iMessage on mac not working properly

Hi

I have not had a chance to test this as I save my Chats and Messages.

However if you have Save on Closure turned On then the Archive Folder within ~/Library/Messages will hold items that are listed in the Recent Items listings in Messages > File Menu > Recent Items.

This may mean they are "Active" even if moved to the Trash.

8:37 pm Wednesday; October 23, 2013

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.4)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Finally got mine to work after WEEKS of trying, what i did was reset my time zone stuff, so even though it was set on "auto" i took it off auto and then set it for a wrong time zone and then turned on auto again so it had to reset it self. then after that i had to reset my keychain and finally it works.

Complaint reinstated. Why in the wide wide world of sports is this still a problem? This seems absurd that the lines of a conversation are completely out of order AND there seems to be no proven way to fix it. They have time stamps - why can't Apple add the appropriate code to place these in order? This makes no sense - at all.

I had to reset the time zones, this fixed the problem. Thanks

Hi All,

iMessage on MacBook Pro Retina 10.9.2 has been working perfectly until yesterday... Grrrrr.. I use it 100 times a day! I've tried all these tips and still things are awry!

Did anyone have any luck with anything else?

Please help!

Had the folowing problem:

Side 1: Mac Mini and iPad1

Side 2: iPhone 4 and iPad Air

Side 3: iPhone 4s and Macbook Air

1 <-> 2 works perfect. Every message goes to all the devices.

1 <-> 3 works sometimes. Lot of red exclamation marks.

Found out there were problems when the Macbook was asleep. Messages didn’t get delivered when sleeping. When running, no problem.

Other observation: the Mac Mini had Bonjour turned on.

My solution, turn on Bonjour on the Macbook Air and (until now) every things seems to work. Messages get send to a sleeping Macbook and no messages are missed.

Worked for me. Thanks!

Thanks mate, that really worked. Now I just have the issue of not being able to use imessage with my phone.

Hi,

On the iPhone remove the Apple ID.

Then set the iPhone to Airplane mode for a few minutes to break with the server.

When back in the Messages app settings check the iPhone can send an iMessage to the Apple ID BEFORE you add it back as an option (Check the iPhone Number works).

If this works add back the Apple ID.

Restart the Mac version and accept any pop ups about the iPhone and the IDs it is using.

9:21 pm Friday; October 17, 2014

Thanks, but I already fixed my problem.

Good to hear.

7:14 pm Saturday; October 18, 2014

I'm not able to view images on iMessage on my Macbook. This was persistent throughout the beta of Yosemite and is persisting through to the GA version of Yosemite just released [screenshots attached]. Any ideas out there? I have not been able to find similar issue on any forums.

Hi,

Try the File Transfer window (See Window Menu).

8:48 pm Friday; October 24, 2014

Same thing. Files are inaccessible for preview and access to open

Hi,

Do you use any firewall/monitoring type software like Little Snitch

Apps like this can Monitor and ask you to confirm allowed access to the IP addresses and internet port an app might use.

You can create a table of rule that includes both incoming and outgoing connections.

There are two parts of Messages that handle the Files and Picture transfers in iMessages or other accounts

One is IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent.xpc (the other has a similar name)

If you are using monitoring/firewall app that ask for confirmation these two items can appear very quickly and disappear just as quickly and not get allowed.

If you check the "rules" you may find they are blocked.

It would be worth opening Activity Monitor (Applications/Utilities) and seeing if the item reports being stuck in some way.

8:33 pm Saturday; October 25, 2014