How to set up your addresses in Messages

#1 Macworld

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:00 AM

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#2 spearemj

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:33 AM

I have disabled text messages with my phone company so that I don't have to pay for them. If I use my phone number in iMessage for sending or receiving (instead of my email address) will my phone company bill me? Or does this bypass the phone company?

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 04:25 AM

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It bypasses the phone company when sending to other iOS and OSX with Messages enabled, but you get cut off from those who only have SMS (Android, Windows phone...)

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 04:28 AM

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If you have completely disabled SMS/MMS with your carrier, your carrier won't be sending for or transmitting to you any texts, so you obviously can't be charged. Anything you send or receive using the Messages app will be free, but of course you'll only be able to send to other Messages users of iOS and Mac devices.

#5 stoneage

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 06:09 AM

I don't have a 'Start new conversations from:' option in my Messages window.
http://d.pr/i/jbPS

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 07:08 AM

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I don't have a 'Start new conversations from:' option in my Messages window. http://d.pr/i/jbPS

I don't either.

I'm running the latest version of OS X.

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 07:23 AM

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I don't have a 'Start new conversations from:' option in my Messages window. http://d.pr/i/jbPS I don't either. I'm running the latest version of OS X.

I figured it out.

You need to enable your second receive address (in my case, my iphone number) .

Close preferences and look at your iPhone. There will be an alert saying your phone number was added to messages. Click ok.

Open preferences and you'll see the Send From selection at the bottom.

#8 Glenn_Fleishman

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 10:37 AM

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I don't have a 'Start new conversations from:' option in my Messages window. http://d.pr/i/jbPS I don't either. I'm running the latest version of OS X. I figured it out. You need to enable your second receive address (in my case, my iphone number) . Close preferences and look at your iPhone. There will be an alert saying your phone number was added to messages. Click ok. Open preferences and you'll see the Send From selection at the bottom.

That's correct. You don't need to choose which account to send messages from if only one account is available.

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:12 PM

I had an interesting experience with Messages while traveling abroad. I live in Thailand and arranged with my carrier to allow voice and text message (but not data) roaming. In places where I did not have Internet access (WiFi) I was, of course, able to send regular SMS messages. Unfortunately, when people replied to those SMS messages, Apple's Messages server sent the replies as iMessages. Of course, I didn't receive those replies until I again had Internet access.

The answer seemed to be to unregister my phone number with Messages when roaming.

Is there another solution?