IMessage Mac and iPhone are suddenly different

I had them niclely sinced and received the same message on both devices.
However, I had to change my password and after I logged both back in with the new password they are different.
If I message by phone I only get answer back via phone and vise versa. The other person sees both of my message (Mac and Phone) as different user (though same name).
How can I fix this?

Hi,
Most commonly this seems to be caused by a Message or two not being cleared from the iOS device prior to Syncing.
Messages then get divided between the Phone Number and the Apple ID in use and only one of them will sync (usually the Apple ID that is also used in Messages beta.)
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