iMessage Issue on Macbook

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iMessage Issue on Macbook

I recently updated all of my apple devices, iPhone (IOS 17.3), iPad (17.3), and Macbook (Sonoma 14.3) and am having trouble sending and receiving messages on my MacBook. When I open messages, it says "Waiting for iCloud: iMessage will not be available until your Apple ID settings finish updating. You may miss messages as a result." I had contact key verification on so I turned it off hoping that it would fix the issue but it did not. I restarted my Mac and went through all of my iCloud and message settings and can't figure out how to fix the issue any help would be appreciated. Clarification: only having this issue on my MacBook.

MacBook Air 15″, macOS 14.3

Posted on Jan 30, 2024 03:09 PM

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eddiehasquestions Author

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Jan 30, 2024 04:05 PM in response to eddiehasquestions

I figured out a solution for anyone that is having a similar problem, I had to sign out of iMessages on my Mac and resign in to fix the issue.

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brualm81

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Jan 31, 2024 08:09 AM in response to eddiehasquestions

I started having the same issue on my Macbook Pro at work after updating to MacOS 14.3. I cannot send or receive iMessages on the Mac... Tried restarting, signing out of iMessage on the Mac, disabling and reenabling messages on iCloud, nothing has worked so far.

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Apr 5, 2024 10:48 PM in response to eddiehasquestions

I too had a similar issue on my iPad. In Settings → Messages, iMessage was signed out and the option to sign in again was greyed out. I was already on the latest iPadOS version available. I did a hard reboot and that fixed the problem.

To do hard reboot you’d need to click on volume up and down button in quick succession and then press and hold the power button until the screen turns off and you see the  logo.

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dannyk08

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Mar 13, 2024 05:57 PM in response to eddiehasquestions

Can confirm this worked for me

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s_0

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Feb 8, 2024 12:17 PM in response to eddiehasquestions

I had a similar issue on an iPad, but I'm sharing this in case the fix helps on the Mac.

When I looked in Messages settings, it looked like I was signed out but the sign-in function was disabled.

I saw there was a software update, 17.3.1, so installed that. That resolved the issue. I don't know if the issue was resolved because the update performed a hard reboot or because the bug has been fixed in the new release.

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