Path: csiph.com!au2pb.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Date: 21 Aug 2015 00:43:44 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <200820151659164069%fort514@mac.com> <55d65613$0$1658$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> X-Trace: individual.net DAOkxEgGSdSSNMLx67pJ7gYKpMka+eGRJG7UjWgdychoAl0IYn Cancel-Lock: sha1:mfE/6WoxRKvJK6BM/kH/Ll1sxHA= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:78700 comp.sys.mac.apps:31161 comp.sys.mac.comm:2818 On 2015-08-20, Patty Winter wrote: > > In article <200820151659164069%fort514@mac.com>, > Charles wrote: >>In article , Ant >> wrote: >> >>> On a new 15" MacBook Pro with its updated Mac OS X v10.10.5, I am trying >>> to figure out why some American mobile phone numbers don't work when I >>> try to send messages from Messages app. I get a red color background and >>> a number is not registered to Messages error. Is it because these >>> numbers are not iPhone users? I had no problems sending to iPhone users >>> though. >> >>Make sure you have text message forwarding turned on for your MacBook >>Pro in the message settings on your iPhone. > > How will that help the people he's asking about, who don't have iPhones? So that they can send an SMS message through their phone from their MacBook Pro. ; ) -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR