I've heard your pleas, and have had them myself. For iPhone owners who also use Windows, sending and receiving Messages from your desktop can take some finessing. I'll show you how I got it to work.

Activating iMessage on an iPhone with a phone number has been a problem for some users. If it’s a problem you’ve been having, here’s how to fix it. Apple iPhone 17 Pro and others are hit by iMessage ...

iPhone users on iOS 26, iMessage activation may be blocked by an inactive SIM — here's how to fix it. Some users are finding that they can't activate iMessage with their phone number. This results in ...

Apple's walled garden of software and hardware products is what makes it extremely strenuous to try to enjoy devices and services out of this bubble. iMessage is a great example of a service that has ...

Apple today updated its iMessage troubleshooting support document to add a scenario that can occur in iOS 26. If you don't activate iMessage or an eSIM when setting up a new iPhone with ‌iOS 26‌, it ...

In order to send and receive iMessages to your iPhone, iMessage must be enabled. By doing this, you will associate your phone number with the email address used for your Apple ID or iCloud account.