how to hook up iphone messages to mac?
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Go to Settings > Messages on your iPhone and tap on Text Messages Forwarding. You will see your Mac (or Macs) listed here with an on off slider beside them. To allow your Mac to send and receive text messages turn the slider to green.
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['On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. ... ', 'On your iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding.*', 'Choose which devices can send and receive text messages from your iPhone.']
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Messages is the text-messaging software included with your Mac. Use it to send messages with iMessage, or send SMS and MMS messages through your iPhone. With Messages for Mac, you can send unlimited messages to any Mac, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch that uses iMessage, Apple's secure-messaging service.
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To turn on Read Receipts in the iMessage app, click Settings then scroll down and tap Messages. Enable Send Read Receipts. These steps work with Macs and iPads as well.
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Connect both your old iPhone and new iPhone in charge and Wi-Fi connection. On your old iPhone, go to Settings >[Your Name] > Tap iCloud. Turn on iCloud Backup (for iOS 10 & ealier: Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup). Tap on the Back Up Now option to backup your old iPhone including messages.
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['Connect your new iPhone to your Mac via a USB cable and tap "Trust This Computer" on your device if a pop-up appears. ... ', 'You can browse files on your Mac and choose the items you want to transfer. ... ', 'Turn on AirDrop on iPhone/iPad.', 'Turn on AirDrop on Mac.']
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['Connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod to your Mac.', 'Open a new window in the Finder app on your Mac and tap on the General tab.', 'Open another Finder window and locate the ringtone files (m4r formatted) that you want to copy to your iPhone.', 'Drag those m4r files from your Mac.']
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['Connect your iPhone to your computer.', 'In the iTunes app on your Mac, click the "Device" button above the sidebar of the iTunes window.', 'Choose "File Sharing".', 'Select the app you want to transfer a file to or from the list on the left.']
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['On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings > Messages, then turn on iMessage.', "On your Mac, open Messages, then do one of the following: If you're signing in for the first time, enter your Apple ID and password, then click Sign In."]
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['Connect your device to the computer and launch iTunes.', 'Click the device icon in the iTunes window and choose "File Sharing".', 'Select the app that you want to transfer a file to or from.', 'Transfer files between the iPhone and the Mac.']
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['Connect your iPhone to your computer using the USB cable.', "On your Mac, open Audio Midi Setup. You'll find it in Applications > Utilities.", "If you don't see your iPhone listed in the left-hand panel, go to Window > Show iOS Device Browser.", 'Locate your iPhone in the list of devices and highlight it.', 'Click on Enable.']
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If you already set up your new device, you need to erase it first. Connect your new iPhone to your computer with USB cable > Open iTunes on your computer and select your device. Click on Restore Backup option > Choose the backup contains the messages you want to transfer.
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Note: To receive and send SMS and MMS messages on your Mac, your iPhone must have iOS 8.1 or later, and your iPhone and Mac must be signed in to iMessage using the same Apple ID.
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['Tap on the Settings application on your iPhone.', 'Swipe down and tap on Messages.', 'Tap on Text Message Forwarding.', "Tap on the toggle next to your Mac to turn on the feature if it's not green already."]
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['Each device is signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID.', 'On iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. ... ', 'On iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding, then choose which devices to allow to send and receive text messages from this iPhone.']
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['Go to System Preferences on your Mac.', 'Select iCloud and login with your Apple ID.', 'Check the box next to Contacts to sync iPhone contacts to Mac.']
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To do this, connect your iPhone to your computer, select the backup file in the 'Local Datbases' section and click 'Transfer Messages from Database to iPhone' button. After installing the program on your PC or Mac, launch it and connect your iPhone to your computer via USB cable.