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Thanks. &nbsp;I'll check it out as soon as I can and get back.
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Thanks.  I'll check it out as soon as I can and get back.

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With both your help it appears that it is working again. &nbsp;I did have to end up signing off the mac, restarted the mac and iphone and its working like a charm.
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With both your help it appears that it is working again.  I did have to end up signing off the mac, restarted the mac and iphone and its working like a charm.

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A friend of mine is an Android user. &nbsp;In the past, I could use Messages on my iPhone and Mac to text message them. &nbsp;The outline of the messages with them would be green (which usually indicates they're a non iPhone user).<br />
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A recent update on my Macbook have suddenly made it not possible for me to get texts from my friend. &nbsp;I still get texts on my iPhone, but they are not showing up in Messages anymore on my Macbook.<br />
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How do I turn this back on?
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A friend of mine is an Android user.  In the past, I could use Messages on my iPhone and Mac to text message them.  The outline of the messages with them would be green (which usually indicates they're a non iPhone user).

A recent update on my Macbook have suddenly made it not possible for me to get texts from my friend.  I still get texts on my iPhone, but they are not showing up in Messages anymore on my Macbook.

How do I turn this back on?

Messages are not being received suddenly with latest Macbook OS update

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