Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: SMS "pings" on iPhone long after received on Mac Date: 12 Nov 2016 20:46:02 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net ambWiJpxhGLX9um3/7YW6Q6FVI+cszC2v66vreTRUQQ+/ag+Ki Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ph8YBxfvHKfLDMgJM6r4+pcA7lY= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:94808 comp.sys.mac.system:96755 On 2016-11-12, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2016-11-12 15:18, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2016-11-12, Alan Browne wrote: >>> >>> Someone just sent me an SMS text. It showed on the Mac and about a >>> minute later on the iPhone. >>> >>> Since SMS gets "to the Mac" via the iPhone in the first place, I'd >>> expect it to ping on the phone first, then on the Mac (and w/o much delay). >>> >>> The only "reason" I could see for the delay is that I was actively using >>> the Mac at the time and the iPhone was in locked state. Perhaps the >>> delay is deliberate? >> >> I've definitely seen that sort of behavior with iMessage. The message >> typically arrives first on the device I happen to be using at the time, >> and later on other devices. And some other devices may get them *much* >> later depending on their state. A sleeping Mac will get them some time >> shortly after waking up, for instance. > > Sure, but what is really strange here is that, being SMS, the iPhone is > the first device to catch the message. Then forwards to my other Apple > devices. So it *should* (IMO) be the first to ping. Our opinions differ. I want the message to appear where I happen to be at the time first. I'm happy Apple agrees with me rather than you. : ) -- 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