How to set up iMessage sharing across multiple devices (especially after 2 factor authentication)
/I recently set up 2-factor authentication on my apple account to provide stronger protection of my account.
Around about the same time I noticed that iMessages and calls were not being shared across my multiple apple devices as they had been. I went into settings -> icloud -> <your apple id> -> where there are settings for:
- contact information
- password & security
- devices
- payment
I made sure that in "devices" all my devices were showing up (they are listed automatically if signed in against your apple id) - which they were
In password and security I made sure that both my mobile phones were "trusted phone numbers"
I figured that should now do the trick..
It didn't
After googling a bit, turns out you also have to go into settings -> messages -> Send & Receive and in there make sure that all your devices and email addresses are listed. You can also define which number/email messages appear to come from when you compose them; which means each device can initiate from its own number, or if you like, they can all initiate from the same ID.
After I'd done that it all worked :)
by the way, you can also go into facetime settings and do the same..
