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Q: messages "An error occurred while activating. Try again later"

Hi
have an iMac (2,5 GHz Intel Core i5, 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 latest OS 10.9.4) and I keep getting errors while logging in to messages

 

- I can send and receive imessages on my iPhone and iPad with no problems
- my apple ID is verified

- I don't have modified the "hosts" file
- My time is set on "automaticly set time and date"
- When mountain lion came out, I had no problem what so ever
- I erased my HDD and did a clean instal. The first thing I did was start imessage and log in.. same error
- I tried another apple ID (from my mom) and that didn't word either
- I changed my password and tried again

- I searched the ports and opened them on my router
- I reseted my icloud keychain

- I searched on the internet and tried everything I could find.

 

Can anyone help me? There was a time that I could use messages with no problem at all, but like a year ago, I kept getting this error.
Thank you kindly

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translated from dutch to english: "An error occurred while activating. Try again later"

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Jul 17, 2014 9:36 AM

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Dec 7, 2014 12:31 PM in response to ibovangeffen
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    Dec 7, 2014 12:31 PM in response to ibovangeffen

    Hi,

     

    In that case use the CMD +R keys at a Restart and Reinstall the OS.

     

     

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    8:31 PM      Sunday; December 7, 2014

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad
  • by Friendly Pete,

    Friendly Pete Friendly Pete Jun 13, 2015 4:02 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Jun 13, 2015 4:02 PM in response to Linc Davis

    I get the "An error occurred during activation. Try Again." consistently on just one user account. I also can't log in to FaceTime.

     

    I've multiple user accounts on my machine and all those with Messages (iCloud) accounts work apart from one. No iCloud account works on that login. If I create a test account and log in to Messages with the iCloud account it works. There's clearly something distinctive about this particular user account.

     

    Easy solution, just copy over the relevant files (etc) to the test account and use it instead.

     

    That said, I'd love to get to the bottom of this. Any suggestions?

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