iMessage messages update on MBA

[circatee]

Yesterday, I did not have my MBA connected to power at all (I started the day at 98% battery, and ending on around 58% battery).
I was working from my desk, and honestly, did not need power.

During the course of the day, I was viewing and responding to iMessages from my iPhone. A few stages during the day, I noticed that iMessage on my MBA did not update, with the latest communication. I found that weird.

Today, I connected power to my MBA, and iMessage 'synched' with all the latest messages and communication from yesterday.

What on earth does power have to do with it?

 

[circatee]

Do anyone else notice something similar with their various iOS devices?

 

[IngerMan]

I think iMessages and Mac OS are not in sync like on iOS. When I goto my Mac Mini and wake it up, iMessages appear from previous times that I seen them on iOS. Maybe there are setting to change this, but I am bothered enough on my iPhone to care it showing up on my MM. Now when I am working on the Mac Mini and have iMessages open it comes through instant. But not if I have iMessages closed on the Mac Mini

 

[circatee]

I think iMessages and Mac OS are not in sync like on iOS. When I goto my Mac Mini and wake it up, iMessages appear from previous times that I seen them on iOS. Maybe there are setting to change this, but I am bothered enough on my iPhone to care it showing up on my MM. Now when I am working on the Mac Mini and have iMessages open it comes through instant. But not if I have iMessages closed on the Mac Mini

Ah, so this might actually be by design.

And, to confirm, when you say you have iMessage 'closed' on your Mac, you mean WITHOUT the dot under the icon, right, i.e. truly closed, and not merely minimized?

 

[IngerMan]

Ah, so this might actually be by design.

And, to confirm, when you say you have iMessage 'closed' on your Mac, you mean WITHOUT the dot under the icon, right, i.e. truly closed, and not merely minimized?

Correct

 

[Zazoh]

There are a few settings that affect this.
On the iPhone / iPad go to Settings | Messages -- ensure Text Message Forwarding is enabled for the MBA.
On the MBA launch Messages go to preferences then the cloud tab, select "Enable messages in the cloud."

On battery, with Messages closed, I still get Notifications when they come in, unless I happen to have phone in hand open.

 

[circatee]

There are a few settings that affect this.
On the iPhone / iPad go to Settings | Messages -- ensure Text Message Forwarding is enabled for the MBA.
On the MBA launch Messages go to preferences then the cloud tab, select "Enable messages in the cloud."

On battery, with Messages closed, I still get Notifications when they come in, unless I happen to have phone in hand open.

Thanks. I do have all those settings on. I think the trick is the status of the MBA, when receiving an iMessage. I notice if I am using the MBA, messages are instant. When not using the MBA, and I then touch it to bring it to life, after a few minutes, all items (email, iMessage, etcetera), seem to then update. Alas, older items from the day before (depending on the last time I used the MBA), might take a while. Odd really...

 

[xboxbml]

Yesterday, I did not have my MBA connected to power at all (I started the day at 98% battery, and ending on around 58% battery).
I was working from my desk, and honestly, did not need power.

During the course of the day, I was viewing and responding to iMessages from my iPhone. A few stages during the day, I noticed that iMessage on my MBA did not update, with the latest communication. I found that weird.

Today, I connected power to my MBA, and iMessage 'synched' with all the latest messages and communication from yesterday.

What on earth does power have to do with it?

Yes, I noticed that yesterday as well.. I believe I was powered though. I mentioned it to my brother as I was texting him on MBA and I had that progress bar on the bottom left of iMessage window stuck on, I believe saying it was syncing... I rebooted as well and it was still there. I was also busy with Thanksgiving guests and activity but later on it seemed to go away. I think Apple was having issues again.. Wish I would have taken a pic of it..

 

[rdubmu]

Same thing as on my 2018 MacBook Pro 15 inch.