I've just upgraded to 10.13.5 on my iMac and the option to enable iCloud Messages isn't available (see screenshot). The checkbox to enable iCloud Messages is missing (it was there on my MacBook Pro). Anyone have any ideas?
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.5)
Yes 2FA is needed,
Before you begin
Yes 2FA is needed,
Before you begin
Make sure all your iOS devices have iCloud messages turned on first, and one thing I saw elsewhere that someone mentioned was that he needed to enable his iCloud Keychain then the option for Messages on iCloud showed up on macOS.
It seems that Keychain must also be enabled in iCloud. I'm pretty sure that was the default when keychain syncing became an option many versions ago. Mine was purposely disabled and Messages in iCloud did not work until enabling Keychain too.
Sad!
Thank-you! Enabling iCloud Keychain was required to enable iCloud Messages on my iMac.
Tried that, but still no joy. However, the solution that fixed my issue was enabling iCloud Keychain. After that, the check box to enable iCloud Messages showed up and I was able to enable it then.
Try signing out then back in.
FWIW, after enabling iCloud Keychain and then being able to enable iCloud Messages, I was able to then disable Keychain and iCloud Messages remained enabled.
When you go to turn on Messages in iCloud on an iPhone you get this message:
Thus the assumption that TF needs to be enabled on the Mac as well.
From the iCloud account in Setting/iCloud
2FA was enabled on this iMac as well as all my other devices, so this is not the answer. Additionally, the article you linked to doesn't even mention 2FA as a requirement.
Also note that I was able to get it working on my MacBook Pro. I'm still stumped.
Hi dmacpher, that's good to know. I wonder if the keychain data will be left on the servers.
I'm still waiting for my phone to get all the messages that are on the Mac. It doesn't show any indication of whether or not that's in progress or will eventually happen. The phone's messages were already uploaded a couple of days ago.
I think their message syncing is still going to be troublesome for older messages. Not really a big deal to me, but would like to see that it works.
I checked the security tab for my iCloud account ID on the iMAC and 2FA is active and verified. So something else is preventing the check box for iCloud messages from being displayed.
Yup. Tried that too... no joy. Also tried rebooting. Still no luck.
Where did you sign out from?
Try downloading the Combo Update and install it.
Download macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 Combo Update
Perhaps it was a glitch in the update.
FWIW, similar iMac to yours and it works fine for me. Also, I do not
have iCloud Keychain enabled and never have. So, it is not directly
responsible. However, maybe turning it on and off forces some "refresh"
of some preference somewhere.
Cannot enable Messages on iCloud 10.13.5
