Q: Why do iMessages disappear when I try to view them on Macbook?
When someone sends me a new iMessage and my Macbook is open/on, it flies in on the right hand side. I see a preview of the message. But when I click on it or go to the App, the text box next to that person's name is then blank - all our messages have gone.
Also before this started happening, whenever I wrote a reply to an iMessage on my Mac, my response didn't show up. It would send, and show on my iPhone, but not be on my Mac. Which led to lots of confusion.
I've now added every email address I have to iMessage, so that 5 addresses and my phone number are connected to iPhone and macbook. But this still doesn't seem to help.
I’ve Googled for hours too and no one else ever seems to have had this problem. Do I need to go and see a Genius? I don’t think I can, I’ll have to send someone else, it upsets me too much to go in there. If you have an idea, please help. Is it possible to uninstall and then reinstall? Will this delete messages from my phone? Because if it will I can't do it - I have messages from a deceased relative I can not afford to lose.
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Posted on Apr 28, 2015 11:08 AM






