Text, group text, send photos & Walkie Talkie Message any textPlus user in the world for free. US and Canadian users get a free phone number that you can use for free SMS texting to any US or Canadian mobile number. Group chat with your friends. Invite friends & family to use textPlus so it's always free for you and loved ones. On the Messages screen, tap on Text Message Forwarding (See image below) 5. On the next screen, you will see a list of Apple devices linked to your Apple ID under 'Allow these devices to send and Receive Text Messages from this iPhone'. Turn on the option to Send and Receive Text Messages for your Mac (See image below).
With Messages for Mac, you can send unlimited messages to any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that uses iMessage, Apple's secure-messaging service. iPhone owners can use it for SMS and MMS messages, too.
Set up iMessage
iMessage is the Apple messaging service you get automatically with your Apple ID.If it's not already set up, you're asked to sign in when you first open the Messages app. Sign in with same Apple ID that you use with Messages on your iPhone and other devices. It's usually the same Apple ID that you use for iCloud, the iTunes Store, the App Store, and the account you created when you first set up your Mac.
Have a conversation
- Click at the top of the Messages window.
- Address your message by typing the recipient's name, email address, or phone number. Or click and choose a recipient. If they're in your Contacts app, Messages finds them as you type. To start a group conversation, just add more recipients.
- Type your message in the field at the bottom of the window, then press Return to send it.
- To include emoji, click.
- To include an image or other file, just drag or paste it into the message field. Or use Continuity Camera to capture a photo or scan directly from your iPhone or iPad camera.
- To include an audio recording, clickand record your message.
- After starting a conversation, click Details in the corner of the window to take other actions, including:
- Choose not to be disturbed by notifications about this conversation.
- Use FaceTime to start an audio call or video call .
- Share a screen .
- See the recipient's location—if they're sharing their location with you.
- Review all of the photos and files that were exchanged in the conversation.
- Add a group name, add members to a group, or leave a group. If the group has four or more members, you can remove members: Control-click the member's name, then choose Remove from Conversation.
With macOS Sierra or later, you can also use Siri to send, read, and reply to Messages:
- 'Send a message to Susan and Johnny saying I'll be late' or 'Tell Johnny Appleseed the show is about to start' or 'Text a message to 408 555 1212.'
- 'Read the last message from Brian Park' or 'Read my new messages.'
- 'Reply that's great news' or 'Tell him I'll be there in 10 minutes.'
Add a Tapback to a message
macOS Sierra introduces Tapback to the Mac. A Tapback is a quick response that expresses what you think about a message, such as that you like it or think it's funny. In the image above, the heart next to 'See you then!' is a Tapback. Here's how to do it:
- Control-click a message bubble to open a shortcut menu.
- Choose Tapback from the menu.
- Click a Tapback to add it to the message bubble.
Your Tapback is visible to everyone in the conversation who is using iMessage with macOS Sierra or later or iOS 10 or later. Other iMessage users see 'Liked' or 'Laughed at' or 'Emphasized,' for example, followed by the text of that message.
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch also have Tapback, as well as other message effects available only on those devices. Most such affects look the same on your Mac when you receive them. Others appear as a description of the effect, such as '(sent with Loud Effect).'
Send text messages to anyone from your Mac
If you have an iPhone with a text messaging plan, learn how to set up text message forwarding so you can send and receive SMS and MMS messages from your Mac.
Delete a message or conversation
When you permanently delete a message or conversation, you can't get it back. So make sure that you save important information from your messages.
To delete a message:
- Open a message conversation.
- Control-click the blank area of a message bubble that you want to delete.
- Choose Delete.
- Click Delete.
To delete a conversation:
- Control-click a conversation.
- Choose Delete Conversation.
- Click Delete.
Learn more
- To learn more about Messages, choose Messages Help from the Help menu in Messages.
- If you get an error when trying to sign in to iMessage, learn what to do.
FaceTime is not available in all countries or regions.
Get the details, frameworks, and tools you need to use system fonts for Apple platforms in your apps. These typefaces offer the control and flexibility to optimally display text at a variety of sizes, in many different languages, across multiple interfaces.
SF Pro
This sans-serif typeface is the system font for iOS, macOS, and tvOS, and includes a rounded variant. It provides a consistent, legible, and friendly typographic voice.
SF Compact
This sans-serif typeface is the system font for watchOS, and includes a rounded variant. It suits a wide range of content and is easily legible in a variety of contexts.
SF Mono
This monospaced variant of San Francisco enables alignment between rows and columns of text, and is used in coding environments like Xcode. It supports Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts and contains six weights in upright and italic.
New York
This all-new, Apple-designed serif typeface is based on essential aspects of historical type styles and is designed to work on its own as well as alongside San Francisco.
Human Interface Guidelines
Read the Human Interface Guidelines to learn how to use these fonts in your app on Apple platforms.
Videos
Gain insight into typographic principles and how they apply to the San Francisco fonts, the result of a deep collaboration between design and engineering teams. Microsoft digital art software. This typeface defers to the content it displays to give text unmatched legibility, clarity, and consistency.
Tools and Frameworks
Use the latest frameworks in Xcode to integrate dynamic text handling and typesetting capabilities into your app.
UIKit
UIKit provides custom text management and rendering on iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
AppKit
AppKit provides font selection, text processing, and rendering for macOS.
Core Text
Text Free For Macbook Air
This text engine and API for Apple platforms provides sophisticated text handling and typesetting capabilities for managing adaptive user interfaces.
SF Symbols
SF Symbols provides over 2,400 configurable symbols that integrate seamlessly with San Francisco.
Apple Font Tool Suite
This suite of command-line tools includes an installer package, tutorial, user documentation, and reference.
TrueType and AAT
Free Macbook Air
- To learn more about Messages, choose Messages Help from the Help menu in Messages.
- If you get an error when trying to sign in to iMessage, learn what to do.
FaceTime is not available in all countries or regions.
Get the details, frameworks, and tools you need to use system fonts for Apple platforms in your apps. These typefaces offer the control and flexibility to optimally display text at a variety of sizes, in many different languages, across multiple interfaces.
SF Pro
This sans-serif typeface is the system font for iOS, macOS, and tvOS, and includes a rounded variant. It provides a consistent, legible, and friendly typographic voice.
SF Compact
This sans-serif typeface is the system font for watchOS, and includes a rounded variant. It suits a wide range of content and is easily legible in a variety of contexts.
SF Mono
This monospaced variant of San Francisco enables alignment between rows and columns of text, and is used in coding environments like Xcode. It supports Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts and contains six weights in upright and italic.
New York
This all-new, Apple-designed serif typeface is based on essential aspects of historical type styles and is designed to work on its own as well as alongside San Francisco.
Human Interface Guidelines
Read the Human Interface Guidelines to learn how to use these fonts in your app on Apple platforms.
Videos
Gain insight into typographic principles and how they apply to the San Francisco fonts, the result of a deep collaboration between design and engineering teams. Microsoft digital art software. This typeface defers to the content it displays to give text unmatched legibility, clarity, and consistency.
Tools and Frameworks
Use the latest frameworks in Xcode to integrate dynamic text handling and typesetting capabilities into your app.
UIKit
UIKit provides custom text management and rendering on iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
AppKit
AppKit provides font selection, text processing, and rendering for macOS.
Core Text
Text Free For Macbook Air
This text engine and API for Apple platforms provides sophisticated text handling and typesetting capabilities for managing adaptive user interfaces.
SF Symbols
SF Symbols provides over 2,400 configurable symbols that integrate seamlessly with San Francisco.
Apple Font Tool Suite
This suite of command-line tools includes an installer package, tutorial, user documentation, and reference.
TrueType and AAT
Free Macbook Air
Text Free For Mac
Get specifications for the TrueType font format and the Apple Advanced Typography (AAT) Font Feature Registry for advanced font rendering.
