iPhone 12 Using iMessage from Mac.

[urbantea]

So I've set up my iMessage on my mac using the text forwarding from the iphone. I can text people from my iphone, on my mac. But what I can't do is... on my mac, open a new text message and type in a contact's name from my iphone. THeir name does not pop up. I switched over from android where I had all my contacts in google.

When I go into Mac > Preferences> APPLE ID> iCloud and uncheck contacts... then all the names don't show up on the imessages on Mac. It's just poepe's phone #'s. ....

What settings do I have to do on the mac or iphone to do this...?

 

[Cryates]

So I've set up my iMessage on my mac using the text forwarding from the iphone. I can text people from my iphone, on my mac. But what I can't do is... on my mac, open a new text message and type in a contact's name from my iphone. THeir name does not pop up.

What settings do I have to do on the mac or iphone to do this...?

Assuming you are signed into iCloud on the Mac, and have 'Contacts' turned on under System Preferences>Apple ID, it should work.

 

[K4VKS]

Check to see if the contacts are syned. In my case, I sync my contacts to Google and not Apple. Whatever you use, make sure it's synced.

 

[urbantea]

Check to see if the contacts are syned. In my case, I sync my contacts to Google and not Apple. Whatever you use, make sure it's synced.

Oh yeah, All my contacts are in google...so where should I have them synced? On mac AND on iphone?

 

[chscag]

Oh yeah, All my contacts are in google...so where should I have them synced? On mac AND on iphone?

On iCloud.

 

[urbantea]

Assuming you are signed into iCloud on the Mac, and have 'Contacts' turned on under System Preferences>Apple ID, it should work.

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I switched over from android where I had all my contacts in google.

When I go into Mac > Preferences> APPLE ID> iCloud and uncheck contacts... then all the names don't show up on the imessages on Mac. It's just poepe's phone #'s. ...

 

[urbantea]

On iCloud.

Yeah but where do I change that setting? on the iphone , or mac? And where, as in the steps....

 

[chscag]

You can change it on your Mac. System Preferences -> Apple ID -> apps on this Mac using iCloud. Select "contacts".

 

[urbantea]

You can change it on your Mac. System Preferences -> Apple ID -> apps on this Mac using iCloud. Select "contacts".

This will sync all my contacts from GOOGLE , onto my computer?

 

[chscag]

This an older article but it still works. Once your Google contacts account is registered in your Mac contacts app and iCloud is chosen as above, they will sync.

Follow the directions in this article:

Sync your Mac Address Book with Google Contacts

You can easily sync your Mac Contact list or Address Book contacts with your Google Contacts. This is quite easy to set up, we’ll show you how to do so in all versions of OS X.

osxdaily.com

 

[urbantea]

This an older article but it still works. Once your Google contacts account is registered in your Mac contacts app and iCloud is chosen as above, they will sync.

Follow the directions in this article:

Sync your Mac Address Book with Google Contacts

You can easily sync your Mac Contact list or Address Book contacts with your Google Contacts. This is quite easy to set up, we’ll show you how to do so in all versions of OS X.

osxdaily.com

Thanks. I've added GOOGLE under contacts and synced the "contacts". Question.... in Contacts, under iCloud - do I still have the "contacts" checked here too? or no? I only want my google contacts synced....

 

[chscag]

Yeah, you should also have "contacts" checked off there. Note that it will sync all your contacts. You can always name your contacts folders to tell them apart. For example: One folder - "Business Contacts" another - "Google Contacts", and so on.

I have three separate contacts folders and can sync all of them or just one at a time.