Why do I care?
Courted surfaces agent phone numbers from the MLS and uses ComposeAI to generate draft text messages for you. When you click a text link in Courted, it uses an smsto: link to open your messaging app with the draft ready to send.
On a Mac, there are two ways to receive and send texts from your desktop, depending on what phone you have.
Important note before you start: If your phone number is a Google Voice or VoIP number (like RingCentral), this setup won't work — those services don't respond to smsto: links. This guide is for people using a standard mobile carrier number on an iPhone or Android device.
Linking with an iPhone
If you use a Mac and an iPhone, you will be able to send iMessages from your Mac by using the same Apple ID on your phone & your computer and using the Messages app! Here are step by step instructions on setting this up:
Go to the Messages app on your Mac.
Enter your Apple Account email address or phone number, then click Sign In.
Make sure to sign in to the same Apple Account on every device.
Enter your Apple Account password, then click Sign In.
Voila!
If your messages still aren't sending from your Mac, on your iPhone, go to Settings → Messages → Text Message Forwarding and make sure your Mac is toggled on. You want to allow your phone to forward texts to your computer so that you can send and receive messages there.
Once set up, clicking a text link in Courted on your Mac will open the Messages app with your draft pre-loaded. Your texts will send from your regular iPhone number.
Linking with an Android
Mac and Android don't have a native sync like iMessage, but you can send and receive texts from your Mac browser using Google Messages for Web.
On your Android phone, install or open Google Messages. Sign in with your Google account.
On your Mac, go to messages.google.com/web in your browser.
Sign in with the same Google account, or scan the QR code shown on screen using the Google Messages app on your phone (tap your profile icon → Device Pairing).
Bookmark the Google Messages web page so you can open it quickly while using Courted.
Note: Because this is a web app, smsto: links in Courted won't automatically open Google Messages — you'll need to have the tab open and copy the draft message over. We recommend keeping the tab pinned while you're doing outreach.