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Q: Can't add/delete imessage accounts in messages for Mountain Lion

I have been trying to find an answer to this problem.  I downloaded the mountain lion upgrade and typed one of my apple IDs into the messages account page.  Later in the day I realized that the apple ID I use on my phone for imessages was a different one.

 

I went to change the account in messages and I cannot find a way to do it.  It will not let me delete the other apple ID and it will not let me add another imessage account.

 

Am I missing something? I didn't realize I was making a permanent decision when I logged into the imessage account on my macbook air.

MacBook Air (13-INCH, MID 2011), OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 10:27 AM

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  • by tinmanjc,

    tinmanjc tinmanjc Sep 4, 2016 8:58 PM in response to Bonelaw
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    Sep 4, 2016 8:58 PM in response to Bonelaw

    I'm running El Capitan and I was having the same problem of not being able to delete accounts that were inactive. I think the + and - signs are deceiving since you don't remove the accounts from the Messages accounts preferences but from the "Internet Accounts" in your SYSTEM PREFERENCES. Once I went there I discovered the account was linked and when I removed it from the Internet Accounts, it disappeared out of my Messages accounts.  Note if you use the account for Mail, for example, you probably don't want to delete it just because it appears in the Messages Accounts.  Hope this helps for Mountain Lion.

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