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Q: Why does it take hours to receive iMessages?

Why does it take hours for texts to be received on iMessage?

MacBook Air

Posted on Jun 13, 2016 7:03 AM

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Q: Why does it take hours to receive iMessages?

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jun 13, 2016 11:49 AM in response to old8421
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    Jun 13, 2016 11:49 AM in response to old8421

    Hi,

     

    Whilst appearing to be precise that question actually is not.

    There could be hundreds of reasons why they appear to be delayed.


    Some more info about when they are sent, how you know they were sent, if you are comparing it to another device would be useful.

     

     

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    7:49 pm      Monday; June 13, 2016

     

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  • by old8421,

    old8421 old8421 Jun 13, 2016 12:28 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Jun 13, 2016 12:28 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    Not sure my first reply went through.  I know it takes hours for me to get iMessages sometimes because it shows when the text was sent and people have told me when they sent them..  Also, the people ended having to call me to get answers in a timely manner..

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),Helpful

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jun 13, 2016 12:46 PM in response to old8421
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    Jun 13, 2016 12:46 PM in response to old8421

    Hi,

     

    What sort of Internet connection does this MacBook Air have ?

     

    For instance my iPhone 5 can do 4G.
    My Carrier claims to do 4G.

    I have seen 4G listed on the iPhone but rarely.

     

    At work there is a relatively large warehouse about 100 metres to a side.

    The phone signal varies and shows also sorts of Bard but changes from 3G to GPRS to Edge to having nothing at all.

    Some of these are not suitable for iMessages and the app on an iPhone will resort to SMS (if set)

     

    If your MacBook Air is sharing an iPhone's Hotspot and using that to gain access to the Internet then some thing may be slow at times.

    If it has it's own connection I would speed test it http://speedof.me/

     

    I would also try a NRVAM reset How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

     

     

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    8:40 pm      Monday; June 13, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone and an iPad (2)
  • by old8421,

    old8421 old8421 Jun 13, 2016 12:47 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Jun 13, 2016 12:47 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    My MacAir is on Verizon Fios and I'm not sharing with anyone.  I'll try the reset and see what happens.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jun 13, 2016 12:48 PM in response to old8421
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    Jun 13, 2016 12:48 PM in response to old8421

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    Understood.

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    8:48 pm      Monday; June 13, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone and an iPad (2)