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RELATED: How to Free Up iCloud Storage SpaceĪlso keep in mind that this doesn’t let you use iMessage on from a web browser window-it’s just for syncing and back up your iMessages across your Apple devices.

The good news, though, is that the 50 GB tier is only $0.99 per month.

So if you’re only taking advantage of the free 5GB that Apple gives you, you’ll likely fill that up in a heartbeat-especially if you use it for anything else. Of course, the downside to this new feature is that all of your iMessages will be stored and backed up in iCloud.

Furthermore, if you ever set up a new Apple device, your iMessage conversations wouldn’t show up. While any new iMessages sent or received would pop up on all your devices, deleting a conversation on one device wouldn’t delete it from your other devices. Technically, you’ve always been able to sync iMessage between your Apple devices, but it wasn’t true syncing per se. Here’s how to set it up.Īpple announced this feature during WWDC 2017 last year and just recently pushed it out to the public. You know they want to!).Messages in iCloud lets you sync your iMessages across all of your Apple devices using your iCloud account. Happy texting (and maybe try to encourage your Android-using friends to stop using SMS and just get an iPhone already. Once you've done this, you're good to go. This ensures you've got physical access to both devices at the time you're setting it up.Ĭonfirm the link by typing the code and you're finished! Then look at that device – you'll see a confirmation number that you'll have to enter on your iPhone. Flip the switch to enable it on one device at a time.Still on your iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding.Įnable "Text Message Forwarding" and your iPhone will relay SMS to/from your Mac or iPad.Jump over to your iPhone and confirm you're signed into iMessage and iCloud with the same account here, too.That could be your Yosemite-running Mac (on which you'd find this setting in the Messages.app > Preferences > Accounts) or on your iPad in Settings > Messages > iMessage. First, make sure you're signed into iMessage on your non-iPhone device.Now that you have those two installed (you must for this to work), there are just a few more steps to follow, but they are pretty simple: When Yosemite came out we realized we needed to wait for iOS 8.1. When iOS 8 was released and the feature wasn't there, we all waited for Yosemite. the "green bubble" messages) on our Macs the same way we've always been able to send and receive iMessages. SMS Relay is made possible by using your iPhone as the conduit between your Mac and the SMS network. This allows users to send and receive Text Messages (i.e. When Apple announced iOS 8 at WWDC one feature was met with great applause: SMS Relay.