Messages will not open after upgrading to El Capitan

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Messages will not open after upgrading to El Capitan

I upgraded my MacBook Pro to El Capitan earlier today but cannot get Messages to open. After installation of El Capitan, I received an error message when I tried to open Messages "Thee messages database is being upgraded, please wait while it finishes or Quit Messages and relaunch it later." It finished and then the Messages icon just keeps bouncing. I've tried deleting the .plist but it doesn't seem to solve the problem. Please help.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Jan 12, 2016 1:48 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 12, 2016 2:24 PM in response to Sallietations

I fixed it 🙂 Thanks, anyway!

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Answer 2

frasierz

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Jan 25, 2016 1:53 PM in response to Sallietations

How did you fix this?? I am having the same issue!

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Answer 3

Jan 27, 2016 1:03 PM in response to frasierz

Hi,

If you are getting the same Error message then the Archive folder is corrupt.

This is in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages

The item (Archive) should appear as a folder.

At some Upgrades it gets changed to a File instead.

Recreate the Folder (rename the File and create a New Archive Folder)

IF you have Time Machine you can then "Restore" the Contents before Restarting Messages.

9:03 pm Wednesday; January 27, 2016

 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 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

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Answer 4

Jan 29, 2016 12:35 PM in response to Ralph-Johns-UK

Also beware of moving it Re: imessage settings are grey and disabled

8:35 pm Friday; January 29, 2016

 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 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

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