Why does it say not registered with imessage

I spent a very long time with Microsoft — my whole working career. I am so glad I made the change. I will never go back. We have a PC with Windows 10 in the house. I have to use it occasionally. What annoyed me before still annoys me.

I am always happy to go back to my Mac desktop. Absolutely agree. Apple used to be known as the simplest. Now it is absolutely frustrating. Serhat Kurt Dr. Thank you for choosing to leave a comment.

Kind regards H Reply. You will need to enable your computer on the iPhone as I described. If this is not the case and your problem is different than the OP, then start a new discussion stating what your problem is. Your solution worked for me. Don't know how it got turned off. I'm sure I did it somehow. But now that the computer is enabled Under Text Message Forwarding, everything is back to normal. Dec 26, PM. Communities Get Support. Sign in Sign in Sign in corporate.

Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: Philibobby Philibobby. Here is a list of things I have done that will have caused the error: I fresh installed Yosemite about 2 days ago I updated my iPhone to 8.

What can I do to make this functionality work again? More Less. Reply I have this question too I have this question too Me too Me too. Helpful answers Drop Down menu. I would greatly appreciate if anyone can help me with this issue. Cheers, Demo View answer in context. Nov 27, PM in response to Philibobby In response to Philibobby You must register your phone number by signing into iMessage from your iPhone.

Also enable SMS on the iPhone. Dec 28, PM in response to tranquildavid In response to tranquildavid Maybe I can be clearer. Jan 30, PM in response to blackdogaudio In response to blackdogaudio That worked -- yes do go to your computer and turn on iMessage then Preferences and log into your Apple ID.

Loading page content. Reply Helpful 48 Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. Use Messages with your Mac. Published Date: August 27, Yes No. Character limit: Maximum character limit is So those require only standard text messages. However, an error may occasionally show up when an Apple device is trying to contact a fellow Apple device, leaving users frustrated as they would like to send an iMessage to another person.

It can be lots of things that cause this issue. To toggle the enabled state of iMessages you will simply need to:. You can do this by simply powering it down, allowing it to fully turn off, then restarting it. You may also find that some of your Apple devices do not get this error, while others do.

This is even more of an indicator that Apple ID-based settings need attention. You will also want to make sure the Apple ID is both registered and verified.