When I sign into iMessage with my apple iD(the same one that everything else on my Mac is signed into) it gives me a message that is titled Could not sign into iMessage and a subtitle of An error occurred during activation. Try again. I have been trying to sign into iMessage for almost two months now every day and I get the same message every time I try to sign in
MacBook Pro 13", 10.14
Have someone else attempt to sign in using their Apple ID. If they can successfully sign in and use Messages/FaceTime, it may be your Apple ID. Someone I know had this happen and I was able to sign in using my Apple ID. After a call to Apple Support and then being elevated to a tier 2 support person, it turned out it was a problem with their Apple ID. It took the software engineers 3-4 days to fix the problem. When calling Apple, make sure you tell them it is an Apple ID problem so you don't get charged.
You can also try signing in on another device/computer. There have been a couple of posts where people's device/computer was blocked. You will need to contact Apple for that problem also.
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Hi Jacobsidden,
This article may be helpful for you: If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
Hope this helps.
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