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imessage not working on MacOS High Sierra

Updated my MacBook Air and ever since then my iMessage/face time will not log in. I keep receiving "an error occurred during authentication" message.

Posted on Feb 27, 2018 7:16 PM

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dominic23

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Feb 28, 2018 1:56 AM in response to arnika17

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imessage not working on MacOS High Sierra

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