I want to know how I can send a SMS message (not an iMessage) from my Mac. I don't have great Wi-Fi right now, so I need to send a text message in order for it to go through. I know to send one on an iPhone, one needs to hold down the message bubble, but I don't know how to send one on OS X.
MacOS – How to send an SMS message from the Mac
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There is currently no way to switch to Text Message by default when iMessage you know is going to fail.
1) When you know that your iMessage is not gonna go then try this:
- Type iMessage and send it. It will get stuck with Top bar showing "Sending..."
- Long press the iMessage text that is not going.
- A menu will appear where you can choose "Send as text message"
2) Now if you want to send Text Message intentionally by passing iMessage (consider scenario when you know recipient is not on cellular data or wifi) you can do the following: - Disable your Wifi - Disable Cellular data ( Go to Settings -> Select "Cellular" -> disable "Cellular Data" - Type iMessage and send it. It will get stuck with Top bar showing "Sending..." - Long press the iMessage text that is not going. - A menu will appear where you can choose "Send as text message"
Hope that helps!
Screenshots attached:Updating after fsb's comment below. "Send as text message" is not disabled in iOS 10.2.1 (latest as of 02/21/2017)
So, does the other person have an iPhone or something else? If it's something else, then it will automatically send as an sms. If the messages fails to send, and you try multiple times to send it, it will ask if you want to send as an sms instead of an iMessage (at least I think it will still do that).
If anything else, you could always go into iMessage settings, sign out of your Apple ID and then turn off and on iMessage.
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This is called Text Message Forwarding and requires iOS 8.1 or above. Make sure both the OS X Messages App and your iPhone have the same Apple ID enabled. Then, do the following:
That should just about do it.