30-04-2021

Imessage Contacts Not Showing



You may notice that some or all of your iPhone iMessages are only showing “chat” when viewing them, pictured above. Typically, you would see a name or number appear in this place. There are several things you can try to restore your iMessage names and numbers. Go to Settings - Messages – iMessage and toggle off / on:.iMessage. When I receive an iMessage notification, it only shows the phone number - not the contact name. It shows correctly in iMessage - when I go to iMessage, all the contact info is showing correct. It's just not showing the contact name in notifications? I've tried some of the basic things such as signing out of iCloud and back in but still no luck.

Sometimes, iMessage won’t show contact names on Mac. When users receive new messages or notifications, all they see if the phone number of the sender.

Imessage Contact Number

What to do if contact names are not appearing on iMessage on Mac

Fix 1 – Sync iCloud contacts

If your devices use the same AppleID, you can use iCloud to sync your Contacts app.

  1. On your iPhone, go to Settings > UserName > iCloud
  2. Turn on Contacts and tap Merge
  3. On your Mac, click on the Apple menu > select System Preferences
  4. Select iCloud and switch on the Contacts toggle.

If the iCloud Contacts feature is already on, feel free to toggle it off and then back on to force the data to sync.

Restarting all your iOS and macOS devices is another good idea to speed up the sync process.

Contacts

Manually force contact sync

You can also manually sync your Contacts on your Mac using iTune or Finder. Simply launch iTunes or Finder, and sync your iOS device with your Mac computer.

Fix 2 – Use Spotlight

You can also use Spotlight to fix this problem. Launch Spotlight and search for contacts.

Then, sign in and wait for five to ten minutes until the spinning wheel stops by All exchange. Once the sync is complete, all of your iMessages messages and notifications should show the contact names.

Fix 3 – Remove country code

Many users confirmed they fixed their iMessage contact names not showing issue by removing the country code.

Imessage Contacts Not Showing Names

Open your Contacts App and remove the country code for one of the problematic contacts.

Imessage Contacts Not Showing On Mac

Contacts

Check if this quick workaround fixed the problem. If it did, remove the country code for all of the affected contacts.

Note: Doing the exact opposite may work for some users. Go ahead, edit one contact, add the country code and test to see what works for you.

Imessage Contacts Not Showing Up On Macbook

Imessage Contacts Not Showing

Imessage Contacts Not Showing Up

Fix 4 – Update your Mac

If you’re not running the latest macOS version, update your operating system. Many users confirmed they fixed the missing contact name issue by updating to the latest macOS version.

Go to System Preferences > Software Update > hit the Update Now button.

The names of your contacts should now be visible on iMessage.