Receiving messages on my Mac are now extremely delayed since installing High Sierra. They will show up on my iPhone, but without a notification so I can't see or hear it. Then several minutes later it will pop up on the Mac. I didn't have this issue with Sierra, and would rather not downgrade. Anybody else with this issue or suggestions on how to fix this?
Mac mini, macOS High Sierra (10.13)
Looks like a refresh does the trick.
8:39 pm Monday; October 2, 2017
Hey! i have this same issue too; messages will come to my phone but not to the Mac, only after i reply to a message in the computer it will show the "missed" messages.
What do you mean by "refresh"? i've already tried signing out of imessage in the Mac though.
Whoops, meant my two-factor comment as this might be a network problem for Apple instead of software on our updated devices. Mine seemed to be acting better last night. Would get a message on my MBP and then hear my watch ding at about the same time.
I've tried signing out and back into iMessage on all devices. It works for a bit, then just stops syncing after a while until it decides to start again out of the blue. So signing out and back into iMessage is not a solution.
Hi,
What have you tried so far ?
7:50 pm Monday; October 9, 2017
I have this issue as well and have done some research as well. I couldn't really find a solution other than downgrading to Sierra. I'm hoping that if this thread does become more popular, maybe Apple will see the problem and address it in a future High Sierra update as I think it is a software issue. I'm hoping it is a server issue because the problem for me is inconsistent as well. Sometimes the messages appear on my phone and computer at the same exact time. And sometimes like now, as I speak, I am receiving messages on my phone that just are not showing up on my computer at all even after several minutes. I hope your troubleshooting goes well and I will let you know if I find a fix.
I discovered this as well. It blows my mind how Apple is so absolutely crappy in the "communication services" category.
This issue is driving me nuts...I hate going backwards but based on how I operate it's causing me to make routine changes that are really distracting.
same here, saxman1248. It's only when I'm at the Mac that it doesn't work. I've tried everything I can think of to fix it, but nothing works. I decided to just disable messages on the Mac until it's fixed or somebody figures out a workaround. 😟
Hi,
If that were the case you would get the first notification and that would not play the sound for New Message Received and then it might hang.
The app has sounds but they are played by Notifications when events happen.
The AppleScript to speak event does not work as the AppeScripts themselves have not been updated
9:25 pm Tuesday; October 17, 2017
While I am experiencing the same issue as everyone else here, I want to add that messages on my iMac (Late 2015) running High Sierra Supplemental Update regularly take hours to download messages - not minutes.
For example, I shut down my iMac last night at bedtime; I turned it on several hours ago this morning and the Messages app still hasn't updated to include messages sent last night from my iPhone 7 Plus or iPad Pro (both running iOS 11.0.3).
For many weeks I adopted a new habit:
- restart the Messages app with no luck
- sign out of iCloud and sign back in with no luck
- restart my Mac with no luck
When I stop this idiotic and clearly useless behaviour and accept that Messages is broken, I'll acknowledge that I've reached a new milestone as a Mac user: This is the sort of user experience I have with Windows 10 and Android.
For 25+ years I didn't expect this on a Mac but since 2011 I've become accustomed to it. Being loyal and waiting for something better hasn't paid off!
With my age and lifestyle, I'll probably be dead before the gap grinds shut, but what if I'm not?! Will I spend my final years grappling with a switch to Windows and Android? Kill me now!
Apple still doesn’t have viruses working right, and until they do I’m staying put. Imagine, keeping us from experiencing ransomware, what the heck is Apple thinking?
Anyway, it’s an audio server problem. The various UNIXes have always been awful at sound...
Hi,
That's what I thought you meant the first time.
However the Notifications Pop up appears before the sound is played.
Ergo the iMessages are not getting to the computer in the first place.
9:18 pm Wednesday; October 18, 2017
I will try that, jmecy. I noticed earlier that if you use any app that checks your location, like maps or the weather widget, then the "stuck" messages would come in all at once. I also noticed that on Sierra, I'd often get the location indicator and it was checking time zone settings. On High Sierra, I have never noticed that. Perhaps it's some bug with location services. I don't understand how it's connected to not receiving messages, but maybe we're getting somewhere with this. Haha.
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8:28 pm Monday; October 23, 2017
So I have tried the various things like turning on and off everything, including location services and sound. It's still happening. My issue is specific to my home network. I have reset that to factory default and still the issue. It doesn't happen if I use my office wifi and 2 other wifi networks. Any ideas?
iMessage Delay High Sierra
