Is it possible to link iMessage for the mac, to a phone number rather than email address?

Hi All
I would like imessage for the MAC to be synced with my phone number, so that the person im sending two does not receive two seperate threads?

Just go to contacts and add their info and put their phone number in and not their email.

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Paid $60 - for a phone number rather than a subscr...

Hi, first a quick rant: I'm an EXTREMELY frustrated new user. I have spent the last hour trying to figure out what I just purchased and what I can do to get an explaination, but whoever created this website did so without a new user in mind.
Quickly: I need help trying to determine what I just purchased and what to do from here.
As Quickly as I can explain what's going on: My friend in Croatia told me he spent $60 for unlimited calling. He can apparently call anywhere to phones - as we made several calls to landlines in both the states and england from his computer. We've since left his place.
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I whipped out my credit card and paid $60 after chosing a number. After about an hour, the transaction cleared on my account with a renewal in 12 months. I went to make a call and it said I didn't have enough credit. After trying to figure out what happened all I can determine is that I might have paid for the use of a phone number for 12 months and not a subscription.
Now of course after trying for several hours trying to find out how to contact Microsoft or Skype - or Whatever help center - for the past hour and finding they deflect all help to their help pages that comes nowhere NEAR helping me or explaining what has happened - and if I made a mistake how to correct it. I apparently need to spend more money for a premium account to get actual advice or any kind of resolution.
Any company that takes money and expects a new user just to GET it, without providing some human interaction is a horrid company.
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I've had a subscription for many years and this month I lapsed because of a new credit card number. After a few days I went in to resubscribe and everything went smoothly... or so I thought.
I paid $60 bucks for a 12 month subcription and everything seemed to go through... I got charged and I got a confirmation e-mail. Now, here's the rub. Whenever I make a call a message pops up that says "Your call is about to end. You are low on credits." WHAT?!?
I just paid $60 bucks! So, having never had a problem before I procceded to the website to look at my account and possibly send an e-mail to someone that could help me. No dice.
This website needs to provide some sort of support for their users... In fact this is the only post I could find on this subject and, unfortunately, it didn't help me at all. It just showed me that at least one other person has had this problem. When replying to this post a small box opened up, talking about how to fix payment problems. When I followed those links, it lead me to a page that basically said "If your subscription isn't working, it's your fault." WTF! Seriously?!?!
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Paid $60 - for a phone number rather than a subscription? Please chime in and help a newbie

Hi, first a quick rant: I'm an EXTREMELY frustrated new user. I have spent the last hour trying to figure out what I just purchased and what I can do to get an explaination, but whoever created this website did so without a new user in mind. Quickly: I need help trying to determine what I just purchased and what to do from here. As Quickly as I can explain what's going on: My friend in Croatia told me he spent $60 for unlimited calling. He can apparently call anywhere to phones - as we made several calls to landlines in both the states and england from his computer. We've since left his place. As I'm traveling to many countries, I figured this was a great idea, I'll pay up front instead of purchasing credits. I whipped out my credit card and paid $60 after chosing a number. After about an hour, the transaction cleared on my account with a renewal in 12 months. I went to make a call and it said I didn't have enough credit. After trying to figure out what happened all I can determine is that I might have paid for the use of a phone number for 12 months and not a subscription. Now of course after trying for several hours trying to find out how to contact Microsoft or Skype - or Whatever help center - for the past hour and finding they deflect all help to their help pages that comes nowhere NEAR helping me or explaining what has happened - and if I made a mistake how to correct it. I apparently need to spend more money for a premium account to get actual advice or any kind of resolution. Any company that takes money and expects a new user just to GET it, without providing some human interaction is a horrid company. So I paid for something I didn't want and can't use. I THINK. But I can't request a refund or help because I haven't paid for a premium account. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks so much; I realize you're probably just a user of the service like myself.

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Yes they told me I will have to pay $30 for my number and $30 for my 12 months subscription now they said they did not they are liarsMy subscription is not working neither after several months tried to fix the problem no one from skype neither from Microsoft tried to contact me is very painful to paid skype for a phone services and they just do nothing but laughing in your face Skype and Microsoft let me tell you something in your face you both sucks big time you are nightmare what a pityI would love to sue skype since they are not providing with the service I contract with then my business is suffering for negligence in delivery my subscription that I bought but is not working long time ago I will follow a class action against skype please keep updatedPORT A SKYPE NUMBER http://community.skype.com/t5/Skype-Number/Port-Skype-Online-Number-to-another-provider/td-p/1529827https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/[removed for privacy]-Keeping-Your-Telephone-Number-When-Changing-Service-ProvidersWhen all is said and done Skype is a phone service provider and as such they must allow your number to move. It is required under Section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. The SBREFA '96 required portability in the largest 100 Metropolitan statistical areas. Then in 2003, the requirement was expanded to ALL carriers regardless of geographical location.
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I am trying to sync my iPhone iMessages to my MacBook Air using my phone number rather than my email address as my messages on my phone come through to my phone number. My husband has been able to set it up, accidentally I think, but I can't seem to.

I am trying to sync my iPhone iMessages to my MacBook Air using my phone number rather than my email address as my messages on my phone come through to my phone number and not my email address. My husband has been able to set it up, accidentally I think, but I can't seem to.

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hey-- so iMessage on ONE computer has my wifes phone number in under iMessage and its greyed out and i cant change it to my number. any ideas? ive done what people have suggested on these forums, e.g., check your apple id make sure your number is associated with it etc. how do i change the iMessage number from my wifes to my actual number? thanks! R

HI,
This can depend on the the Apple ID that is used.
I was under the impression that the invididual parts of an iCloud ID could be "registered" separately for iMessages but this may not be correct.
I have an Apple ID that is based on a email from a source external to Apple. (an old Dial-up account email)
I registered this for iCloud and at the time got an @me.com name as well.
I also have two iPhones so I decided to use the @me.com name on one iPhone and the older Dial-up on the other.
This seemed to work up to the OS X10.8.2 and iOS 6 updates.
AT this points I did the OS X one first then the iPhones
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The Messages Menu > Accounts > iMessages showed the iPhone Number as an alternative Receive ID and offered itself in the Drop as the Send from ID.
I then set up the second iPhone and got an alert in Messages to add the Apple ID and the iPhone number to Messages.
I said no to this.
At iOS 6 this did not get added to the Messages > Preferences > Accounts > iMessage panel.
However at iOS 6.0.2 the iPhones are showing their own Numbers as Greyed out and even though I refused again the @me.com ID and second iPhone's Number they have been added to the Message Menu > Preferences > Accounts > iMessages pane although they are not ticked.
The only link these two Apple ID Names have is that they are both associated with the iCloud Account.
(I Can log in to the same iTunes account with either name, and post here, and access iCloud in a web browser - the password is the same).
I have successfully managed to get one iPhone to have it's greyed out Number ticked so it can accept iMessages sent to the Number.
This involved removing the Apple ID on that iPhone, Closing iMessages, restarting iMessages and then re-adding the Apple ID
I did get an alert to say the ID would not work anywhere in iMessages when removing it.
It was 24 hours before I got an alert in Messages again to add the iPhone Number and Apple ID (I said no and they are not active but do show in the iMessage account on the Mac)
I am a little confused by this bit:-
...ONE computer has my wife's phone number in under iMessage and its greyed out ...
I can see the iPhone Numbers in Messages Menu > Preferences > Accounts >iMessages Account pane but they are not greyed out even when not active
They are only greyed out on the iPhone's themselves.
I would also make sure the Apple IDs used on each computer and it's related iPhone are separate from each other.
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the link Ckuan put up helped me resolve this. thank you.
i signed out of both imessage and facetime on my computer and iphone. (i actually wasnt signed into my account on my iphone)
but i did sign in on my iphone
i then made sure that my tel number was the only button ticked
then once that was sorted i went back to my computer and signed in to both imessage and facetime and my number was now an option.
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Hi,
Actually that is Messages Menu > Preferences > Accounts > iMessages account and the "Start New Conversation From" Drop down
The Pic is from Mavericks but in the indicated item there is little change.
Mine is set to my Apple ID.
It can make a difference if your iPhone Contacts only know your iPhone Number or you don't want them to know your Apple ID.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
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2. Verify that you're using the same Apple ID that you're using on your iPhone.
3. On your iPad or iPod touch, sign out of your Apple ID in the following locations:
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    - Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
4. Sign in to your Apple ID with FaceTime and iMessage.
If your phone number still isn't listed, follow these steps:
1. Sign out of your Apple ID on all iOS devices, including your iPhone, in the following locations:
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    - Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
2. Sign in to your Apple ID on your iPhone.
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4. Sign in to your Apple ID on your other iOS devices.
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