How to change your imessage phone number techradar. This means that all imessages would be sent only by email or icloud id. How to change imessage phone number on iphone and set up new one. Click messages in the top menu bar, then select preferences. You can select the addresses at which imessages are received on your mac. Click the imessage tab to see options associated with the messaging service. In messages, choose messages preferences, then click accounts and. If asked, sign in with the apple id that youre using with messages and facetime on your iphone. If you cant sign in to your imessage account or facetime on.
Its good, then, that you can change a number of these settings, big and small, to provide just the right experience for your needs. Which has my cell phone and 3 email addresses gmail, icloud and me shows the cell phone number check marked but greyed out. You can do this by tapping on the settings, then go to imessage, then tap on send and receive. How to use facetime with an email address instead of a phone. On an iphone, your devices phone number will always appear in your messages and facetime settings. I have an iphone 4 and my iphone imessage number is greyed out and sends my apple idmy email. Other people prefer to split it up, receiving only messages intended for the phone number on an iphone or on ios devices. I just encountered an issue with my facetime settings, on my phone, my mobile number is grayed out but on my ipad 3, the number was checked. Resolved how to fix when facetime icon greyed out in. Calls or messages for the removed numbers wont appear on.
Oct 17, 2019 you can use the phone number of your iphone with messages and facetime on your mac, ipad, or ipod touch. If imessage is showing the wrong number, weve got you covered. Wifi wont turn on, settings grayed out, fix appletoolbox. Can you use imessage on a windows pc or android phone. Tried turning off and on imessage, rebooting phone and changing and saving changes in my apple id on itunes. How deregister your phone number and disable imessage. May 15, 2020 fix imessage displays the wrong phone number check your balance. This number normally appears greyed out and you cannot select or deselect it since it is usually enabled automatically by the imessage and facetime cellular activation process. For calls, the esimsim support by the iphone xs max is great. To make sure that everything is in sync log into the apple website with your id and ensure your telephone number is recorded in there. Untick all the boxes on the list where you can see all your email addresses.
My apple id is greyed out in settings, fix macreports. Cannot sign out of imessage on mac, account greyed out. How to fix iphone sending imessage from email address. Now i have people telling me that my messages are showing up as being sent from my icloud account and not my cell number they only have the cell in their contacts, so my full email is.
If you cant sign in to your imessage account or facetime. If you see use your apple id for imessage, tap it and sign in with the same apple id that you use on your mac, ipad, and. The person might then be unable to receive messages from other iphone users, since the imessages are never able to be delivered. Aug 20, 2019 if you cant sign in to your imessage account or facetime, one of these solutions might help. Adding as little as one dollar fixed this problem for quite a few folks with payasyougo iphone plans. How to pick a reply address in ios and macos macworld. When you first set up messages on your mac, youre asked to sign in to your imessage account with your apple id. Go to settings messages and make sure that imessage is on.
Grayed out mobile number in facetime apple community. How to add or remove your phone number in messages or. Phone number is not registered with imessage, fix last updated on march 15, 2020 by serhat kurt leave a comment several users have reported that they are unable to send text messages using imessage on their iphone, ipad or mac. The ipad however, not being tied to a phone number doesnt display it this way. You just have to make sure to leave your phone number as it is. Apr 18, 2018 the one you want to call owes an iphone, ipad or mac, and heher has signed in facetime with apple id. Open the messages app and click messages in the menu bar, followed by preferences. When it comes to imessages and the iphone messages app, it should be a.
Have to turn off my imessage for the phone to use my phone number. You might need to wait a moment for it to activate. You need to sign in to icloud on your iphone before it can receive messages via imessage. May 14, 2014 a common problem for onetime iphone users that have since switched to an androidbased smartphone or other device is that their phone number is still linked to imessage. On my ipad the settings are the same but the phone number is not greyed out just curious why that is. However, when your phone number is greyed out in this section, it means that you. To solve this problem, you just need to deregister your phone number from apple s imessage service. If you have an iphone and a mac or ipad, you can link your phone number. First, on your iphone, go to settings messages send. However, apple s imessage is supported by only one number at a time. If you see use your apple id for imessage, tap it and sign in with the same apple. Ask different is a question and answer site for power users of apple hardware and software. Recently discovered that your icloud is greyed out and dont know why. Choose which phone number or email address people will see when you start a new conversation.
The number and email id would appear greyed out at first but after a short while, it will be active. However, the method for resolving apple id greyed out is an easy trick. How to remove a phone number from imessage ios mac. If your phone number is unchecked and you cant select it, or you have some other issue, follow these steps. Make sure that you are currently running the latest version of ios on your device. How to change imessage phone number on iphone and set up. If you are only looking to stop your mac from receiving messages in imessage for a brief period of time, you can have imessage disabled temporarily on your mac. You should see one or more email address below your number. If you are not able to log into apple id in your childs ios settings, its possible the ios restrictions need to be disabled. Suppose you find facetime option are available in settings, but not in contacts, you may try to restart facetime. Users have also reported issues with imessage appearing greyed out. Use your apple id for imessage if reach message via phone number is not working or imessage deactivated for a mobile number for any reason or not activated.
First, you have to sign your phone number to imessage from your iphone. So today i had to restore my iphone because like the idiot that i am changed my passcode while i was on the phone with a friend, wasnt paying attention and forgot what my new passcode was. So after restoring it from my icloud backup a friend of mine asked why i sent an imessage from my email. If the number does not have a check mark next to it, then sign out of imessage by clicking on your apple id at the top of the screen under settingsimessages, and then sign back in again. How to set up messages in icloud in macos high sierra. Nov 06, 2019 go to settings phone and make sure my number reflects your new number. Fix the phone number is not registered with imessage. I have successfully managed to get one iphone to have its greyed out number ticked so it can accept imessages sent to the number. If your imessage isnt working or wont activate, well figure out how to fix it. Do the same with facetime if that is the issue there. Wifi wont turn on, settings grayed out, fix by sk 4 comments last updated july 26, 2019 several users have reported an issue in which the setting to turn onoff wifi on your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch appears grayed out and this makes it impossible for users to turn wifi on.
Now, just head over to the messages settings and turn on imessage. How to turn off or deregister imessage on iphone xs max. Network settings how to fix messages and imessage problems in ios 11. Ive been wondering why imessages were only landing on my laptopimac and i just realized that after installing ios9, imessage. This came about when my imac wouldnt utilise the continuity feature for making calls from osx via iphone. Go to phone from settings, and delete the dialing code. Go to the imessage section through your phones settings. These message platform supports both sms and mms on all these devices just like your iphone.
How to adjust the settings of messages for mac imore. So far, when some people initiate a facetime call, presumably using my mobile number, it goes automatically to my ipad rather than my iphone. I want to use it for imessage, how do i remove the old phone number thats grayed out in the sendreceive in message settings. How to update your phone number for imessage and facetime. Apr 11, 2019 changing the number or email address new conversations start from on a mac. If youre out of cellular coverage, do not have a cellular plan at all, or have. Aug 21, 2019 mac os x support to send imessages directly from your mac using the iphone number. Visit wifi in settings and toggle wifi off and back on. Deregister imessage on your iphone or online apple support. You can easily change your phone number for imessage and facetime.
Ts1559 why my phone sometimes its greyed out, sometimes it. How to change whether new imessage conversations use your. After you do that, you can even receive imessages sent to your email address if you register the address with your apple id. How to fix receivesend imessage not working on mac, macbook. Dec 25, 2011 when i go to imessage in settings, it has receive at. Phone number loading in you can be reached by imessage at. I cant select my phone number for im apple community. Then go to settings facetime, select your apple id and tap sign out. Apple id, such as the app store, itunes, facetime, icloud, imessage, and more. For messages, choose messages preferences, then click accounts and select your imessage account. Fix apple id and phone number being used for imessage on. You can jump straight to the settings from messages, or from most other mac apps, by. Find your apple id on the list with the imessage icon. You may need to turn off imessage if you are now using a nonapple phone and cant get sms or text messages someone sends you from an iphone.
How to add a phone number to imessage on a mac business. When your apple id greyed out, your first line of thought will be to speak with apple tech support. With the messages app open, at the very top menu bar, click messages. Sep 19, 2014 i restored my 6 from my 5s backup and it obviously loaded all of my imessage conversations on my new device. Cant login to my apple id in imessage apple developer forums. How to set restriction on imessage from iphone ipad. Does anyone have any idea what i could do to fix this. Did you notice that ios greyed out your apple id settings. Since your iphone uses sms activation for imessage, you must have credit with your carrier to send an sms text to verify your phone number and other information with apple. Aug 20, 2018 messages for macos provides a suitable messaging experience out of the box, but the default settings arent for everyone. How to know apple imessage is free or notcomplete guide. You may need to turn off imessage if you are now using a non apple phone and cant get sms or text messages someone sends you from an iphone. Actually all of your ios devices can send and receive imessages by using the same phone number as imessage id.
Note that if a number is greyed out in the list, this is the number of the phone that you are. How to sync imessage conversations on iphone, ipad and mac. Jan 04, 2020 click on messages in the menu bar and select preferences. The most common ios imessage issues and how to fix them. My icloud is greyed out in settings, how do i fix it. What to do if you cant receive text messages from iphone.
In messages, choose messages preferences, then click accounts and select your imessage account. Go to imessage and see whether your phone number is still loading. Youve marked down the correct apple id or phone number of whom you want to call. This removes all phone numbers from your ipad, ipod touch and mac. If your imessage problem is that its greyout, delect your emails, redo step two, and return to make sure your number is checked. In settings, the phone number is listed but you cannot select it because it is greyed out. Feb 15, 2020 everything is fine then use imessage for apple id use apple id for imessage on mac macbook. Feb 11, 2009 on my iphone under imessage settings the setting.
When i try to select my number for messages to be sent, its greyed out. After you set up your phone number, you can turn it on or off for messages and facetime on your mac open messages or facetime. The number on your iphone should be greyed out because its something you cant change. Reenter settings and go to phone, add the dialing code before your number and then go to imessage and wait for activation. If the phone number that you want to remove belongs to an iphone that you. Select the phone number and email addresses at which you would like to be reached. Add or remove your phone number in messages or facetime. For example, if your phone company gives you a new phone number that was previously used by an iphone, it could conceivably still be registered with imessage. Go to settings facetime and sign out of your apple id.
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