Since i updated my iphone 15 pro max to 17.2, I have a message that says "syncing paused" at the bottom of my imessage screen. Forcing it to sync doesn't fix it. I see others are having the same issue.
iPhone 15 Pro Max
All, understand the frustration. As before, mine was not simply fixed by installing 17.3. My recommendation is to install 17.3, then do the following on a device by device basis, but wait until it finishes on one before starting another. Example:
1.) install 17.3 on iPhone
2.) reboot iPhone after install
3.) Settings > iCloud > Show All Apps > Messages in Cloud > Sync Now
4.) Let it finish. It’s going to take awhile.
Then do the same with other devices having the issue. One by one. Let the sync finish before starting the next one.
This worked for me thank you !
Doesn’t work for me. Starts by saying it is syncing and then 15 seconds later, stops again without having sync’d anything.
Was a fix released for this issue. I just upgraded to iPhone 15 pro max and have the same issue.
Steve Jobs is having an absolute conniption fit wherever he is right now. Not acceptable. At all. It’s a month since the last update broke this
Thank you for this - super helpful! It definitely worked and got the 'Syncing Paused' notification to go away and everything is in sync now. Thanks again !
What is helpfull answer? For me sync paused still apear. Many manual sync tried...
Thank you for this suggestion, James French - super helpful! It definitely worked and got the 'Syncing Paused' notification to go away and everything is in sync now. Thanks again !
Can you tell us what exactly you did?
I tried all of the above on my ipad air 5, called apple support 2x, nothing worked.
Need new ipad IOS update.
I can’t send any pictures to android users, only to people with iphones. Is there a way to go back to the last update? This is very frustrating
That did not work. Only with IMessages. If your trying to send to someone without an iPhone, you can’t
When is this going to get fixed? 😑
God this is infuriating. Im getting nowhere with the support team
I'm having the same issue. Mine has been syncing for days. That is really annoying.
Didn’t work for me.
"Syncing Paused" in iMessages
