Upgraded to 10.8.4, now Messages can't communicate with the Yahoo! account "".

It was working just before the update, and Yahoo Messenger appears to work so I don't think it's an outage with Yahoo.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6), Mac Mini, G4 Tower

Posted on Jun 5, 2013 12:37 PM

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Jun 5, 2013 2:31 PM in response to wejens

Hi,


That is strange.


I have no issue logging in with my Yahoo account.


Comparing it with the Yahoo Beta app tells you only limited things as they login to different servers.


I would try manually unticking the "Enable This Account" box and then re-ticking in the Messages > Preferences > Accounts



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10:31 PM Wednesday; June 5, 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

Jun 6, 2013 2:06 PM in response to Ernie Chan

Hi,


More Strangeness here as well now.


Started up my computer this evening and launched Messages and yahoo will not sing in saying my password is "wrong".


However launched Keychain Access and entered the saved password and it was still refused.


Also Yahoo Beta for Mac is also not allowing me to Login saying my credentials are wrong.

I also checked the stored password in a keychain on another computer.


I did find I was no longer able to Login to Yahoo Web Mail (it said I had not done so for 4 months)

Restarting this has not improved things in Messages or Yahoo for Mac.


However I now see that there is now a a new version (3.0.2 not listed as beta) available.

It is looking like it is the Yahoo end.




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10:06 PM Thursday; June 6, 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

Jun 6, 2013 2:11 PM in response to Ralph-Johns-UK

Hi,


Changed my password at Yahoo and now have access.


And checked that my Mac was an allowed Device.



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10:10 PM Thursday; June 6, 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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