Imessage - Contact names & No.s gone

Since updating to Yosemite the only issue I have is that the contact name and photograph that was normally displayed in imessage against each contact has reverted to just the mobile number which makes is extremely difficult to use and follow conversations threads. Messages are received on phone and MAC as normal. Is this a Yosemite issue or is there a config I am missing to get the features back ?

Please try each of the following steps that you haven't already tried.
Step 1
From the Messages menu bar, select
View ▹ Buddy Names ▹ Show Full Names (or Show Short Names)
Step 2
From the menu bar, select
 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Language & Region
From the Region menu in the window, select one of the preset regions. If one is already selected, choose a different one, then change it back. Close the preference pane. Quit and relaunch Messages.
If you still have the problem after taking those steps, post your results.

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In the View Menu > Messages > Show as Pictures and Names
If the Buddy lists you have are not on show or are not the highlighted window AND the Messages window itself is not the highlighted/focused window then some of this Menu woill be greyed out.
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Hi there,
I'm starting a new thread about this because everything I have read through has confused me.
I just had a new hard-drive installed on my Macbook Pro (mid 2009) and Mavericks installed.
All is great, BUT I can't get names to show up on my iMessage here on the Macbook. It's just phone numbers..
I've checked region and language settings (all was fine) and I have synced and checked iCloud... I've disabled and enabled the account through iMessage... All seems right but just can't get names to show up. My contacts are synced, because I see them in my Contact App.
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