iMessage on Mountain Lion does not send/recieve file transfers?

Hi,

I could have sworn I typed the "M" 😝

Olympics.

You posted a pic which does not have the "Buddies" option listed suggesting you have only set up Messages for iMessages.

I can send groups of pics from both my Phone to Messages and from Messages to the iPhone.

Both work although there is a longer delay in Message to iPhone.

8:25 PM Thursday; August 16, 2012

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 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

you seem to treat "messages" and "iPhone" as two separate things,

it's the same protocol.

and what does "buddies" have to do with all of this .. not sure

Hi.

The Messages app can log in to the iMessages service and the AIM service, Jabber and Yahoo as well.

iMessages can be sent to iPhones and iPads (And some Touches).

The Other Services use IMs (Instant Messages).

Certain Apple IDs can be iMessages login "names"

Valid AIM Screen Names as well as being used in iTunes and the App Store.

The Jabber, AIm and Yahoo options are the Buddy lists fro iChat.

Messages runs on the iChat engine and has the iOS type iMessages bolted on.

10:38 PM Thursday; August 16, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Hi all

I've been experiencing this issue as well and found an easier solution than deleting plists and resetting PRAM.

1. Quit your Messages app

2. Launch Acitivy Monitor

3. Show "All Processes"

4. Sort by "Process Name"

5. Select IMTransferAgent and click "Quit", then "Force Quit"

6. Select IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent and click "Quit", then "Force Quit"

7. Launch Messages and you should now be able to send and receive attachments. In addition, attachments that had previously not been appearing should now be available.

It remains to be seen just how long this works for, but this should hopefully help some folks!

Tyler

Hmm, interesting, I don't seem to have IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent running as a process. I wonder if that's the problem! Is there a way to prod it into doing its job?

I don't think it's supposed to be continuously running. I believe they only get started when you're sending/receiving a file and if they hang, it breaks all future file transfers.

That's my thought, anyways 🙂

That seems reasonable! Well, if I get a stalled transfer I'll try out your solution and report back about efficacy. Thank you for sharing your solution. 😀

Strange killing the daemons seems to solve the problem while a full reboot does not.

Seems that Auto Resume is also messing up here.

This solved my issue....thanks

Thanks, this seems to have solved the issue for me. At least for now.

I'm back to the situation where I cant send or recieve files

I opened "file transfers" and it was full of items that were pending

cleared the list, and now when I'm trying to send anything it shows up like this

it doesnt even try anymore

Zero sent, not so helpful

resetting PRAM every week feels bad.

tyler130's tip does wonders, thanx

And Tyler130's Method ?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4173338?answerId=19316962022#19316962022

EDIT

I knew I had two emails about new post in this thread.

I did not realise the Second was from Paul-Sweden and the second does refer to using Tyler130's post.

9:00 PM Thursday; August 23, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Message was edited by: Ralph Johns (UK)

here are some news for all

http://9to5mac.com/2012/08/23/mac-os-10-8-1-released-get-downloading/

new version of Mountain Lion

Mac OS 10.8.1

This update includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability and compatibility of your Mac, including the following fixes:

• Resolve an issue that may cause Migration Assistant to unexpectedly quit
• Improve compatibility when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server in Mail
• Address an issue playing audio through a Thunderbolt display
• Resolve an issue that could prevent iMessages from being sent
• Address an issue that could cause the system to become unresponsive when using Pinyin input
• Resolve an issue when connecting to SMB servers with long names
• Address a issue that may prevent Safari from launching when using a Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file
• Improve 802.1X authentication with Active Directory credentials

Yep

Nothing about Messages (Confirmed by checking Messages > About Messages where the Build and Version number are the same before and after)

10:48 PM Thursday; August 23, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously