Did you open Outlook today and think, "Why does everything look different?" Maybe the message list looks squashed, the reading pane is in the wrong place, or the whole layout feels unfamiliar. Happily ...

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Messages is designed to sync across all your devices logged into to the same iCloud account. iMessages sync by default; SMS/MMS and RCS messages sync if you’ve enabled access to them from your iPhone.