How to Fix iMessage

Chapter: 3.1 - Apple ID Verification

Basic

Pro

Developer



Chapter 3.1 Summary: Your Apple ID must have a Verified status for iMessage and Face-Time to work ​

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Chapter: 3.2 - Network Interfaces (BSD Names)

Type, Bus, VendorID, DeviceID

follow

Code: /Library/Preferences/



SystemConfiguration

some

Code: <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string>

do

not

Chapter 3.2 Summary: NIC BSD names should be 'en0', 'en1' ... etc and numbered sequentially with no gaps. ​

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Chapter: 3.3 - Reset iMessage Configuration files

all

Code: /StartupDrive/Users/~Username/Library/Caches

com.apple.iCloudHelper

com.apple.Messages

com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent

Code: /StartupDrive/Users/~Username/Library/Preferences

com.apple.iChat.

com.apple.icloud.

com.apple.imagent.

com.apple.imessage.

com.apple.imservice.

com.apple.ids.service

com.apple.madrid.plist

com.apple.imessage.bag.plist.

Code: /StartupDrive/Users/~Username/Library/Messages

Legacy Boot-Loader users should boot OS X with the '-x' flag

Clover users can simply press the <Space> bar on the OS X boot entry and select Single User mode.

Code: /sbin/fsck -fy /sbin/mount -uw / sudo rm -rf ˜/.Trash/

Code: /StartupDrive/Users/~Username/Library/Preferences

com.apple.identityserviced

com.apple.ids.service

com.apple.security.

identityserviced

imagent

securityd

securityd_service

Log out of iMessage and Face-Time on all IOS and OS X Device(s).

Turn off WiFi on your IOS Device(s).

On IOS Device go into Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings.

The IOS Device will turn it-self off and back on again.

Once IOS Device reboots, it may ask for your Wi-Fi and/or Apple ID Password.

Start iMessage on your IOS device(s) and turn it on, wait for verification.

Once verified turn on iMessage on your OS X Devices.

You should receive 'This Phone is in use with <Computer Name> notification.

You should get a verification code to complete the coupling of IOS device(s) with OS X.

safeddie for this IOS 8 tip.

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Chapter: 3.4 - WAN IP Device Quota



NOTE: The wording of the alert may be different to the above​

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