We hope this answers your question Jeremy, enjoy iMessage! I just want it to be the case that whenever I participate in a text conversation between other iMessage users, that all my non-deleted conversations will appear on all my devices exactly as they were regardless of which device I used previously. How can iMessage be made to push and sync more efficiently across multiple devices? Most of the time (read: almost every time) I must begin sending messages from iPad before incoming messages will begin getting pushed to that device. Hi! I had a question about using iMessage across multiple devices. This post is in response to an excellent question submitted to us by Jeremy L, who wrote in asking: If you’re experiencing issues with Mac OS too, then check out fixing iMessage syncing between Mac and iPhone or iPad here for more tips on troubleshooting. I’ll bet a future iOS update will fix this, but in the meantime it’s easy enough to do manually. While verifying this to be the case, I discovered that MacGasm came upon the same solution when syncing messages with an iPhone 4S, further implicating the iPhone’s phone number as the cause of the problem. The sporadic or occasionally unreliable syncing behavior seems to be most problematic when using iMessage between an iPhone and another iOS device like an iPod touch or iPad, and presumably that is due to the Caller ID associating with a phone number rather than an Apple ID.

They’re supposed to, and some do and some don’t. Why Don’t iMessages Sync Automatically Between DevicesUntil I Do This? It’s obviously necessary for you to be using the same Apple ID or iMessage account here, and this also requires a modern version of iOS on every device since iMessage is not available on the super old versions, but nearly any vaguely modern device will have this feature. You’ll want to verify this process on each iOS and iPadOS device you intend to sync the iMessages to.

Send a new iMessage and check your iOS devices, they should now all be synced.

Close out Settings and repeat on your other iOS hardware.

Tap on the Apple ID as your caller ID (yes, even on the iPhone).

Next, at the bottom of the iMessage settings account screen, tap on “Caller ID”.

Make sure the same Apple ID / phone number is in use on all devices you wish to sync iMessage between.

Choose “Send & Receive” (or “Receive At” for older iOS versions).

How to Sync iMessages Between All Devices iPhone, iPad, iPod touchĭo the following steps from each of the individual iOS devices to make sure iMessage is enabled and working as expected: If your iMessages aren’t syncing, there’s a quick fix to have them reliably sync across all your devices.

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