Messages App fails to send - How often do you have to 'Try Again'?

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Messages App fails to send - How often do you have to 'Try Again'?

If the Messages client has been running for a while, when I send a message, it always fails to send, Anyone else suffer with this?

I am running latest version of OS X on a rMBP connected to a Thunderbolt Display. The Display is connected to my Airport Base Station by Ethernet and the Base station connects to my router over WiFi.

The network is connected with a 100MBps VirginMedia connection and now that I am connected through the Base Station rather than directly from the MacBook through it's WiFi NIC.... In other words, the network has a rock solid connection but the Messages App seems to go to sleep and then fail to send the first message that I send after a period of inactivity.

Does anyone else have a simillar problem?

Message was edited by: Smithy1428

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), New iPad,iPad mini, iPhone 4S

Posted on Apr 25, 2013 1:54 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 25, 2013 2:46 PM in response to Smithy1428

Hi,

I presume the Airport Base Station is set to "Join Another Network" and is effectively extending the Router's Wifi ?

i.e. the Airport Base Station is not actually routing itself.

I have not noticed any issues regarding not sending "first" messages after a period of Messages being Open but behind other apps.

I have seen people post things about "Application Sleep" but I am not entirely sure if it is available on all Macs.

I can't seem to find any setting on my iMac.

There can be issues when the computer Sleeps and cannot re-establish Network connections as fast as the app starts up.

However to be caught up in this you would have to be a fairly fast typist.

10:46 PM Thursday; April 25, 2013

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Smithy1428 Author

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Apr 25, 2013 2:52 PM in response to Ralph-Johns-UK

Thanks for your interest.

Yes - the Airport Express base Station is extending my wireless network.

And, yes - you have it right... My issues is only with that first message when the Messages app has been sitting quielty behind other apps.

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Answer 3

Apr 25, 2013 2:56 PM in response to Smithy1428

HI,

I am on Sky and have their fibre service running at about 27Mbs on the advertised 30Mbs service.

As I said I am not sure is Application Sleep is a myth, or applies only to Laptops as part of the energy saving profile.

It is not something I experience and cannot replicate.

This leave me unable to help - other than sometime rewording something to make sure I have understood - which in turn might help someone else see the issue.

I really ought to explore the OS more than I do.

10:56 PM Thursday; April 25, 2013

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.3)
 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
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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Linc Davis

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Apr 25, 2013 3:13 PM in response to Smithy1428

Do you have the same problem when connected to other networks, or when connected directly to your router via Wi-Fi?

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