How To Register Email With Imessage On Mac
Choose messages preferences option then click accounts and select your imessage account.
How to register email with imessage on mac. Tap send receive then choose use your apple id for imessage and sign in with your apple id. If messages asks you to sign in use the same apple id that you use with messages on your iphone and other devices. On your mac computer open messages app. Click on the imessage tab. In case that doesn t happen enter your apple id email address and password.
If it says the email is already in use this is because it is verified under a previous apple id. If you don t have an apple id you can click create new apple id at the bottom to sign up. How to set up imessage on mac. Input your apple username and password or click on create apple id to create a new account. Using the same apple id sign back in to messages and facetime on your other devices.
Click edit in the account section. Click on messages in the menu bar. After you ve signed in open message s settings by clicking on messages in the menu bar and selecting preferences or by pressing command comma. You can only use emails under one apple id. Under reachable at select add more.
Add an additional email address sign in to your apple id account page. You need to go to manage my apple id sign in with this old apple id and remove the additional email address from that apple id before you can add it to the newer one. Launch messages from your desktop dock or applications folder. It s usually the same apple id that you use for icloud the itunes store the app store and the account you created when you first set up your mac. If asked sign in with the apple id that you re using with messages on your iphone.
If you haven t used messages before on this mac you will be prompted to enter or create your apple id. It is located in the menu bar at the top of the app. By default the messages app will use your apple id to log you in. If you still need help change your apple id password and repeat the setup steps.