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)
I've been having the exact same problem. I've noticed that if I initiate a new message on the mac client - even if I just type in a number and never actually send anything - the desktop client syncs up. I've only done it a few times so not sure if it's a reliable workaround yet.
One odd thing I just noticed (Having this issue on two iMac's on High Sierra but no other systems still on Sierra) - if I turn off location services completely the messages seem to arrive on both my iPhone and Mac at the same time. Not sure why but I could reproduce that on both iMac's. Perhaps you can try that to see if it helps?
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.
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?
This is exactly what I am experiencing. When I am sitting at my Mac and a message comes through on my iPhone, it will take 20+ min to show up on my Mac. If, however I send a reply, the message will show up on the Mac, then the reply.
I've had a message show up on my phones and watch (at the same time) today, and then over 2 hours later it appeared on my Mac, which has been on and active all day. It's been doing this a lot recently. Also not actually sending messages until ages after I've typed and sent them.
Anyone try any of the current betas for macOS High Sierra 10.13.1? I'm curious to try the current beta 5 to see if this has been fixed. I'm not a fan of running beta's but maybe worth trying. Maybe even beta's of iOS and WatchOS?
I contacted Apple Support (for the heck of it) and they claimed no knowledge of delays and had me reinstall my system and restore from TC backup. After that was all done (24 hours later pretty much) - the issue remains. Im actually seriously considering going back to Sierra as this is a pain to deal with daily.
Yes, that's it. Another thought. Exit messages on your Mac, then start messages on your iPhone. Does a little icon show up on the left side of your Mac's task bar with the note "Messages from iPhone" ?
One very last thing. I found that for some reason "text message forwarding" in the settings for message on your iPhone can be switched off, although the icon will appear on your Mac task bar as you found. Are all your devices on in the settings?
Aha! Turning off your Settings - Messages "Send & Receive" Mac device sends authentication into a loop. Be of good cheer, if you type in the number enough times it WILL eventually take the number, and my messages pop up once again...
I am having this exact same issue and wonder whether the version of iOS matters. I upgraded to High Sierra on my Mac, but have chosen for performance reasons to leave my iPhone 6 on iOS 10. I wonder, though, if the combination of iOS10 and High Sierra is part of the problem? Or are you all seeing this with iOS 11 as well?
iOS 11 too. Log out. I mean, break the connections between your devices, then log back in again. It's gonna take a few tries, like a dozen or more, before it stops giving error messages when you enter the 6 digit number, but when you finally get reconnected, it works...
This issue that I was having seems to be fixed now, at least in my situation. It must have been a server issue or something, because I've done nothing further to fix it. Just curious if anybody else is seeing this as well.
I am having the same problem, I have 2 iMacs and an iPhone X (My iPhone and my macs are all on the latest version of the software.) and the message sync is extremely delayed since updating to High Sierra, with some messages not showing up at all.
iMessage Delay High Sierra
