iMessage Not Working on Mac? How to Fix & Troubleshoot Messages in MacOS

Check Your Internet Connection

Usually it is because you aren’t connected to the internet. iMessage can only be sent/received when your iPad is connected to the Wi-Fi or personal hotspot. Sometimes you may accidentally hit your Airplane mode option and be bamboozled as to why you can’t get any messages, or your internet connection might be down.

Force Restart iPad

• Hold down the Home button as well as the power button.
• Keep holding until the Apple logo appears.
• Let go of the buttons and wait while your device boots up.

Wait for 1 Day

Sometimes, it takes almost 24 hours for the activation process to fully complete. If you are facing errors initially, give the activation process a day and see if it completes successfully, if not, follow the other steps.

Turn off iMessage and Back on

• Launch Settings from your iPad.
• Tap Messages.
• Tap the slider next to iMessage to turn it off.
• Tap it again to turn it back on.

Repair Operating System on iPad

You may have your iPad iMessage error most of the times because of a software issue. To deal with an iOS issue you would normally have to reset your phone, resulting in loss of all of your data unless you back some of it up in your computer.

Now the good news for you is that you won’t have to lose your data and get your iOS repaired easily by using iMyFone Fixppo! It is a very easy to use iOS repair tool that lets you deal with almost all software issues with iPad/iPhone, like iOS services not working/responding, frozen screen, reboot loop, not charging and more.

It has a Standard and Advanced mode, the best thing about Standard mode is that you can get iPad completely restored without losing any data at all.

Repairing your iPad’s iOS is very easy using iMyFone Fixppo, here is a step by step guide on how to do it:

Step 1.Install iMyFone Fixppo on your computer and connect your device via a lightning/data cable. To avoid losing data, select Standard mode. If you have iOS 12.0 or higher,unlock your device before clicking next.

Step 2.Connect your device with computer. If your device is recognized, the program will proceed to the next step, if not, you can follow the clear guide on the screen to enter Recovery mode first.

Step 3.The program will detect the model of your iPad and show you all of the available firmware for it. You can choose whatever version of iOS you prefer, and then click download. Once it has finished downloading, it will verify the software and extract it into your iPad.

Step 4.Now that everything is ready, you can click Start button and  proceed to fix your software, click the Start button. After the repairing process is done, your iPad will reboot without having iMessage problems any more.

3: make sure mac has apple id / icloud enabled

iMessage requires an Apple ID, which is also the same login the Mac uses for iCloud. Therefore you’ll want to make sure the Mac has the appropriate Apple ID configured:

1. From the  Apple menu, go to “System Preferences”
2. Go to “iCloud” settings and make sure that the Mac has the proper Apple ID in use

Try Fixppo to Repair

If none of that works, you can use iMyFone Fixppo to repair your software to get rid of anything that’s causing the error. Simply follow the steps given above and get rid of all the errors and issues on your iPad.

How to enable imessage in ios for iphone, ipad, ipod touch

The set up process is quick and essentially the same on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:

1. Tap on “Settings” app to open it



2. Scroll to find and tap on “Messages”
3. Flip the ON/OFF switch next to ‘iMessage’ so that it’s ON position

This will activate iMessage and turn the feature ON with the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Problem 2: error occurred when activate imessage

To use iMessage on your device you need to activate it on your iPad. Sometimes, you can come across an error message during activation process, for example:

• An error occurred during activation
• Waiting for activation
• Activation unsuccessful
• Could not sign in, please check your network connection

If you see the error message during activation, here are a few solutions you can follow:

Problem 3: ipad messages out of order

If you note that your iMessages are out of order in the inbox, we’ve got some easy fixes for you, give them a look below:

In the end

iPad not receiving messages? iMessage cannot be activated on iPad? After reading this article, I am sure you’ve have a clear idea of how to solve these problems. Here we’ve given 11 effective solutions but if you want to make sure to get rid of it once and for all, we would recommend using iMyFone Fixppo. Now the free trial is available, why not give it a shoot?