iCloud turned on and notification set up all on in my Mac mini with Big Sur... but every time I received a message, it shows a phone number instead of how I saved in my contacts... anyone help me resolve this issue?
thanks much
Mac mini 2018 or later
Wooky,
Thanks for those details.
If you turn off the notifications for Messages, restart your Mac mini, then enable it again, do you notice the same issue?
Also, restart your Mac in safe mode, and test for the issue there: How to use safe mode on your Mac
Cheers!
Hi there Wooky,
We understand you're not seeing contact names for incoming message notifications on your Mac mini, and we'd like to see if we can assist.
Do you see the contact names as expected within the Messages app, or do you only see the phone number listed there as well?
Also, to confirm, if you head to Messages > Preferences > iMessage, do you see your Apple ID information there?
Finally, in the Contacts app on your Mac mini, are your contacts all present there?
Thanks!
>> only on Mac mini notification... iMessage app is showing all contacts as I have in my contacts
>> I do see my Apple ID in the preference
>> all present; notification is showing numbers for all noficiations, not selectively showing numbers...
Thanks for help me out on this. Much appreciated.
OMG, you just resolved my problem! thank you so much, Erica_51!!!!
Wooky,
We're glad to hear the notifications issue has been resolved on your Mac mini!
Feel free to post again if you have any questions in the future.
Take care!
Hello Erica_S1!
The same problem came back again and restarting trick doesn't work this time... not sure what I can try more this time... Any suggestion?
thanks!
Wooky,
Thanks for following up with us.
To look into this further from here, reach out through this link: Get Support
Regards.
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