imessage not updating messages when mac is woken

Hi,

I don't have an answer for this one.

I thought it might be something in the Notification settings in System Preferences.

However it seems "Do Not Disturb" can only be set if the Screen is Sleeping (implying that full sleep is not covered in this setting).

Sleep does cut all Internet Connections so in that sense the App is "Cut Off" at that point.

However the Server is the one pushing the iMessages to the device. It should continue to do so until the device "accepts" the iMessages.

I would also check the ID or iPhone Number of the incoming iMessages you are getting and check that the Mac and iPhone are syncing properly.

I do realize you have not mentioned and iPhone or iPad but I am just mentioning ideas.

If the iMessages you are getting are aimed at an iPhone number and the Mac is set to Receive them as part of the sync process there could be an issue.

If there was an iPhone but it is no longer doing iMessages (or the setting there has lost the iPhone Number) then it is possible that the iMessages to the iPhone number on the Mac will only work when it is logged in (sleeping logs you out).

9:50 p.m. Thursday; September 3, 2015

Hi,

So this is not iMessages in the Messages app but a Login to Google's Jabber Server.

In that case it will depend if Google do Off Line Messaging and whether you have set up your Google Account to allow Off Line Messaging.

IF in Messages > Preferences > General section you have set the item that Reads "When I quit Set the Status to Off Line" then this will override whether the server can do Off Line Messaging.

I have a Google account and I cannot find any setting on Google to allow Off Line Messaging.

9:08 p.m. Friday; September 4, 2015