Having made the jump from 10.7.5 to 10.9.3, bypassing 10.8 al together, it appears that I've missed a few features that are probably old news to some of you, so please bare with me. If I send a Message to someone from my MB Air, and they reply to that message, how do I get the message to go to my iPhone if the Air is shutdown so I don't miss the response. I'm not so concerned about sending iMesages from the iPhone because I'll always hear the "ding" and respond to it. If I don't open an iMessage on my phone, will it then appear, with Notification, on the Air? Thanks.
I recently plugged in my old iPhone4 for its semi annual "keep alive" recharge. once the thing booted up, I got a notification on my active iPhone5s that imessages/facetime had switched to the 4. (note that the 4 didn't have a valid SIM, but would connect to the in-house Wi-Fi). When I turned off the 4, there was no notification that "control" had returned to the 5 for the i-things. Would it be correct to state that the imessage/facetime things are directed to the device which last registered with Apple ? And that only one device was active at a time ? When the current device is turned off, does control return automatically to the last previously activated device if it is still there ?
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I'm not sure. I think Michelle's is the correct answer tho. I had to consult with one of my daughter's and it appears that's the case. I'm not quite sure what the "Start New Conversations From" is all about but I put in my iPhone number. It would appear that if both devices are on (laptop and iPhone) that the reply notification will "ding" on which ever device the original message came from. IOW, if I send a Message via the Air to an iPhone, and get a response, the Notification box will register the message. Eventually, it will show up on the iPhone but without any any "dinging". The opposite is true as well. A bit confusing but that's what seems to be happening. If my Air is shutdown, which is is most of the time, then all messages, regardless of how they originate goes to my phone, which is what I want. Gotta love technology! Even tho it is a bit of a hassle. I'll probably just disable Messages over time once the novelty wears off and just rely on my phone.
It means the "From" address. It will notify you on whichever device has Messages active and frontmost. If none are, it will notify you on all of them. I have all my email addresses and my phone number registered with my iPad, iPhone, and iMac, so I'm notified by whichever one I'm closest to.
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