iMessage on mac not working properly

Hi,

You do know that since Lion (OS X 10.7) that the Library in the Home folder has been Hidden ?

To See the Library that is inside your Little House icon (Home Folder) folder your have to use the Finder > Go Menu whilst holding down the ALT key to make the Library show in the Menu.

Continue to hold the ALT Key whilst you select the Library, then afterwards you can navigate to the Preferences.

8:22 pm Friday; April 3, 2015

Hi again,

That does seem a bit odd.

When the iCloud Keychain was first added I could not get mine to turn On.

It has become so be default via Upgrades since.

However If I try to turn it Off I get this Message.

As you can see my Safari setting is still ON, even though I don't use Safari as my main Browser.

I am sure it also does more that this Safari Passwords thing.

A couple of things occur to me:-

1) the Keychain may have to be Turned Off first before the other things are.

2) if you use Safari as your Browser, it may have to be Quit when you do this bit.

More things.

This is not the Keychain I was talking about above.

You need to open the Keycahin Access App which is in Utilities inside Applications

When Opened it looks a bit like this (not everyone's is the same)

As I have other drives that the System can read it has two Login "Accounts" the Unlocked and Dark text one belongs to this Mac User Account.

Also select "Passwords" lower Left.

On the right your needs the IDS: AppleLoginEmailID-Auth Token line.

As you can see there is a dash between the end of the Apple ID and the word Auth.

8:48 pm Friday; April 3, 2015

Thank you Ralph! I followed your instructions and deleted the files. I restarted my macbook, and icloud was still logged in and gave me the same error. Oddly , however, I got the following pop up to sign in.. However, on the icloud window, I do show that I am signed in. The main problem for starting this thread was never being able to sign out to begin with....

After restarting the macbook and opening icloud, this is what I got when I tried to sign out.

Seconds after, I was prompted to enter my password, but as you can see, the icloud window underneath shows that I was signed in...

What do you think? =(((

Hi,

I am confused.

The first pic says you are trying to remove the iCloud account.

The buttons on the Left only give you the option to Sign Out.

This temporarily removes the Password and tends to still show the Apple ID that was in use rather than removing that as well.

You can at this point change the Apple ID (and the password) for another iCloud able Apple ID.

If I do this in Mavericks I see this pop up that encourages me to "Save" the Contacts Locally.

I can do that with all the Options still ticked.

If I untick each service first I get the same warning at the Contacts one and similar ones about the Calendar and that other services will be available to other devices still.

I cannot see that my Pic is any different to your in other respects.

I do find that sometimes if I need a Restart on an OS update that I have done via the App Store the App Store is still open when I Quit and therefore reappears when it restarts showing the Updates options when it does.

By the time the Start up procedure has fully finished the App Store shows the Featured section.

I.e. Is the window showing your as Logged in but is not really mostly as it was showing you that before the computer shut down.

I cannot think of any other reason the screen might show your this.

IS it possible to click that OK button and close the System Preferences ?

9:14 pm Saturday; April 4, 2015

Hi, have you checked to make sure you are signed in with your Apple ID? I had iMessages working for months then suddenly it stopped sending and receiving messages. After trying so many different things suggested on various forums, I just went to Messages menu at the top then System Preferences under Accounts and noticed that my iMessage account which is the same as my Apple ID was not logged in. I think one of the times I restarted the system asked me for the password and I may have entered it incorrectly or just cancelled the request so I was not logged in. As soon as I logged in the issue was resolved.

My iMessage on my MacBook Pro had gotten "stuck" No messages from other devices were downloading and I couldn't send a message to anyone. This worked for me. Thanks.

Thanks grbevski

I had other iMessage issues relating to my known contacts NOT showing up in the drop down when I wanted to start a new message. Your fix sorted the problem. Appreciated.

So, I don't know if anyone has fixed this issue yet, but I think I just did.

I spoke with Apple support and the guy figured out it was a Keychains issue on my Mac NOT iCloud.

To fix this follow these steps:

"Delete Keychains folder from mac"

1. Click on "Finder".

2. Hold the "Option" key and click on "Go" in the Menu.

3. Find the Folder "Keychains" and drag it into the "Trash" bin.

4. Restart Computer, and then try logging back into the iMessage app again.

Hope this helps!
Alex

Oh my (insert you choice of religious deity here) !!!

I hope you can remember all your passwords for every internet connection you have.

7:48 pm Monday; March 28, 2016

LOL - I didn't mind that particularly since the other option was probably to reinstall the entire OS. No thank you! I don't have a problem remembering passwords anyway. 🙂

Ummm,

For me it is eight accounts in Messages to start with.

Not to mention I have at least three Apple IDs in addition to my iCloud one that I need to remember.

There are a host of old names for some things that I might want to resurrect for testing purposes.

Some apps also log themselves in and I would be struggling to remember as I have had them so long and also Migrated this Mac User account (and it's Keychain) from another computer.

Effectively parts of the Keychain go back to 2004.

8:56 pm Monday; March 28, 2016

I am having the same issues........ really annoying!

same problem for me, I tried everything....

Hi catherinefromkillarney and Isegalla,

This Thread started in 2013 over three years ago now and started in the Mountain Lion Area of the forums.

Are you using Mountain Lion ?

Is "having the same issues" based on the Title of the Thread or where the Thread has ended up ?

Please give as much detail as possible as to what you are experiencing.

8:29 pm Wednesday; April 6, 2016

Have you tried this? If you don't mind entering those password again, it's the easier way to fix it.

"Delete Keychains folder from mac"

1. Click on "Finder".

2. Hold the "Option" key and click on "Go" in the Menu.

3. Find the Folder "Keychains" and drag it into the "Trash" bin.

4. Restart Computer, and then try logging back into the iMessage app again.

Hope that helps!
Alex