Comments on: Find iMessage Users & Contacts Easily from iOS or Mac OS X

By: Bruce Lustig

Bruce Lustig — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:46:52 +0000

As Éamonn said, you must access the contact at least once by typing the first character and then selecting that contact, instead of tapping the plus sign to bring up your contact list. Once you have done this, the next time you access the contact the blue “bubble” will appear next to that contact. Kind of a pain…. It would be nice if there was some refresh that would automatically scan your contact list instead of having to access each one.

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By: wally1963

wally1963 — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:06:04 +0000

I had the same problem. I was able to export my contacts from Outlook to a text file (.CSV) and then import them into the native Mac “Contacts” app. After that my iMessage was populated with all my contacts. Obviously, new additions to my Outlook/Exchange account won’t be available in iMessage until I add them to my Contacts app.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:01:08 +0000

My partner and i are both trying to get this to work on our iphones with no luck

By: JB

JB — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:03:12 +0000

This isn’t working for me either – not even for the people I’ve already texted via iMessage. The only way iMessage is used on my phone is if I label the contact’s number as an iPhone.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:10:22 +0000

Is there a way to get this to work on the Mac when my contacts are all within the Exchange/activesync environment. Obviously because my iPhone is set up to be connected to that activesync environment it has my exchange address book, but the messages app on my mac does not have access to that address book…Any ideas how to solve this?

By: Anderson

Anderson — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:39:33 +0000

Works fine for me on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. I can see people who I haven’t corresponded with too, but I think if you disable “Read Receipts” than you will NOT show up to others.

By: Éamonn

Éamonn — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:22:52 +0000

Works perfectly for me on all my devices -however, I think the article is not quite accurate. I think you have to have sent a message to the contact at least once before the blue message bubble appears.

Aside from that, iMessage for Mac is also working perfectly.

By: Vesey

Vesey — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:20:02 +0000

Ditto – doesn’t work on either Mac or iPhone for people who I know to have iMessage enabled. Will be useful when consistent, but must be random at the moment.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:47:44 +0000

Doesn’t work for me on the iPhone. Like everyone else, I know people with iPhones and I know they use the messaging app.

By: Jermaine

Jermaine — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:06:59 +0000

“doesn’t work for me on the iphone. Simply typing a letter shows no blue icon next to anyone’s name…and I know a few people in my contacts have iMessage enabled.”

–same here

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:41:38 +0000

All my contacts are set up on gmail. I’m seeing nothing when type in a letter, is that the reason why?

By: Barney Miller

Barney Miller — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:04:09 +0000

doesn’t work for me on the iphone. Simply typing a letter shows no blue icon next to anyone’s name…and I know a few people in my contacts have iMessage enabled.

By: T@Fremont

T@Fremont — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:50:34 +0000

I found this to be more reliable on my iPhone than Mac, but we shouldn’t judge too much because of the beta