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iMessage almost never syncs
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Have had almost no problems myself between my iPhone 12 Pro Max (currently running iOS 14.6) and 2018 Mini (still on Catalina). When I'm at home, I frequently will take a picture with the phone and share it in an iMessage thread. Then I will go immediately to the Mac and make a post to the same thread, since it's easier to type on a physical keyboard. Syncs up both ways without doing anything manual.
I can't get my iMessage message deletion to synchronize between my iMac, M1 MacMini, iPad Pro, Apple Watch, and iPhone 13 Pro Max. I waste a lot of time pruning old iMessage messages from each device. I'd love to hear about a fix.
You'll never get Apple Watch to automatically delete its local messages in sync with iCloud. It doesn't work. It never has and probably never will. It's a known foible of the watch and Apple shows no signs of ever fixing it.
Wow, the Watch thing is kind of a pain. I've got a GPS dog tracker collar, and I've turned on the option to txt me if the dog leaves the house. Of course most of time the doggie is with me. But that gives me one thread of txts a day going on walks. Also, you can't mass delete txts on an Apple Watch, right?
For me personally, it works. However, on my Apple Watch, that is where the sync of iMessage annoys me somewhat...
Same here, I have to delete from each device. But I only use it on two devices and don't get a lot of messages.
Correct. It‘s kind of a miracle that they aren’t kept synced with the paired iPhone, but there you have it.
Apple is appalling trying to sync between software. They simply don't care. Anyone with two devices can see this never works. Pathetic Apple.
Any good ideas or tips on how to set up the sync to work properly?
I like my new MacBook Air, old MacBook Pro, iPad Air, and iPhone 13 mini to sync iMessage. iMessage in iCloud is enabled on all devices. Things are going so so with all devices but as the iPad is often in Airplane mode for extended periods, it seems like it cannot “catch up” with the latest version once reconnected.
Ideas?
I like my new MacBook Air, old MacBook Pro, iPad Air, and iPhone 13 mini to sync iMessage. iMessage in iCloud is enabled on all devices. Things are going so so with all devices but as the iPad is often in Airplane mode for extended periods, it seems like it cannot “catch up” with the latest version once reconnected.
Ideas?