The iPhone
user after updating the iOS to latest iOS 11 are finding many new feature interesting
and helpful. But at the same time many are facing issue while accessing
iMessage on their mac device and Mac OSX High Sierra. The issue is that the iMessages
are not appearing on Mac device, however they are received normally on iPhone
and iPad devices with same apple id but not the Mac. The same setting was
working fine previous to iOS11, old mac PC and even the correct accounts are
shown up the setting still iMessage are not loading in mac. The imessages are
not in Sync between iPhone and mac devices.
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iMessage
is a instant messaging service provided by Apple to its uses, which is
considered a free alternative to text messages or SMS. The feature is extended
to be use from mac device and iMessage on your Mac, you can send unlimited
messages to any other Apple device like iPhone, iPad and iPod users who uses
iMessage. But with the upgrade their iPhone or migrated to another computer
many customers are facing the issue of iMessage not working on Mac.
To enable iMessage on mac devices first please try few Basic TroubleShooting tips;
- make
it sure that iMessage is not disabled on your Mac. To check this open iMessages
on your Mac from the top menu go to Messages > Preference > Accounts,
make sure that “Enable this account” is checked.
- Force
quit iMessage and reopen it
- Restart
your computer
-
Sign
out and sign back in: This can fix the “Mac iMessage not working” issue, and
for many users it has worked fine to fix the issue. Open iMessage and click on
Preference, come to Accounts display, click on Sign Out and confirm it. After
some time sign in with you Apple ID.
But it
is very much possible that you have already done above steps and still looking
out for a way to make iMessage working with mac device.
How to fix iMessage not loading on mac device
In case
you have Migrated on another new computer with same mac user id, including the
Keychain then, the Apple ID will not log in and you won’t receive any iMessage
on the mac PC.
This
is because the Login is Device Specific as it uses the Serial Number of the
Mac.
The
details held in the Keychain for the IDS: yourappleID-Auth
Token will
hold the other Mac's serial Number and will not work. To remove this and set
afresh:
-Open
Keychain Access in Applications/Utilities
-Set
Login top left.
-Passwords
Lower Left.
-Look
for the item that Starts IDS: and continues with your
Apple ID followed by -Auth Token such as IDS: username@mac.com-Auth Token
-Delete
it.
Restart
Messages and it should be working with mac now.
Fix 2: Manually add iPhone number
Isolate
the options on the Accounts part of iMessages on the Mac to just the apple ID
IN a
New Messages manually add the iPhone Number including country code.
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