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Why does my messages on my mac say and error has occurred. Try again.

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 11, 2019 5:09 PM

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John Galt

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Mar 12, 2019 12:59 PM in response to coolbeans-_-

Excerpted from Use Messages with your Mac - Apple Support:

If you get an error when trying to sign in to iMessage, learn what to do.

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