This time Messages should perform normally, but your settings will be lost. Move that to the Trash.Īlso in the Preferences folder, there's a subfolder named 'ByHost'. There may also be a file with the name ''. In the Preferences subfolder, there may be several files having names that begin with any of the following strings: Put back the folder you moved, overwriting the newer one that may have been created in its place. If Messages now works, delete the Messages folder on the Desktop. Note: you are not moving the Messages application. Go back to the Finder and move the following item from the open Library folder to the Desktop: Move the following items from the Library folder to the Trash (some may not exist):Ĭaches/ Log out and log back in.įrom the Finder menu bar. Use the search box in the toolbar of the Keychain Access window to find and delete all items with 'iMessage' or '' in the name. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid. The application is in the folder that opens. ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U.

Select it in the results (it should be at the top.) ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways: Make sure you know the ID and password you use with iMessage. If the problem isn't resolved, quit again and go on to the next step. Relaunch it and test after each of the following steps.

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