhone to my wife on the iPod touch?

By: vera

vera — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:46:22 +0000

I just figured it out. In order for it to activate after setting it up you have to send the message from ipad then it starts to be picked up across devices.

By: vera

vera — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:35:42 +0000

Regina I’m having the same problem. The messages map over between iphone 4 and ipad 2 for one of my contacts, but not for another one that I can send imessages too. I wonder why?

By: Sal

Sal — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:27:58 +0000

Barbara & Sandi-

You need to create a 2nd Apple ID for your daughter. That new (2nd) Apple ID will be used as the iMessage account.

On your iPod Touch/iPhone, go to Settings -> Messages.

If you’re already logged in (you’ll know because the top item will be a white box that says ‘iMessage’ with an on/off switch), then scroll down to ‘Receive At’. Touch ‘Receive At’, then touch the ‘Apple ID’ button at the top.
Touch ‘Sign Out’.

You’ll see a button appear at the top that says “Use your Apple ID for iMessage”. Touch that and touch the ‘Create New Account’ button at the bottom. Go through the steps to create a new Apple ID.