Keeping Messages in sync across all my devices.

[Jackbequickly]

I am having to manually hit the sync button in settings to get some of my messages synced to my iPhone, iPad and MBPro. Am I missing something as one of the great advantages of the Apple iOS is this should be done automatically.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

iCloud message sync will “keep up” but there can be a lag. For immediate access to recent messages, be sure Forwarding is enabled on your iPhone in Setting > Messages

 

[Jackbequickly]

Thanks. Went into my setting on my iPhone and for some reason forwarding was not turned on for my new MBPro!

Thanks Sir!

 

[Arran]

Same issue here. New iPad messages out of sync.

Forwarding on phone was turned off (maybe that’s the new default now?). I didn’t know there was a setting for that.

Thanks!

 

[match14]

I have noticed that iMessages on my iPhone only sync to the cloud once a day around midnight.

 

[jazzzyJeff]

The only issue I have between my 13P and my MBP is the persistent unread badge if I delete SMS on one device without reading it first. Only goes away if I manually sync on the other device.
Besides that all the messages are in sync and Text Forwarding is enabled by default.

 

[CharlesShaw]

Same issue here. New iPad messages out of sync.

Forwarding on phone was turned off (maybe that’s the new default now?). I didn’t know there was a setting for that.

Thanks!

Yeah, I'm no longer seeing the setting for Text Message Forwarding, but my SMS texts are still being forwarded to my iPad.