Message App Will Not Open On Mac Book

Apple’s Messages app on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices is a texting lover’s dream come true. Messaging allows users to send text, photo, or video messages to keep in touch with all of their contacts and friends. Even better, all Apple devices have iMessage including Macs and all the various iDevices–even Apple Watch.

  • The Messages app on my Macbook Pro (running High Sierra) suddenly stopped sending text messages to Android devices. I can still send texts to Android users from my iPhone without a problem, but when sending texts from the Messages app on my Macbook Pro it will not send to Android devices. It just started doing this out of the blue yesterday.
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I am running OSX 10.9.5 on my desktop and Mail version 7.3. All of a sudden last week when I try to open a message in Mail it flashes open for a second and closes immediately - not the application - just the individual messages. Sometime, after 3-4 tries it stays open. Sometimes if I choose Open instead of double clicking that works. Sometimes nothing works except quitting and restarting the Mail. But it continues to happen almost randomly but often. I have made no other changes to the program or my computer so I am at a loss.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

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Try these steps if you can't connect to any of these apps:

Check the system status page

Check Apple’s System Status page to see if there’s an outage for a service in your country or region.

Make sure that your device is connected to the Internet

Use any Internet browser to connect to any website. If nothing loads, use another device on the same network to see if it can connect to any website. If no other devices can access the Internet, turn off your Wi-Fi router, then turn it on again to reset it. If you still can’t connect to your Wi-Fi network, contact your Internet provider for more help. If only your first device can’t connect to the Internet, get help with Wi-Fi on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, Apple Watch, Apple TV, or Mac.

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Update your software

Update to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, or software for your non-Apple device. Then try to connect again.

Check the date and time

Make sure that the date and time on your device are set correctly for your time zone.

On your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Open the Settings app. Tap General, then tap Date & Time. Get more help with date and time.
On your Mac: Open System Preferences, then choose Date & Time.
On your Apple TV: Go to Settings > General > Date and Time.

If the date and time are incorrect, update them or turn on the option to set date and time automatically.

If you see a different connection alert message

Use the steps above if you see one of these error messages:

  • 'Cannot connect to the iTunes Store. An unknown error has occurred.'
  • 'We could not complete your iTunes Store request. The iTunes Store is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.'
  • 'Could not connect to the iTunes Store. Make sure your network connection is active and try again.'
  • 'We could not complete your iTunes Store request. The network connection could not be established. There was an error in the iTunes Store. Please try again later.'

Related topics

  • If you're connected but you can't download content, change your Apple ID password. You might have to sign out and sign in again. If you're asked to verify your payment information, make sure that all payment details match what's on file with your financial institution.
  • If you're connected but you can't download or update apps, pause and restart the app download or restart your device.
  • Learn what to try if you also see pop-ups in Safari on your Mac.
  • Learn what to do if you see error -45054 on your computer.
  • With iTunes for Windows, check to see if you turned on third-party security software or Windows Firewall.
  • If you’ve tried all of the above steps and you still can’t connect, contact Apple Support.

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