Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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	2015-08-21 16:05 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-08-21, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> 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. My friend said he had no problems sending to non-iPhone users. I 
>> > am confused what I am missing or doing wrong.
>
>> Make sure you have text message forwarding turned on for your MacBook
>> Pro in the message settings on your iPhone.
>
> Ah, it needs iPhone for this to work. I was expecting this to be like 
> AOL's AIM when texting. Thanks. :)

iMessage isn't available on non-Apple devices. That leaves SMS
messaging, which requires a cellular phone. Alternatively, you could
send an email message to the recipient's SMS gateway (see my other
reply), or you could use another messaging service like AOL, Yahoo, etc.

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Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-20 13:44 -0500
  Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Charles <fort514@mac.com> - 2015-08-20 16:59 -0400
    Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-20 22:34 +0000
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Charles <fort514@mac.com> - 2015-08-20 19:05 -0400
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 00:43 +0000
        Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-21 01:35 +0000
          Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 16:03 +0000
            Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-23 23:54 +0000
              Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-24 01:08 +0000
              Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-23 23:12 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-23 23:53 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-24 13:12 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-24 07:20 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-25 13:48 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-25 08:06 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-24 15:02 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-24 08:30 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-24 15:33 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-24 23:04 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-25 01:09 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-24 19:04 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-24 08:37 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-24 15:39 +0000
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-21 01:12 +0000
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-21 09:11 -0700
    Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-21 02:09 -0500
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 16:05 +0000

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