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My iMessages on my iMac 27" are all coming up blank. When I open messages the names and messages are all blank, if I click on the icon to send a message to someone once I hit enter for their name then their LAST message will come up but the other messages on the inbox still show blank and the person that I'm texting with shows up blank on the inbox portion.
iMac Pro
I just found the solution from billcole from a 2013 post:
So the fix was simple. With Messages not running, I ran this command in a Terminal session:
defaults delete com.apple.iChat
It WORKED!!! Yeah!!!! Thank you billcole and all the others that replied to my post.
I just found the solution from billcole from a 2013 post:
So the fix was simple. With Messages not running, I ran this command in a Terminal session:
defaults delete com.apple.iChat
It WORKED!!! Yeah!!!! Thank you billcole and all the others that replied to my post.
Hi SRCampbell,
Thank you for contacting Apple Support Communities. Based on what you stated, it seems like the list of conversations is missing in the Messages app. I would recommend you use this article to help troubleshoot the issue.
How to use safe mode on your Mac
Please don't hesitate to let us know if the steps resolved your issue or if you need additional assistance.
Cheers.
Hey SRCampbell,
Thanks for the update. Since it is still blank in safe mode, it may be a Messages issue. Make sure macOS is up to date.
Have a good one.
I loaded in Safe Mode but was unable to pinpoint anything that would fix it and it still came up blank in Safe Mode... I'm really clueless in what to try next.
Yeah Mac is up to date also ... very frustrating. I wish I could just delete Messages and reinstall :-)
imessages come up blank
