# I want to know how you can access messages on an iphone on your macbook

I have most of my phone apps on my MacBook, like emails, whatsapp, fitness, apple music, and many other useful apps which I use almost every day. The most important is the cloud account which can help transfer any of your data from different iOS devices. However, I was wondering if it is possible that I can access iPhone text messages on my MacBook. That would be very convenient and useful for me

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- Posted at: over 4 years ago
- Author title: Postdoctoral Researcher
- Net upvotes: 1


## Comments
### Comment 1

Set up iPhone to get SMS messages on Mac
On your iPhone, go to Settings > Messages.
Tap Text Message Forwarding. ...
Turn on your Mac in the list of devices.
If you're not using two-factor authentication, a six-digit activation code appears on your Mac; enter this code on your iPhone, then tap Allow.

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- Posted at: almost 4 years ago
- Author title: Network Administrator




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