Keep getting a "an error occurred during activation." when trying to use iMessage on my mac

I've already reset NVRAM and just about everything but I can't get it to work

MacBook Air 13", 10.14

Posted on Feb 2, 2019 3:25 PM

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sberman

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Feb 2, 2019 3:47 PM in response to haisepotter

See especially "Check for third party software" here.

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