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Q: iMessage on my MacBook Pro is not updating.

my iMessage is not updating on my MacBook Pro. How do I get it to update?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Bill's Macbook Pro

Posted on Oct 14, 2013 11:09 PM

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w.cullen

Q: iMessage on my MacBook Pro is not updating.

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Oct 15, 2013 1:37 AM in response to w.cullen
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    Oct 15, 2013 1:37 AM in response to w.cullen

    Reset the device:

     

    Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

    If that doesn't help, tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings

    No data is lost due to a reset.

  • by w.cullen,

    w.cullen w.cullen Oct 16, 2013 9:39 AM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Oct 16, 2013 9:39 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

    What is the Sleep/Wake Button? (the off/on button?) What is the Home button?

    What Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings? are you takling about?

    I have a MacBook Pro, are you talking about Windows?

  • by thesdcowgirl,

    thesdcowgirl thesdcowgirl Aug 12, 2014 9:56 PM in response to w.cullen
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    Aug 12, 2014 9:56 PM in response to w.cullen

    She was referring to an iPhone or iPad. I've no idea how one resets iMessaging on a MacBookPro but if someone out there does, that'd be great because the last time it synced messages was August 1. It's now the 12, and it won't send or receive on my MBP...

  • by expoman13,

    expoman13 expoman13 Apr 21, 2015 7:45 PM in response to thesdcowgirl
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    Apr 21, 2015 7:45 PM in response to thesdcowgirl

         I know this is older but i just recently ran into this problem myself. to get imessage to update to a mac you need to go to the settings app on iphone, go to messages, scroll to where you see text message forwarding and if your mac is asscociated with the apple ID that is on your iphone.

    then it will show up with a switch next to it.  simply slide the switch to the on postion and your mac will pop up with some numbers to type on your phone. that causes the mac to then get updates from imessage so you can text from your macbook pro.

     

     

    this is from my experience on OSX yosemite 10.10.3 and ios 8.3