"Messages is updating..." FOREVER!

i tried doing this as well. Upon reboot and relaunch of messages, it created a new folder for .ichat and i still get the same updating message - forever frozen at 7/8th.... GAH!!!!

I'm having the same issue, still no fix. I've tried renaming the com.apple.iChat folder and rebooting, deleting ~/Messages, rebooting.... Nothing seems to work. Any other ideas?

Also, I had the process persistenceAgent taking 100% of the CPU prior to the reboot. That was fixed by the reboot but I need messages running!
Thanks,

Hi,

Using Font Book check the AppleGothic Font is installed, Active and validates.

8:45 pm Monday; November 10, 2014

Apple Gothic is installed and validates for me.

I've also tried a number of different variations of these:

rm -rf /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMCore.framework

rm -rf /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MessagesHelperKit.framework

rm -rf /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MessagesKit.framework

rm -rf /Users/hernanc/Library/Messages

rm -rf /Users/hernanc/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat

rm -rf /Users/hernanc/Library/Caches/com.apple.iChat

rm -rf /Users/hernanc/Library/Caches/com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent

Yeah I might have gone crazy shooting down everything that resembled iChat or Messenger...
None of them worked BUT, if I create a new user and load Messages with it, it loads up just fine!! So it has to be something in my home folder that's messed up. I've made sure I have the right permissions, fixed permissions using the Disk Helper... I'm completely clueless.

Thanks for your help!

Hi,

rm -rf /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMCore.framework

rm -rf /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MessagesHelperKit.framework

rm -rf /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MessagesKit.framework

Without these the app will not run.

Removing the IMCore one also removes the IMAgent app which is used for FaceTime as well.

The App will not work in a text Mac User account account either now.

Your only option is to Reinstall the OS (which will give you back those needed items).

There are only two fixes I have seen to the "updating" problem.

One is checking the Font. The other is renaming the Attachments folder.

7:50 pm Tuesday; November 11, 2014

Ok one solution that worked for me is as follow. However I still cannot access my old messages on fresh new install Yosemite even if I copied them from previous system.

Using Terminal or iTerm and need sqlite3 installed.

1.Enter ~/Library/Messages

2. You will see chat.db file and two additional files -sh and -wal. You have to merge them.How?

sqlite3 chat.db - you enter sqlite3 interactive command mode

enter command VACUUM;

type ".exit"

data will merge and you should be able to run Messages.

hi folks, this definitelly works for me on El Capitan, but you have to restart before run imessage.

thank you.

nothing what i tried worked for me. renaming the com.apple.iChat and nothing works. meanwhile i have macOS Sierra and have still this F*** problem and messages don't work...

Hi,

This thread is over two year old.

Start you own thread please.

You can refer to this one by copying and pasting the URL for it.

Other than that can't tell what you have done, or in what order to get to the point you are at.

In ~/Library/Messages is normally an Attachments folder.

Occasionally it seems that gets corrupted so it looks like a File icon instead.

It is this that should be re-named if that is the case and then a new Attachments folder should be recreated and then an Alias of that put in ~/Library/containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages

8:43 pm Saturday; November 5, 2016