My imessage won't send or recieve anything on my mac.

my ipod is fine, but my mac can't seem to get it together. i've tried turning it on and off, quitting the application, and restarting the entire computer but nothing works. suggestions?

i fixed it!
Follow these steps to set up text message forwarding on your iPhone:
Click on the Messages app in your Mac to open it.
Move to the iPhone. Tap Settings > Messages.
Tap Text Message Forwarding.
You should see a list of all your devices linked to the Apple ID. Tap the one you want to send and receive messages to On.
You should see a six-digit code appear on in Messages on the Mac. And on the iPhone an alert window will appear marked Text Message Forwarding.
Enter the six digit code displayed in Messages on the Mac into the alert window on the iPhone and tap Allow.

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Hello, and thank you in advance for reading into my issue that I am having, so I have mac mini late 2012 I5 8gb of ram and I also have a mac book pro early 2011 i5 with 4gb of ram. everything was running perfect on both machines until one morning my iMessages stopped working, and it was working on the mac mini the night before when I was using it, I send a text to my friend making a new message through mimic mini using iMessage sent it and turned it off the next morning that it it wasn't working every time i try to send i message it now says. "Your message could not be sent. 075******** is not registered with iMessage."
when I noticed this the first thing I did was check if it was the same on my macbook pro and it was the same problem I tried disconnecting and reconnecting with it, I've reset the pram I've made a new profile and still same problem, I have even reinstalled os Yosemite on one of the machine and still same problem.
I use this feature everyday! so I'm trying to get it sorted as soon as I can dose anyone have any clues what could be cousin this and any idea how to help me ?

i fixed it!
Follow these steps to set up text message forwarding on your iPhone:
Click on the Messages app in your Mac to open it.
Move to the iPhone. Tap Settings > Messages.
Tap Text Message Forwarding.
You should see a list of all your devices linked to the Apple ID. Tap the one you want to send and receive messages to On.
You should see a six-digit code appear on in Messages on the Mac. And on the iPhone an alert window will appear marked Text Message Forwarding.
Enter the six digit code displayed in Messages on the Mac into the alert window on the iPhone and tap Allow.

Hi, imessages won't send from my macbook pro. I am still able to recieve them on mac. I am also able to send and receive on iphone. However on mac every time i press send (enter/return) it disappears, with no red '!' or anything. Any help?

Hi, imessages won't send from my macbook pro. I am still able to recieve them on mac. I am also able to send and receive on iphone. However on mac every time i press send (enter/return) it disappears, with no red '!' or anything. Any help?

Triple check the Outgoing Mail server info that you entered in your Mail account. If that area says the info is optional enter the outgoing mail server and your password anyway. Also if you have more than one email account check the server that is selected for the GoDaddy account and make sure it's the correct server for the account.

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My iMessage won't send pictures or videos to one of my contacts. Can someone please help? I've already turned my device on and off, but it still won't work. It happened after the last update.. when I send a picture or video, it would show as sent, but then have the red exclamation icon and say message not delivered. I would try and deliver multiple times but it just won't work.

It depends if the contact is not an apple product it will not work at all ..iMessage is only used for apple products.Just check.Well you should know if the contact is an apple user or not so yeah thats all really.But if it's it that important f.of a pic download a texting app it helps alot.

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NSURLSession error: The operation couldn't be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error - 1200.) ((null))
Any ideas?
This issue started a few days ago, no changes in SW or HW ever since, so not sure what is going on.

Hi,
Try zipping/Compressing the files or pic first.
Other people are having the issue and the zipping is the only work around we have discovered so far.
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imessage won't send or receive messages. I tried several different wifi connections and ethernet and still nothing. Maybe my outstanding balance is restricting my imessaging?

Welcome to Apple Communities
Open Finder, press Option key and select Go > Library. Open Preferences and delete com.apple.imessage.bag.plist and com.apple.imservice.iMessage.plist

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My phone is not connected to a service so it is like an ipod. I have it connected to wifi so that I can use my imessage and apps. My email and apps work but my imessages won't send or receive. Help!

Have you looked here
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Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi Jamielbergeron!
Here is an article that will help you troubleshoot this issue with your iMessages:
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2755
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

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I can't find the answer to this:
I have imessage on my iphone4s, but i can't send pictures to other imessage users. If I send them as SMS/MMS to another user, through the carrier, it works fine. I have tried sending the pictures to myself through imessage and I can receive them well.
What I have tired:
Having my brothers iphone next to me and making sure imessage works (blue text), he won't receive some of my texts and pictures.
Turned off imessage and sent text (SMS) to my brother's iphone, he will recieve the message.
Disabled Imessage and restarted my phone, reinabled imessage, tried again NO LUCK
I sent text to myself on imessage, can receive and send, sent picture to myself on imessage, can send and recieve.
sent picture to myself from my brothers iphone using imessage, can receive.
My thoughts, seems like something got corrupted? Might have to restore my phone but wanted to see if anyone has had any better solutions.

I have the exact same issue! I have tried compeltely restoring my iphone, turning off and on imessage different itunes accounts etc etc NOTHING will work. I am on the latest 5.1 and no luck whatsoever! Any help would be aprreciated thanks.

Imessage won't send or receive messages?

I've been having a bunch of trouble with imessage. It won't send or receive messages 75% of the time when I'm trying to use it. I've reset my network settings multiple times, restarted my device multiple times, and logged out and back in. My wifi is fine. Everything else works. Except imessage.

Hi IssiHerondale,
Here is an article for you that will help you troubleshoot this issue with iMessage:
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2755
If you can't send and receive iMessages
You will need these to send and receive iMessages:
An iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
iOS 5.0 or later
A cellular data connection or a Wi-Fi connection
A phone number or Apple ID registered with iMessage in Settings > Messages
To resolve issues with sending and receiving iMessages, follow these steps
Check iMessage system status for current service issues.
Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive and make sure that you registered iMessage with your phone number or Apple ID and that you selected iMessage for use. If the phone number or Apple ID isn't available for use, troubleshoot iMessage registration.
Open Safari and navigate to www.apple.com to verify data connectivity. If a data connection isn't available, troubleshoot cellular data or a Wi-Fi connection.
iMessage over cellular data might not be available while you're on a call. Only 3G and faster GSM networks support simultaneous data and voice calls. Learn which network your phone supports. If your network doesn't support simultaneous data and voice calls, go to Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on to use iMessage while you're on a call.
Restart your device.
Tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings on your iPhone.
If you still can't send or receive an iMessage, follow these steps
Make sure that the contact trying to message you isn't blocked in Settings > Messages > Blocked.
Make sure that the contact you're trying to send a message to is registered with iMessage.
If the issue occurs with a specific contact or contacts, back up or forward important messages and delete your current messaging threads with the contact. Create a new message to the contact and try again.
If the issue occurs with a specific contact or contacts, delete and recreate the contact in the Contacts app. Create a new message to the newly created contact and try again.
Back up and restore your device as new.
If you aren't receiving iMessages across all iOS devices
Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive on each iOS device and make sure that you signed in with your Apple ID. You must use the same Apple ID on each device.
Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You Can Be Reached By iMessage At and make sure that you selected each phone number and email address you want to use with iMessage.
If you linked a phone number to your Apple ID with iMessage and the phone number hasn't appeared, followthese steps.
Sign out of your Apple ID in Settings > Messages > Send & Receive and Settings > FaceTime on all devices.
If you're linking a phone number to an Apple ID, sign in to iMessage on your iPhone first. Then sign in to the rest of your device one by one with iMessage and FaceTime.
If your iMessages didn't transmit as SMS when iMessage was unavailable for use
Go to Settings > Messages > Send as SMS and turn on Send as SMS.
Select your phone number when Sending iMessages in Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > Start New Conversations From.
Make sure that you can send SMS with Settings > iMessage turned off.
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

My iMessage won't send. Can anyone help?

I've tried turning it on and off bit it still won't work! It will be sending and then when it has a little more to send it won't send! This is not the first time I've had this happen. It also happens on my iPod touch. Can anyone help? Thanks :)

Are you trying to message another Apple device?
Using FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4319
Troubleshooting FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
The Complete Guide to FaceTime + iMessage: Setup, Use, and Troubleshooting
http://tinyurl.com/a7odey8
Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
Using FaceTime and iMessage behind a firewall
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4245
iOS: About Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529
Set up iMessage
http://www.apple.com/ca/ios/messages/
Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
Setting Up Multiple iOS Devices for iMessage and Facetime
http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l
FaceTime and iMessage not accepting Apple ID password
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/facetime-and-imessage-not-acc epting-apple-id-password/
Unable to use FaceTime and iMessage with my apple ID
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4649373?tstart=90
For non-Apple devices, check out the TextFree app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/text-free-textfree-sms-real/id399355755?mt=8
 Cheers, Tom

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I have an iPhone4 and upgraded to iOS 7.1.
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Turned iMessage back on.
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iMessage has always worked just like texting on my phone. I use ATT and would simply text from my computer and would perfectly integrate with iPhone and send messages to anyone on any OS on any network without fail. I do not have nor do I want an Aim account. I recently upgraded to MAvericks and now iMessage will only send emssages to other iPhone users. Please help make ti work just like it did with Mountain Lion and jsut like they promise it will work with Yosemite. Thanks!

You will be able to do that with Yosemite and iOS 8. Your Mac will connect with your phone over bluetooth and send an SMS message via the iPhone.
It never worked in Mavericks that way.
As KOT states, iMessages only works from AppleID to AppleID on iDevices.
From AT&T's Website, you can send a text to any other AT&T customer:
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=57834#fbid=raSKG90-aCN

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