Messages app on High Sierra makes new messages appear at top instead of bottom

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Messages app on High Sierra makes new messages appear at top instead of bottom

Since upgrading to OSX 10.13.3 my messages in the Messages app are appearing out of order. If I post a new message, it appears above all the old ones and is sometimes missed by the person I'm sending them to. Is there a fix for this? Seems to work fine on my iPhone. Often the messages have a ! saying they haven't been sent, but I see them there on my phone when i check it. Is there a problem with the Messages app on OSX?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Mar 20, 2018 6:48 PM

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Ralph-Johns-UK

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Mar 22, 2018 12:22 PM in response to Patrick Besong

Hi,

No problem.

7:22 pm Thursday; March 22, 2018

 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Sierra)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 iPhone 6 iOS 11.x and an iPad (2)

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Answer 2

Mar 26, 2018 7:33 AM in response to Patrick Besong

Hi,

View Menu.

Change the Sort option to Date if it is not already.

If it is on Date then Set it to Manual then Quit the App and then Change it back after restarting the app.

10:04 pm Wednesday; March 21, 2018

 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Sierra)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 iPhone 6 iOS 11.x and an iPad (2)

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Answer 3

Mar 26, 2018 12:09 PM in response to Patrick Besong

for the Points and the Points

8:08 pm Monday; March 26, 2018

 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Sierra)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 iPhone 6 iOS 11.x and an iPad (2)

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Answer 4

Mar 21, 2018 3:19 PM in response to Ralph-Johns-UK

Thanks. It was already set to View > Sort Conversations > By Time (there is no Date option). I tried setting it to Manually then quit and opened it again and reset it to By Time. I'll have to see if that works and report back. Thanks for the reply.

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Answer 5

Mar 26, 2018 7:34 AM in response to Ralph-Johns-UK

Seems to be working as it should now. Thanks again for the tip!

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Messages app on High Sierra makes new messages appear at top instead of bottom

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