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iPhone 11 Pro Max any way to get text messages on PC from Iphone?
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Has anyone tried AirDroid or AirMore with success? Some articles claimed they workd but they don't from my experience.
Dell has a solution for thei own customers and intel has bought the company that makes it. Supposedly they are going to have it for their Evo laptops. So it’s possible. I hacked it onto my dell desktop and I was not very impressed. But maybe they will make it better.
I never had a single problem with Dell Mobile Connect and been using it for years on an HP Laptop.
I use Alienware mobile connect. Works fine, obviously not as well as iMessage on my mba but it gets the job done.
I downloaded Dell Mobile Connect and Allienware Mobile Connect from Microsoft Store on my PC. They couldn't run and the error message stated that my PC did not meet the system requirement. I have a very high end gaming PC. Wonder what it would take to run them. On Windows Store, it states my PC meets the requirement. The error shows up when I try to run these apps.
I have used Air Message in the past, but that was mainly to get iMessage on my Google Pixel, so I hesitated to offer it in this thread as a 'solution'.
However, in looking at the website today it states that you can also access your iMessages via a browser - which means they can be accessed on a PC.
AirMessage requires you to set up their server app on a Mac that is capable of receiving iMessage. The second requirement is to open ports in your router so that the client part can access the server part anywhere. Not sure if that is necessary if you're using a PC local only though.
Apparently there is a sign-in requirement for browser access through the AirMessage website so that may also be a negative factor. But if all this is still acceptable there is a way to access iMessage on a PC.
Finally, if PC/Windows has any sort of an app like Fluid for Mac, then you can create a standalone app that uses whatever browser page AirMessage uses instead having to use an actual browser.
One thing to note…AirMessage uses its own database, so any messages sent through it are not necessarily going to be in sync with those Apple devices that use iMessage. But you can use it like normal. On my Pixel I was able to send, recieve and view video and pictures without an issue.
However, in looking at the website today it states that you can also access your iMessages via a browser - which means they can be accessed on a PC.
AirMessage requires you to set up their server app on a Mac that is capable of receiving iMessage. The second requirement is to open ports in your router so that the client part can access the server part anywhere. Not sure if that is necessary if you're using a PC local only though.
Apparently there is a sign-in requirement for browser access through the AirMessage website so that may also be a negative factor. But if all this is still acceptable there is a way to access iMessage on a PC.
Finally, if PC/Windows has any sort of an app like Fluid for Mac, then you can create a standalone app that uses whatever browser page AirMessage uses instead having to use an actual browser.
One thing to note…AirMessage uses its own database, so any messages sent through it are not necessarily going to be in sync with those Apple devices that use iMessage. But you can use it like normal. On my Pixel I was able to send, recieve and view video and pictures without an issue.
Thank you for this. I had looked into this system before but I didn’t want to have to do what it would take to use it. But they have made it better and I believe that it’s going to be what I want for a solution. Now that we have windows 11 with it’s almost required use of Edge (and that Microsoft has made Edge the best windows browser available in my opinion-I even run it on my Mac and ios devices.) I’m going to set it up and give it a try. I’m going to try to get the AirMessage web client running as a windows Progressive web app. Then it will work just like a natural windows app.