Messages.app/Facetime Broken/Not-Working in Yosemite 10.10

Ralph

Thanks again for the detailed instructions. Before I read your last post, I shut down the App and re-started it. A whole ton of message history has appeared in the left hand pane and all seems to be normal.

Just happy to have my messages back!

Graham

Good to hear.

9:08 pm Sunday; October 26, 2014

I've tried it all Ralph ....to no avail. In addition, I am getting this window when I switch my "Status" to "Available" (which is the only thing I can do in that menu ...no preferences, no log in, etc.):

I have tried my Google password and my Apple ID password ...neither works. Do you have any idea what's up with this??

I think this may be an Apple issue and we'll just have to wait for the update.

Thanks for all your efforts.

15-inch Mid-2012 MacBook Pro

2.3 GHz Intel Core i7

4GB 1600 DDR3

OSX Yosemite 10.10

hello i had same problem with my Messages app but what i did is delete the chat.db chat.db.hm and chat.db-wal folder were all my previous date was stored and it started like a new app user/library/massages/attachments delete the attachments folder if you want all attachments to clear then deleting every account individually this worked for me

Alright guys I have had the same problem, and strangely enough when I input my credentials with all caps it signed me right in. Hope this helps!

Hi,

That's an interesting twist.

I take it your Apple ID is not normally written this way ?

7:57 pm Thursday; October 30, 2014

I don't even have the opportunity to retype my credentials .....it shows my normal Apple ID and is looking for a password. The window references "talk.google.com" ....and it will not take my Google password associated with that log in.

Still waiting for a patch from Apple ......good thing iMessage is not critical my operation.

Hi,

I am not sure how Linc follows Threads after a few days or weeks have passed.

This bit is to do with the Messages app:-

10/30/14 8:44:27.218 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent)

The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.

The IMFoundation item includes the subsection IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent which does the Login for the iMessages Account.

It part of the various Frameworks in Hard Drive Name/Library/Frameworks.

In here are many items that "support" the Messages app.

The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is new to me and I an not entirely sure where it links in at the moment.

As you said you have performed a Fresh Install of the OS I am not sure what to suggest next.

I checked my Console App and I also have the same message

As I am logging in 11 accounts in total across AIM, Jabber and Yahoo as well as the iMessages and Bonjour accounts it would seems to one of those "of little importance" messages.

However Linc is much better at reading the Logs and reports than I am and hopefully he will come back.

8:08 pm Friday; October 31, 2014

Hi,

if we are talking about a Jabber (Google) account in Messages and ity will not login you will have to go to Google and your Account Settings there.

The Messages app uses SSL to login to the talk.google.com server.

Google thinks this is now Old hat.

Your have to go to your Account settings and change to Allow Less Secure Logins

This is because Google now use Auth One for their own apps and say that everything else is "less Secure".

If you are using Two Step Verification that will have to be turned Off to allow you to set the Less Secure option.

8:12 pm Friday; October 31, 2014

Thanks again, Ralph ....but, I have switched to "less secure" and am not using Two Step Verification. Still not working.

I'm unclear on why Messages has anything to do with Google. I have four gmail accounts and would try another account link ....but Message does not give me a log in opportunity when I launch the application. And, upon launch, I do not have access to preferences because I am not logged in ....classic Catch-22.

I truly appreciate your help ....and will keep watching this site in case someone comes up with the magic answer for me.

hi,

History lesson on iChat through Messages (short version - accounts and not features)

iChat 1 was text only and worked with AIM.

At that time Apple and AIM came to an agreement that Apple ID issued by Apple (Now includes @mac.com @me.com and @iCloud.com) could be recognised as valid AIM Screen names.

The App also had the Bonjour account (called Rendezvous back then)

At iChat 3 Jabber was added.

Due to Google's Naming issue this required a tweak to link to Google (Google Talk is a Jabber server)

At iChat 4 Apple added a separate option to add Google Accounts.

iChat 6 adds Yahoo for Text only (not even File Sharing)

Messages 7 in Mountain Lion changes the App with the addition of the iMessage account.

Buddy lists are much less prominent due to the interface features of the main window.

So...

Some emails are IDs for the various Services that Mesages or iChat can join.

In some cases they may also be your Apple ID.

That leads to som being both eht iMesages ID and one of the other services IDs as well.

Facebook also run a Jabber server but you have to enlist for chat ID part.

In addition AIM, based on the agreement with Apple and other ISPs allowed you to register any email as an AIM Screen Name - meaning your Google ID could be an AIM Screen name, a valid Jabber ID and possibly your Apple ID as well.

10:09 pm Friday; October 31, 2014

Aaaurgh. Thanks, again ...for taking the time to recount the saga.

Ralph - I'm absolutely stoked. I checked the fonts on my mid 2007 iMac (the oldest one supported for the Yosemite upgrade) and turned on 2 Apple font families that were off. I turned on iMessages again (I've been doing this for 2 weeks now and read every forum and advice column everywhere and repeatedly tried all suggestions without success) and everything fired up! Next minute the code for my iPhone appeared and now I'm back in business. So grateful - many thanks.

Glad it helped.

7:21 pm Thursday; November 6, 2014