Q: facebook messenger not connecting since update
I've been having issues with OS X Messenger connecting to the Facebook Jabber service since the most recent update. IS this a known issue, or am I an isolated case? I've rebuilt my Mac from a fresh install of El Cap recently, and the Messages app was working fine. It's working with iMessage OK, but I don't have another FB account to check with. I have reset my Jabber password on the FB side and made sure that it was correct on the Mac as well.
Any troubleshooting help would be most welcome.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), Mid-2010 hardware
Posted on Dec 20, 2015 10:29 PM
Hi,
It is nothing to do with any Apple Update.
Facebook have stopped supporting external access to their chat server.
It seems they are moving away from Jabber and doing their Own Thing.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/chat
9:55 pm Monday; December 21, 2015
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
Posted on Dec 21, 2015 4:21 PM

