Hi guys - I can't make my iMessage work on my MacBook Pro - It says that my iMessage account isn't registered AND that "The server found a wrong registration. Please try again later."
It keeps saying that so I don't know what to do. My iMessage works on my iPhone, so I know that my account works.
Any help? Please :-)
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)
You mean Messages. Launch Messages. Preferences>Accounts. Is the Account enabled? From the menu: Messages>Accounts. Is iMessage checked?
You mean Messages. Launch Messages. Preferences>Accounts. Is the Account enabled? From the menu: Messages>Accounts. Is iMessage checked?
Yes, I meant Message - my bad.
My account is not enabled, because the error is that I can't log in - so I don't even get the chance to enable my account. When I try to log in it says something like this: "The server found a wrong registration. Please try again later."
Works on my ipad and iphone but i've never had it working properly on my Mac... Same as you, i just can't get it to register..
"The server encountered an error processing registration. Please try again later."
Yawn 2013, and this stuff still isn't syncing right..
I don't think these are the the reason that I can't login, because the last two is correct - I know that. And I've never done something similiar to the first two.... And I don't know what they are, too.
Try deleting the account and then adding it back.
.... So how do I delete my account?
Messages/Preferences/Accounts. Select the account and click the minus sign at the bottom. To add it back, click the plus sign and fill out the required information.
I can't click on the minus sign - only the plus .... (I feel so stupid)
Those accounts should not say (passiv)
On the first account, is it enabled? Have you signed in?
On the other side of the window does that account appear and box checked? Is your phone number there and box checked?
I have signed in, but I can't get the account enabled/active. That's the problem.
The account appears (but it's thinking/loading, so I can't click on the box and check/uncheck them) - and yes, the box with my phone number is checked.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches. Try to add the account in the Safe Mode.
General information.
Troubleshooting Permission Issues
I've had this issue for a while on my 2012 rMBP and couldn't figure it out. I randomly decided to mess with it again today, and it worked when I did this:
Clear the Apple ID field. The Apple ID is automatically filled in for you, but I cleared the field and retyped my login email manually (and then the password of course).
For some reason, it works now. I'm not sure if clearing the ID field was actually the solution (I don't see why this would have fixed anything), but it's the only thing I did differently than all the previous times.
Clearing the ID field didn't work for me, but simply rebooting the computer did.
Hello-
I was experiencing very similar problem with my messaging. I checked the time zone that my MacBook was set to it was in correct so I corrected it and now they are in sync.
How to Make iMessage work on MacBook?
