How do i sync iMessage on my phone and macbook air

imessage on my phone and macbook air used to be synced, in that all of the messages either sent or recieved would show up on both my iphone 5s and my macbook, in the last week this hasnt happened though and the messages only show up on one or ther other; if my computer is on they only show up on there but if its off they will come to my phone, how can i get them to sync again to make then come up on both??

Hi bec1993,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
I believe there may be an issue revolving around the Apple iD or the iMessaging accounts being used on your iPhone and MacBook Air.
In order for iMessages to sync between iOS devices they need to use the same Apple iD. This basically will link all your iOS devices in n Apple ecosystem where they will all be synced across all your iOS devices.
The first thing to do is check if the iMessaging accounts are using the same Apple iD:
To do this first on the Mac go to the application Messages:
          1.          Click messages from the menu bar at the top of the screen
          2.          Click Preferences
          3.          Click Accounts, from here you will see all the places where you are getting messages to your MacBook.
          4.          Look at all the accounts where the iMessaging description is/the accounts that are sending and receiving iMessages on your MacBook Air. They all have iMessage in the description below the address
Now go to your iPhone:
          1.          Go to settings
          2.          Scroll down to Messages
          3.          Make sure that iMessage is turned on
          4.          Then go to Send and Receive and click this
          5.          Make sure that the Apple iD at the top of the screen matches address that was found in Step 4 of the first part and make sure they match up and are identical.
If they aren't - you can change the wrong one and this with fix your problem and have the messages resyncing again.
If they are the same and still not syncing, simply log out of the accounts on both sign out in the preferences on Messages OS X and log out in Messages iOS and then reenter your details in both correctly.
I hope this helps and please keep be posted as to if you succeed.
Many Thanks
iBenjamin Crowley

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