FaceTime won't verify

I am having exactly the same problem. I was using Facetime everyday without an issue until 10.9.1 and now I can't sign in. I've verified that my AppleID is valid and working.

Reinstall 10.9.1 from the App Store.

Thanks, did as you suggested, downloaded OSX from App Store and reinstalled. It did not resolve the problem. Is there any easy way to revert back to 10.9 without doing a restore from Time Machine backup?

Anyone get this resolved? I have the same issue. Ugh.

No, I've tried with Apple support twice to resolve and still no luck. I've tried signing into a friend's Macbook running 10.8 right beside me and I'm able to sign in instantly. Apple's best suggestion at this point is to do a fresh install and restore data only from TimeMachine. What a pain that will be. An MS Windows solution in my opinion; I expected more from Apple.

I've tried safe mode, re-installing osx 10.9 from the app store, clearing keychain, using the guest account, creating a new admin account, clearing Flash storage, trying different networks, connecting via ethernet directly to modem and nothing works. By the way, I am able to sign into iCloud and Messages without issue.

At this point I am going to wait and see if maybe 10.9.2 fixes the issue. Oh, and I will have to use Skype daily instead since it actually works, how sad is that...

Hey, so I got this resolved. I had read that many people having a similar issue with FaceTime were also having problems with iMessage. So I decided to try signing into iMessage though I have rarely used it. For some reason when I tried to sign in it prompted me to call AppleCare and provide a them with a specific registration #. Supposedly this is a security measure to ensure that a robot isn't using your AppleID to sign in. Once the AppleCare representative had entered the code I was able to sign into iMessage AND FaceTime. Go figure.

Hope this helps someone else.

thanks a lot! this solved it for me too, not very intuitive, but following this process I got it working in 2 min.

cheers!

YES!!! This was the exact problem. If you have this issue do this immediately

Worked for me too!

I too had the problem with FaceTime being stuck on "verifying...".

What worked for me was to simultaneously launch the Messages app and sign-in with that same Apple ID.

For some reason, the Messages and FaceTime apps seemed to be connected during the initial Verification step.

Subsequently, after successful Apple ID verification, no need to run Messages app to use FaceTime.