Q: iMessage suddenly decides to stop working
iMessage works fine on my iPhone 6 and iPads, but all of a sudden on my Mac it won't activate. It worked fine on the Mac until 3 PM yesterday. Got home, opened my Mac and it suddenly stopped working along with FaceTime. I keep trying to enter my Apple credentials and it get the message that there's an error with activation. The credentials still work in the Appl store, within this community, and iCloud itself.
Note, I have an issue with iTunes that Apple tried to fix last week which included a refresh of the operating system and the keychain. It fixed the My Account within iTunes for a few days but I eventually got an "error processing your iTunes Store request" again which means I can't buy things through iTunes in my Mac, but it will do app updates. Not a huge deal since I can still buy through my iPhone, but I'm not sure what the reoccurring problem is. My MacBook Pro is an older model - purchased Feb 2012. All updates have been done. But the iMessage thing is a big issue.
I was hoping I would wake up this morning and it would have worked itself out overnight. Tried a reboot.
Posted on Jul 2, 2016 5:39 AM



