I'm having difficulty with the iMessage app in the sense that I would like to be able to send an iMessage from my IMac @home to my IPhone @On the road? How do I do this without creating a different Apple ID for both? They are both mine – but I want to be able to communicate between the two. Is this possible? Thanks. Theresa
IPhone – iMessage from IMac to IPhone
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If you go into Settings > Messages, you should be able to choose which email addresses you get iMessages to. It's under the Receive At option which let's you input additional email addresses.
Additionally, you can even sign out of your iMessage account without affecting the iTunes account by tapping on the name of the account you are currently signed in as (on the same screen).
Here's what it looks like on an iPhone:
Change the email address in the Settings app under Messages:
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hmmm… initially I thought this couldn't be done, however.
From messages, start a new conversation, from the top right icon. Start typing your own name until you can select your iMessage-capable account, accept then type the message.
Send.
A few seconds later the message will arrive on both devices & you can then converse with 'yourself' - though it will all appear in both columns, as though you were actually talking to 'yourself'.
Looks odd - but it works.
Tested initiating on both iPhone & Mac. Both work.
iPhone seems to generate multiple conversations for some reason, but the Mac keeps it inline.
Minor inconvenience, I'd say, for the benefits of being able to talk to yourself ;-)