messages google talk not working

Hi,

DO not have it as an Option to do in System Preferences > Internet Account > Google

Set it up as a Internet Accounts > Other Account and chose Messages then Jabber i.e. you are setting up a Messages only account.

Have Automatically find Server and Port and Enable SSL if not ticked automatically.

If she has a Buddy List already then show may have to delete this.

This may include going to ~/Library/Preferences and deleting com.apple.ichat.Jabber.plist whilst the app has been Quit

You may also need to set Available in the messages Menu to make the Window show as it will not appear in the Window Menu until you do this.

8:37 pm Wednesday; November 1, 2017

Hi,

AS in Sierra the Jabber/Google account had to be added in Messages first and then System Preferences I used the item in the Messages menu.

This gave me no Account in Accounts.

It did give me a Buddy List

It also gave the Account listing in the bottom left of the main window.

It did not give me actual Access to chatting.

I then added it in System Preferences > Internet account as the extra Messages Account as the Google option there no longer allows you to link to Messages.

They used different Servers for GoogleTalk compared to Mail (talk.google.com vs gmail.com or googlemail.com depending on your Mail ID)

I then tried everything I could think of to remove the Account.

Quitting the app, removing the item in Internet accounts, removing the com.apple.iChat.Jabber.plist

Various combos of those.

Restarting the app after one session when I had given up (Basically I Shut Down and the Next day I noticed it was gone).

I am not sure what precisely got rid of the account but it went and I now think the effective restart was crucial.

Then I was able to Add it properly in Internet Accounts and it shows in Messages > Preferences > Accounts. Has Buddy List, shows bottom left and can now Chat, with the extra steps below.

I then had to use the Messages Menu > Status to change to Available then I got the Buddy List Window back.

That added the Buddy List at this pint and Added it to the window menu.

Changing the Description in Internet Account got it to read GoogleTalk on the Buddy List window.

9:04 pm Thursday; November 2, 2017

Hi,

for the Points

I have had Less Secure apps on at the Google web page since they started doing Two Step Verification.

iChat and Messages had been only using SSL and not the Google Oauth Token for some time.

Whilst I don't remember I must have had the Account Off line at points when I was trying to sort mine.

It was not something I specifically did in the app but Quitting the App, removing the com.apple.iChat.Jabber.plist would normally have removed it. (from Messages) but it probably leaves the Internet Accounts bit showing.

I found the changes on Adding and Removing Accounts somewhat frustrating.

I am glad you are up and running.

8:20 pm Friday; November 3, 2017

Hi,

I have that in Sierra with two Apple IDs as AIM Screen Names that will not Save for some reason.

A twelve character password is not useful at this point 😁

I have not been able to solve that.

It goes away in High Sierra as there is no AIM and I don't have it as an issue with my Google one.

8:48 pm Friday; November 3, 2017