Let me start by saying I've always had Android phones so my Apple skills are lacking. Have an elderly family member who can recieve texts on the phone but they no longer go to the IPad. Both devices are connected to wifi but I'm not sure if the texts are received that way, via Bluetooth, or some random setting got changed in an update. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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Posted by Hopeful Doc

Member since Sep 2010

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Posted on 6/29/24 at 10:26 am to PalmettoPlayer13

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elderly family member who can recieve texts on the phone

“The phone” is an iPhone or no?
If no, read no further. They aren’t going to get texts there anymore (without some significant workarounds that weren’t being done before).

If yes:
Scroll a bit until you get to the, “can send/receive from one but not the other” section.

You’re looking for this screen:

Check this on both devices and make sure the phone number is available on both for texts.

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Posted by LeClerc

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Member since Oct 2012

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Posted on 6/29/24 at 10:31 am to PalmettoPlayer13

Their iPhone and iPad must be on the same wifi network. On the iPhone go to Settings>iMessage>Text Message Forwarding. It will show the devices connected to the network. Pick the device you wish messages to be forwarded to.

Hope this helps.

Oh well n/m

This post was edited on 6/29/24 at 10:36 am

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Posted by PalmettoPlayer13

Member since Mar 2024

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Posted on 6/29/24 at 10:33 am to Hopeful Doc

Ya its an IPhone. You guys are awesome thanks

This post was edited on 6/29/24 at 10:35 am

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Posted by captainpodnuh

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Jan 2004

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Posted on 6/29/24 at 11:48 am to PalmettoPlayer13

Also you need to have them both set to sync to iCloud. On each device, go to Settings, AppleID, iCloud, Apps Using iCloud, Messages in iCloud. Make sure this is turned On on both devices.

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Posted by TigerGman