IMessages on iMac not sending

Hi there,
Has anyone had trouble with iMessages on a Macbook Pro (Late 2013 version) running Yosemite 10.10.1?
My iPad, iPhone and iMac (late 2010 v) are all synching previous conversations and sending just fine.
Any advice?

Sorry I accidentally clicked on "this solved my question", it hasn't but I don't know how to cancel it. Anyway when I try to send a message it tries for about a minute then a red apostrophe comes up next to the message.

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