How to Connect iMessage to Mac

You can easily enable iMessage on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Perceiving your iPhone messages on the Mac is effectively an advantage of being part of the Apple ecosystem, but if you are not an enthusiast, we will also cover how to disable iMessage in your Mac. Still, confused by the difference between SMS (text messages) and also iMessage? Stop worrying, we will also cover what you need to know for that. When you turn on iMessage, whether it’s on your Mac or iPhone, you’ll be able to save data while communicating with your friends from any of your Apple devices, so enabling iMessage is particularly great if you have a limited data plan. To summarize, we will explain: iMessage vs. SMS, how to activate iMessage on the iPhone or iPad,

How to activate iMessage on iPhone or iPad

Open Settings.
Tap Messages.
Switch to iMessage.

It is also a great idea to check your Wi-Fi connection. Remember that iMessages sent by Wi-Fi cost nothing, but iMessages will use your data plan if necessary. To check your Wi-Fi after or before turning on iMessage,

Open Settings.
Tap Wi-Fi.
Make sure Wi-Fi is turned on at the top and the connection is turned off, which means you’re using it.

You are ready to start sending iMessages to other friends on their iPhone, iPad or Mac. You will know that you have properly sent an iMessage if your outgoing message is blue.

How to turn off read receipts

When enabled, Read Receipts lets the sender of messages know when you have seen them. Some people like to have this turned on by the fact that it lets others know that they are not responding, they just haven’t checked their messages in a while. However, quite a few people find this feature annoying. Fortunately, you can easily disable the receipt reading feature. For this,

Open Settings.
Tap Messages.
Find the Send Read receipts. Disconnect it.

That’s! Conversely, if you want to enable read receipts, simply change the Send Read Receipts option to on.