In the event that you are using any compatible MacBook model to set up AirMessage, you'll need to download an app like Amphetamine (opens in new tab) from the Mac App Store, or follow the steps below.ġ. This is because macOS automatically freezes any software running, even if the lid is shut. You might have noticed that we didn't touch on the steps required if you are using an Apple laptop as a desktop computer. Check the box for Wake for network access.Drag the slider for Computer sleep to Never.Drag the slider for Turn display off after: to around an hour or whatever you prefer.If you are using a Mac desktop computer, such as a Mac Mini, click Energy Saver.Open the System Preferences app on your Mac.There's just one more series of steps to take. Now that AirMessage Server has access to the necessary security and privacy features it needs to communicate with iMessage. The odds any of them will switch away from iMessage to an alternative isn't likely, once one is immersed in the Apple platform, adding in a competing service and using that as the default isn't trivial.(Image credit: Android Central) Don't let your Mac go to sleep In the meantime though, the best you can do is keep asking your iMessage-using friends and family to be sure SMS/MMS is enabled in their iMessage apps to at least include you, on a limited basis, in their conversations. The public clearly wants this and since profit is the primary factor for anything Apple does, charging even a nominal monthly fee for users and licensing fees to other texting services would cumulatively result in a massive windfall. So if you want a fix, keep lobbying Apple to open up iMessage and finally allow it to be used in other texting services. And it's not even a matter where Apple might allow others to add iMessage support for a price, there simply is no such option. iMessage is also protected by Apple's closed-source licensing so no other company can (legally) reverse-engineer the code to add support for it into their own texting services. iMessage is a proprietary texting protocol owned and developed by Apple, the issue being Apple has opted to keep iMessage exclusive only to iOS and MacOS users. Click to expand.A fix doesn't appear likely.

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