For users who backup their devices with iCloud, this means smaller backups, as Messages are no longer included in the backup due to the implementation of Messages in iCloud.Photos, video, older messages, and other file attachments are stored in iCloud, so local storage on your device is spared.Apple has end-to-end encryption on all of your messages while it's stored in iCloud, so your data is safe and secure as they get uploaded and downloaded on each device to keep everything synchronized.All of your messages, whether they're iMessage or SMS, are stored in iCloud using your Apple ID or iCloud account.It's pretty easy, but here's how Messages in iCloud works: How exactly does Messages in iCloud work? Anything you delete from one device should be deleted from the rest as well. This means when you get messages and reply, they should show up on all linked devices in the correct order, including images, videos, and other files. Naturally, you'll want to be on a good, stable Wi-Fi connection when doing this, just to make sure there are no hiccups in the process.Īfter the initial syncing, from this point forward, everything should theoretically remain in sync with each other. Follow the directions in the link from Apple just above.Again, depending on your Message history, it may take a while for everything to download onto your Mac. See the Apple Support article Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.įinally, if it’s one of those five digit codes messaging you, it’s unlikely to already be in your Contacts, and so, assuming your Mac and iPhone/iPad share the same Apple ID, it’s much easier to go do the block on the i-device. On your iOS or iPadOS device, block text messages without creating a new contact. Apple coyly admits this necessity as an innocent sounding Tip. If not, you’ll have to ::omg:: add that number as a contact, navigate to it as in step #2 above, then block it. One with a standard phone number might already be in your contacts. In the Blocked pane, click the Add button and enter the iMessage address you want to block.ĭid you catch the wrinkle? The sender must already be in your contacts.In the Messages app on your Mac, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage.Perhaps macOS 10.16 will, with a Catalyzed app, fix this terrible faux pas. Why this must be is hard to understand, but so be it. It’s not possible, in the Messages app in macOS to directly block a sender from within the message itself. Here’s how to block a message sender on a Mac.įirst, some bad news on the macOS side, even including Catalina. These days, its even more likely that we’ll be getting more text messages, and many of those may be unwanted.
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