I send Messages to Android phones, daily. No problem.
If you send it with Apple Messages to an Android, you need to use their
phone number<<<, not their email.
Why? Because, they can¡¯t accept it in Apple¡¯s proprietary iMessage format. Only as a text, which uses cell phone technology, not email.
I have one friend, who does not use a text app on his Android phone, and only uses FaceBook Messenger. He can¡¯t remember how to set that up to send and receive regular text. What a Royal PITA.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
On Nov 10, 2023, at 04:09, Debbi <djmcneer@...> wrote:
?Sending text messages through Messages on my MBA didn¡¯t used to be a problem, and I can¡¯t discern when it became one.
I have, of course, scoured the forums for answers/solutions/fixes, and occasionally the suggested cure works. But it doesn¡¯t keep working. (The suggested cure is to make sure Messages is configured properly, select the correct email addresses to send from, make sure forwarding is turned on, etc. I¡¯ve followed every instruction.)
I was able to successfully send texts to Android yesterday morning, for instance, but messages today are flagged ¡°not delivered.¡±
This is frustrating. I find it much easier to compose a message using my laptop keyboard, and don¡¯t want to limit my contacts to those who own Apple handheld devices.
What could the problem be, and how can I fix it permanently?
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Debbi McNeer
MacBook Air Apple M2
Sonoma 14.0
Brent