messages not working on Mac

I am able to get and send messages on my watch and iPhone, but not on my Mac

MacBook Air

Posted on Aug 15, 2020 8:27 PM

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Posted on Aug 15, 2020 8:43 PM

please open messages on your Mac

click messages (top menu) -> preferences


open iMessage tab and enable your account.


hope this helps.

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Aug 15, 2020 8:53 PM in response to albertb_1

albertb_1 Said:

messages not working on Mac: I am able to get and send messages on my watch and iPhone, but not on my Mac

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A Few Thoughts:


  • Boot into Safe Mode: m

Hold Down the shift key upon boot, and see if you can get the messages working. In Safe Mode items start by default and many caches are set aside and fixed.


With much fixed, reboot and try another normal login. If there still are issues...


Sometimes when changes are made to the system(i.e. updates), system configurations (i.e. for network connections) become manipulated, technically. So, reset the SMC and NVRAM. It might take up to three tries for each. So, be certain you have the time to perform these two resets.


See where things go from there.

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