How to add a phone number to iMessage on a Mac, and receive messages on your computer

You can add your iPhone's phone number to iMessage on your Mac computer with a few quick steps on your iPhone and Mac. Here's ...

How to enable iMessage on your iPhone to easily send messages to iPhone, iPad, and Mac users

It's easy to enable iMessage on an iPhone to send messages over cellular data or Wi-Fi with other iPhones, or over Wi-Fi with iPads or Mac computers.

How to fix iMessage activation issue on iOS 26

iPhone users on iOS 26, iMessage activation may be blocked by an inactive SIM — here's how to fix it. Some users are finding ...
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How to Reclaim Your Phone Number from iMessage

When it works, iMessage is one of Apple’s best online services. With iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 Yosemite, it seamlessly merges SMS and instant messaging across all your Apple devices, and you won’t find ...
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How to catch iMessage impersonators with Contact Key Verification

When enabled, the opt-in Contact Key Verification gives automatic alerts if the iMessage key distribution services return device keys that have not been verified (e.g. if an unrecognized device has ...