How To Register A Name On Imessage

Here s how you do it.

How to register a name on imessage. Go to settings messages and make sure that imessage is on. Instead of just a phone number however it can use your email address and it only works with other ipads iphones and macs. Tap the info button and on the details screen you will see a name field. Make sure that your mac and ios devices are running the latest version of the ios or macos software. Ensure that you sign in with the same apple id on your other devices e g your mac.

To do so open the group thread and tap the little arrow under the number of people. If you haven t used messages before on this mac you will be prompted to enter or create your apple id. Tap it and enter a name for the group. Input your apple username and password or click on create apple id to create a new account. It will ask you to sign in with your appleid.

Tap send receive. You might need to wait a moment for it to activate. The name will be updated and you will see a notification within the thread telling you that the group s name has been changed. When imessage others select their imessage call id be it iphone number or email accout depends how their imessage caller id are registered from your contact. On your iphone devices make sure your iphone is well connected to the internet.

Imessage lets you send and receive sms like text messages and mms style multimedia messages just like a phone through your icloud account. Before you can start using imessage you ll need to set it up. You might need to wait a moment for imessage to activate. Set up your phone number. You can name an imessage group.

If you see use your apple id for imessage tap it and sign in with the same apple id that you use on your mac ipad and ipod touch. It is located in the menu bar at the top of the app. You enable imessage in the settings messages. Without a device with ios5 you are not able to register an imessage caller id and can not participate in the imessage exchange. It will also ask you to set up the phone numbers and email addresses you wish to be linked to your imessage account.