"the server encountered an error processing registration. please try again later"

In addition to changing the host file, I also flushed the cache after the modification.

In Terminal I ran the folowing command;

dscacheutil -flushcache

Hopefully this might help!

Thank you for trying to help me, but

I tried that too and after ran that in Terminal also rebooted

but problem is the same 😢

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM!

APPLE HELP PLEASE!

THANK YOU

This is unhelpful. "Remove what need to be removed"? For those of us who have modified the hosts file for a reason, why not mention which specific entries are the ones causing problems with FaceTime instead of expecting us to wipe the whole thing clean?

Anyway this solution not solving the problem. I have only that text in my hosts, like it need to be, but Facetime still not working.

I followed the process of editing the host file, then I flushed the cache, opened FaceTime and was able to sign in okay. I then and put back my modified host file and FaceTime continued to work.

I don't know if you have tried this approach, but it worked fine for me.

I don0t need to edit couse my hosts looks the same like it need to be. I tried fluched the cache but FACETIME STILL NOT WORKING.

Same here. Works on my iMac but not on my MacBook Pro.

Thanks for finding a solution jmoye! It worked for me!

Yes, there was a line or more in the host file that was blocking registration.

use this method If TextEdit won't let you have permissions to modify the host file.

Open a "Terminal" and type:

sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

It will ask for your system password and then you can use the super-basic nano editor.

(make sure to use the basic hosts lines. copy out all blocking addresses, and put them back after running facetime.)

Save with:

CONTROL + x

An then type this to flush the DNS cache, and have your host file changes to take immediate effect:

dscacheutil -flushcache

this works GREAT for me... Thanks

Just upgraded OS X Lion from Snow Leopard.. keychain solution didnt work~

It solved the problem for me! Thanx

jmoye wrote:

I found the answer

It is in your "hosts" file

It should look some thing like this:

##

# Host Database

#

# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface

# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.

##

127.0.0.1 localhost

255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

::1 localhost

fe80::1%lo0 localhost

If there are other thing you have not added then remove them

To get to the "hosts" file

1. Under go in the finder choose the go to folder

2. type /etc

3. Find the "hosts"

4. open it with text edit

5. remove what need to be removed

7. save a copy to your desktop

8. With out the .txt

9. Rename the org file "Old host"

10. Place the new one in that /etc folder

it will ask for passwords

This solved my FaceTime problem, but does anyone have any issues with Safari after making this change to host? I can't even open the page where I can order Macbook Air from Apple's own website from Safari now. Used Firefox and it works fine. Tried to clear the cookies but the privacy tab is completely blank. Any ideas?

Macbook Pro 13", only a month old, just updated to OS Lion, never used facetime before. The version is listed 1.1

This solution worked for me however, before I did all this, I followed the instructions on this other link (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189014?answerId=15690054022#15690054022) so I don't know if that helped facilitate the process or not. Here's what I did:

After I followed the instructions from the other link to add the new keychain password, I opened the host file in text edit and it made me make a duplicate to edit. I erased everything except for what the original post says - so all it had was the below:

##

# Host Database

#

# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface

# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.

##

127.0.0.1 localhost

255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

::1 localhost

fe80::1%lo0 localhost

After, I saved it to my desktop as hosts with no .txt at the end. Went back to my /etc folder and renamed the hosts file there to OLD HOSTS, it asked for my password. Then I moved the file I saved to my desktop to the /etc folder, it asked me for my password to authenticate. Facetime worked great. Then I was able to do these steps again to copy back what I had taken out in the first step, and facetime still worked.

Good luck everyone.

If your concerend as to what to remove from the hosts file, it seems to be the verisign ones that fix it. Go through your file carefully, however, to ensure you don't have duplicates.

As a matter of course remove all with :43 or :443, those don't have any impact on the file and could cause issues down the line. Also, any with HTTP:// are also irrelevant. The hosts file deals with ONLY DNS resolutions, therefore only work with IP address, not URLs (both the colon and the http are URL specific.)

good job, my facetime work fine.TQ