Q: iMessages always offline when I sign onto macbook
I may have two separate problems or else they are connected. I am very much a novice when it comes to my macbook pro. My first problem is after I log into my macbook, I get two back to back pop ups asking for my iCloud password. I then will proceed to iMessages and notice that the account is not activated. I have to go to preferences/acccounts, click on iMessages then enter my password and it turns on. I have then clicked on "details" and again it asks for my password; I enter it then another box opens up. It shows my Apple ID then two content boxes that uses bullets to represent character that would spell out my password but I KNOW that this is not the correct password as it is too short. I can't change as it requires me to click on Manage ID which would result in changing my password for all aspects of my macbook and iPhone. I then can see on my iPhone that I have a message from apple saying something of the sort : Jenn's macbook pro is using your id for face time.
I have used the Keychain first aid and nothing shows up as being a problem. I frankly do not know what a key chain is. If I go to keychains/icloud, the only things listed are for gmail, google calendar and Escrowservice which I have NO clue what that is.
Please help!
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.5), 10.8.4 version
Posted on Mar 17, 2015 1:21 PM








