Sending messages to non iMessage users via my iMAC

I am no longer able to send messages to anyone who is not a registered iMessage user from my iMAC. Those contacts now appear in red when I choose them. I can only send to imessage registered users. What gives? I used to be able to message anyone from my imac until very recently. I can message anyone from my iphone 5 with no problems.

You cannot send texts from an iPad.

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TS5185 My IPAD will not send messages to non APPLE users.

Today, Christmas Day, while trying to send a message my IPAD wanted me to turn on iMessage. There was no option not to do this. After it was turned on I could no longer send messages to non Apple users. After reading online that I could set send SMS on my IPHONE I did. Now I guess it send everything as an SMS message. Now my IPAD will not send messages to non Apple users. I guess Apple wants us to pick our friends only if the use Apple products. This is about as stupid as it gets. They want us to only communicate with Apple users. The only other option is to turn the feature off. Why have iMessage in the first place.
So my situation is I can send SMS Messages on my IPHONE. I cannot send any messages to non Apple users on my IPAD and iMessages to my Apple users.
This kind of stupidity is why I switched from Windows to Apple in the first place. Don't they test anything out anymore at Apple?

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think that you might be doing something wrong.
Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity - Apple Support
To use Continuity for SMS and MMS with your iPhone and your Mac, iPad or iPod touch
Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch need to use iOS 8.1, and your Mac needs to use OS X Yosemite.
Sign in to iMessage on your iPhone, your other iOS devices, and your Mac using the same Apple ID.
On your iPhone:
Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You Can Be Reached By, and add a check to both your phone number and email address.
Go to Messages > Text Message Forwarding, and enable the device(s) you would like to forward messages to.
Your Mac, iPad, or iPod touch will display a code. Enter this code on your iPhone to verify the SMS feature.

I have an iPhone 4, upgraded to the latest iOS software. Now, cannot send messages to non-iPhone users. No other settings have been changed. Thoughts?

I have an iPhone 4, upgraded to the latest iOS software. Now, cannot send messages to non-iPhone users. No other settings have been changed. Thoughts?

Hello wbaker252,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2755
Have a nice day,
Mario

HT3529 On ipad3, wifi only, how can I send messages to non iOS users?

On ipad3, wifi only, how can I send messages to non iOS users?
I have MacBook, and iPhone 4 as well

Your're wrong on the overly sensitive part. I couldn't care less about android or some other stuff that you are comparing, what i do care about... enough to take the time to explain, is that your view on things colors the choices you make.
You clearly state your decision making process and the marketing is doing their work on you.
You think in terms of comparisons and competitors and that will always get you. The truth is, I'm glad Apple finally focused on how "something makes you feel" with iOS 7. There is so much truth in that one sentence!
There is so much noise out there about screen size, n core processors and price comparisons you can never get a good feel of what the product really is. By the time you figure out you were taken on a marketing hike, a new model comes out and the story starts all over again. (think of the nokia 40 megapixel camera, or the quad core samsung, those are exagerations to impress the consumer) Imagine the size of the jpg's on that phone, all those megapixels with the quality of a phone camera, ridiculous. Soon we will have 12-core phones with 7 inch screens, and people being led into thinking you can do everything on it, "one thing to rule them all", buy now! I saw a woman on the metro the other day with a 6' phone, I swear the thing was almost half the size of her head.
It's almost 2014 and you are complaining you can't send sms(which is a 25 year old technology by the way) with this new device. All your friends are using outdated tech and because you want to talk to them you want outdated tech too. Sms is insecure, easily snooped upon and recorded, the carrier charges for it and charges more for international sms, and so on... and on... internet chat has been free since the 1990s and it's about time it got free on our phones too.
Just forget about it. Enjoy other people taking the decisions, you can't take yourself, for you. Trust them, see if it fits, care about life, act emotionally when you "feel" like it. You deserve that, you are human, take the feeling home with you, share it with others.
Who cares if it's the 2014 edition or quad core... I gave my old iPad 3 to my grandmother so I could call her on Facetime. I bought the iPad Air on a whim, I just "felt" I wanted it. After a couple of weeks she thought about asking me if she could call my brother in the UK too, and how much it would cost. I said it was free, and she looked at me in disbelief. She is now calling my brother weekly by herself... she is 78. Can you imagine that... all I did is give her my "old" iPad.
Buying the iPad Air was the single best decision of my life, not because of the size or the weight or even iOS 7 (i do enjoy them by the way) but because it made me give my old iPad to my grandmother.
She doesn't even understand how it works, I figured it would be too much useless stuff to mention... it just does! Here put your finger here and here, then tap the name... wait for him to answer. Unbelievable!!!
PS. I figured the best gift I can make is give my old Apple devices to people who would never in a million years buy one for themselves. You see them in shops, they are our mothers and friends... they look at the huge prices and they would never give that much to themselves, they feel they don't deserve it. They gave me money to buy all the useless cr@p I ever wanted in my youth, the least I could do is gift them my "old tech" to enrich their lives. Going to buy a 5S soon and give my 4S to someone for free, but it's going to be someone I care deeply about, deeply enough to change their lives.

My Iphone 4 isn't letting me send messages to non-Iphone users

My phone is on a 60 dollar monthly plan, in which my father an I did not know. We went to walmart and purchased a $50 prepaid card. It worked at first, and then when I sent messages to ANYONE, I got a message saying: "You have insufficient funds to send message". I finally got fed up, and we went to Verizon. When there, the guy said that because I'm on a 60 dollar plan, that's why my phone has been acting funky, so he had us put 10 dollars into the account, hopping that it would even everything out, because I'm on a 60 dollar plan. Well. It was working fine, I was texting my friends and what not. One in particular was a non-iphone user, and now each time I try sending a message to any non-iphone user, the message fails and it tells me that I have insufficient funds. However, my phone sends messages just fine to other iphone users. Help please...

It sounds as if you have insufficient funds on your account to send SMS messages. However, you apparently still have sufficient data to send iMessages. You'll need to contact Verizon and make arrangements either to add more money to your account or change your plan.

Can I send messaged to non iMessage numbers?

I trying to send messages from my macbook pro running Maverick. Is there a way to send SMS messages to numbers not registered with iMessage?

Hi,
Well Actually .... It's a sort of yes, no, maybe answer.
If...
The contact is in the US on these Carriers then you can use an AIM account to Send SMS to a non Apple Phone.
The phone Number has to be added to your Buddy List as if it were a normal Buddy name but with a leading +1 (As in +1234567890)
It Only works in AIM
It Only works to those Carriers (despite the +1 it has never been rolled out "worldwide").
There are also other Mac based SMS apps out there.
10:08 pm Friday; October 17, 2014
 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

I am having a hard time sending messages to non iPhone users, why?

When I text anyone who don't use Apple devices I have to resend the message two or three times it goes through. I have an iPhone 5c running on iOS 8.0.2 if that helps figure anything out. Thank you.

littlegigi8 wrote:
When I text anyone who don't use Apple devices I have to resend the message two or three times it goes through. I have an iPhone 5c running on iOS 8.0.2 if that helps figure anything out. Thank you.
SMS is a carrier function. If you're having trouble with sending them, you should start by contacting your carrier.
Best of luck.

TS2755 Whenever I send a message to another iPhone user via iMessage it is sending my Apple ID instead of my phone number. Could someone help me with this??

Whenever I send a message to another iPhone user via iMessage it is sending my Apple ID instead of my phone number. Could someone help me with this???

Check this article: iOS: About Messages
Additional Information
You can change your iMessage Caller ID setting on iOS devices in Settings > Messages > Receive At > Caller ID. Note that the Caller ID setting is used only for new conversations. If you would like to change the address from which messages are sent, first change your Caller ID, and then delete the existing conversation and start a new one.
iMessage responses will be sent from the address the recipient most recently messaged. For example, on iPhone you can receive messages sent to your Apple ID and phone number. A friend sends you a message to your Apple ID. Responses in this conversation will be sent from your Apple ID, even if your Caller ID is set to your phone number.

Picture messaging via text messages to non-iPhone users.

Hi I have an iPhone 4 with bell, I am unable to send pictures via text message/to non-iPhone users. I've been able to send them before using wifi, but not now. I've tried turning off iMessage, resetting network settings, mms on SMS on, I don't have data but wifi always worked before hand. I've tried sending to iPhones using text message, to HTC, and a blackberry but neither work and I cannot receive from the black berry nor HTC, please help, this is frustrating.

MMS is a carrier feature, so make your queries to Bell.

HT3529 Will iMessage send messages to non Apple phones? If so, is it automatic or do I have to keep changing settings?

Will iMessage send messages to non Apple phones? If so, is it automatic or do I have to keep changing settings?

If the recipient does not have an iOS device (or Mac) with iMessage activated on it, then it will send as SMS or MMS as appropriate. You don't need to change any settings.
The only time you'll run into an issue is sending to someone who used to have an iDevice and neglected to turn off iMessage when they got something else. They will have to address that so that you don't have to forcibly send messages as SMS/MMS.

Why can't i send text messages to non iphone users but have no problem sending them to people that have iphones?

why can i not send sms and picture messages to non iphone users but have no trouble sending them to people who have iphones? help???

.legoman. wrote:
why can i not send sms and picture messages to non iphone users but have no trouble sending them to people who have iphones? help???
Most likely your carrier has not enabled texting on your phone.

IPhone 4s wont send picture messages to non iPhone users.

I've tried reinstalling the IOS 6, changing the settings, shutting off the phone. I can not send picture messages to non iPhone users but can send texts and receive texts and receive picture messages. just can't send. Help.

jannwj, sending and receiving pictures is very important these days because we try to capture the moment all the time. I know this issue is frustrating because I take, send, and receive pictures at least 20 times a day. I researched your issue and did not find this as a known issue. Do you receive a error message? I recommend checking your message settings to ensure they are enabled. I have listed the steps below:
1) From the home screen, select Settings.
2) Select Messages.
3) From MMS Messaging, drag the switch left or right to enable / disable. Enabled when set to ON.
Please let me know if this helps. Also ensure the data network is enabled. I have listed steps below:
1) From the home screen, select Settings.
2) Select General.
3) Select Cellular.
4) Drag the Cellular Data switch left or right to enable / disable cellular data.
On /Celluar data enabled
Off /Cellular data disabled
Keep us posted with the status of your issue.
KinquanaH_VZW

Iphone 4 wont send picture messages to non iphone users

im having this issue with my iphone where it wont send picture messages to non iphone users. this problem is all of a sudden, it used to work and now its not. ive checked to see that my mms messages are turned on in settings and it still wont send. also picture messaging is included in the plan i have for the phone. any advice?
thank you

I downgraded back to 5.1.1 and I'm not having the problem I'm also on a gophone prepaid plan idk if that's te problem

Iphone won't send texts to non-iphone users

I woke up this morning and my iphone 4s will no longer send texts to non-iphone users. I checked my SMS settings and they are fine. I reset my network settings. I restarted my phone. Nothing is working. I don't know how to fix this. I can send imessages just fine.

I checked my SMS settings and they are fine.
The ONLY SMS settings is: Settings > Messages > Sends as SMS > ON. Is that what you mean?
Did you contact your carrier to confirm that SMS is still provisioned in your account?

Why won't my iphone let me send pictures to non-iphone users?

My iphone isn't letting me send pictures to non-iphone users. It will only let me send it to other people who have the iphone 4s and have imessage. Is there something wrong with my settings? Or is it a hardware issue?

It's gotta be a hardware issue!! I'm having the same problem all of a sudden. Was able to send them before but not anymore. Have also had issues with an error message in sending Text Messages to non iOS 6 users. If I had it to do over again I'd never have switched to iPhone

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