MacOS – Turning off text to speech in iMessage

Messages on an iPad can't send an SMS so you can't send a message to a non-Apple phone. You'll need an SMS apple like Google Voice for that.

There Shouldn't be any problem sending an SMS from Messages on the iPhone though.

I've never heard of a three month version of AppleCare but both the iPad Mini and iPhone 5 come with 90 days of free phone support and a year warranty so I don't know why Apple would want you to buy anything.

In addition to unselecting Bonjour, which I agree was insufficient, I found that under Messages > Preferences, my Apple ID had been deselected. Once I re-selected it, I could then identify the phone numbers and email addresses I wanted to use with messaging.

I suspect my original cause was my daughter's wanting me to turn off messaging for her email address (she is young and so her stuff is under my Apple ID) and somehow that turned off the MacBook's messaging entirely, not just her address. Curiously, my iPhone was affected.

I also suspect I selected Bonjour in a futile attempt to fix messaging on the MacBook. Hope this is helpful.